Dead air

[Reluctant]

Hey guys at least we have people replying to this topic and Reluctant don't be!  We have all had our problems with this and are slowly over coming it  We know your story since most of us have lived through it or are living through it.  Anything you say here is among friends.

Wearing a bra isn't something that most men (even here) talk a lot about.  I think most men that visit this site just read rather than open up or embarrassed about their condition or experiences.  So, the more one responds to this site, I believe the easier it becomes to join in and talk about their issue.  With all that said, I'll come forward with a few things.
1.  I'm always checking to see what bra I'm wearing show the least projection with the shirt that I'm wearing.  Even to the point to see what's the difference without a bra and with a bra on.  I may change to a particular bra type or style that shows less projection with a certain shirt.
2.  I have now found out that I've graduated from a 40b to a 40c bra.  Here's a new problem in hiding my breast.
3.  Even thou my wife is fully supportive with me wearing a bra, I try not to let her see me with only my bra on. This doesn't always happen.  Wearing Tee or A shirt around the house that clearly defines the bra is ok in my mine.  It's not as embarrassing to me.  I don't want to appear as being flaunting my bra by not covering up in some way.
4.  My wife tells be to stop walking bent over when we're out in the public.  She say's, your not hiding anything, so stand up straight.  I finally started taking her advise.  Who cares what someone sees the projection.  This is a fact of life now.
5.  My closest friends and my sister-in-law from my late wife know that I wear bras, however, none of my new in-laws are aware, to my knowledge, that I'm wearing a bra.   I'm reluctant to share this information at this time.  I've been remarried for 5+ years now and keep this a secret.

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Well Hammer if you have the gut to go with it  there is plenty of the white out you been using to correct the errors on your computer to color your hair.  LOL

I'm really thinking about it, but not till next year, my hear needs to be longer too!

[Athena12@]

Reluctant;  You haven't been reading the right POST.  We have all opened up about our trials and tribulations of having the male breast.  How we got outed the first time.  For me it was my first follow up meeting with my cardiologist.  I was wearing one of my pink bras and as soon as they called me back the nurse did an EKG, so I had to take my shirt off.  I was caught and there was noting I could do about it.  So I just went with the flow and asked if they wanted me to take the bra off and they said no and carried on.  When I saw the doctor I found out that they had told them and he got a kick out of it.  I still wear a bra to all my meeting with him and try to wear a nice bra for the nurses.  My dermatologist not only knows it too since he almost always makes me strip and that's okay (He has gynecomastia too and he is around 30 something.)

[Reluctant]

Athena12,
Maybe I haven't been reading the right post.  I was responding to "Dead Air" my thoughts on the subject and provided my incite to this issue. While doing so, I came forward and opened up to the readers more of my private issues that I face.  I'm not one to disclose them for all to see.  I think that all that frequent this site have many similar and even more troubling problems that they may have faced over the years.  I'm sure that as time goes by one learns to face them with a greater sense of open mind as to their problems and excepts them.  Please bear with me!

[KP]

This website has been very helpful to me. I will continue to log on as much as I can.
Just like anything else, people move onto other things that are of more interest. 

[Athena12@]

KP; please do keep logging in and making comments.  It is people like you who keep this place alive.

[igotum]

 Reluctant I sympathize with you about having boobs. Igotum has real meaning. At this point in time I have several things I consider worse. My heart is down to 20% of what it should be. Now I am on oxygen 24/7. I have type 1 diabetes and take 6 shots a day.  My testicles have shrunk to about he size of marbles. My love life has gone to ZERO. Old Rosco is just to drain my bladder(sigh). Rosco has the same problem my heart has as well as most ateries. I had the right carotid fixed in 2000 and 5 bypass in my heart in 2003. All that said I am still proud to be alive.The artery problem I have is called calcification. It is so hard they can't put stents in. I wear a bra for comfort now. It also hides my nipples. They are like fog lights. My nipples are the most sensitive body parts I have now. Having boobs is the least of my worries.

[hammer]

Reluctant I sympathize with you about having boobs. Igotum has real meaning. At this point in time I have several things I consider worse. My heart is down to 20% of what it should be. Now I am on oxygen 24/7. I have type 1 diabetes and take 6 shots a day.  My testicles have shrunk to about he size of marbles. My love life has gone to ZERO. Old Rosco is just to drain my bladder(sigh). Rosco has the same problem my heart has as well as most ateries. I had the right carotid fixed in 2000 and 5 bypass in my heart in 2003. All that said I am still proud to be alive.The artery problem I have is called calcification. It is so hard they can't put stents in. I wear a bra for comfort now. It also hides my nipples. They are like fog lights. My nipples are the most sensitive body parts I have now. Having boobs is the least of my worries.

Damn Jerry, I'm so sorry that things have gone so down hill for you heath wise! It has been ages since we've talked and I can only imagine that you've had to sell one of your favorite old toys given the shape of your heart! I know how much you enjoyed time with that!

Once again I'm very sorry to read this about you, and I pray that you can still get your desire for some enjoyment out of life again!


Your friend,  Bob

[Athena12@]

Igotum,  I thought I had problems but you have got me beat all to hell.  I have some heart problems to but not as bad as yours.  Like you my Willing Willy is now just Willy.  And as for sex drive they are just two words I no longer understand.  I hope there is some way for you to get better.  Like you I have some problems with my veins too.  The small veins in the inside of both legs have valves that aren't work very well and on the right side the doctors them using RFA to fry them and destroy that vein so the main vein has to make up for it. But you do not have my sympathy because you know where that is located in the dictionary but you do have my hopes and prayers for a better life.
Don

[Athena12@]

Happy New Years everyone!!

[Johndoe1]

Happy "Boob" Year!

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Right back at both of you and to everyone else on the forum!

[Athena12@]

This is just something I thought that you would like to hear about Plastic bottles.
Bottled Water


Unhealthy Ingredient: BPA (Bisphenol-A)
BPA (one of these Scary Toxins Hiding in Your Cookware and Storage Containers) is a hormone-mimicking chemical found in nearly all food packaging plastics, and it’s potentially bad news. According to a study in Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine, chronic ingestion of this chemical can lead to a variety of hormonal changes, including early puberty in females, sperm, reduction, obesity, and increased rates of reproductive cancers. Active in just parts per billion, a study in Reproductive Toxicology found that one of the things BPA is known for is causing men to grow breasts by disrupting their hormones.

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Wow, I am sure glad that I am from a generation that drank my water from a garden hose!

[Athena12@]

Yeap and don't forget the glass pitcher of cold water in the refrigerator.