I have been experiencing extremely tender/sore breasts for about a week. I haven't had this in over 11 years. I'm a 49 y/o caucasian woman. I had an hysterectomy in 2000, where all was removed except a small piece of one ovary. I'm not on hormone replacement therapy. I just don't know why this would start all of a sudden like this. Everything I read about sore breasts relates to an increase in estrogen. I don't think this could be the problem since I probably need to be on hormone replacement therapy.View Thread