Let's conduct our own study on how we all got breast cancer

Anonymous

Swallowing Gum! I do believe I fit in that category.  In fact I cant chew gum to this day.  Why?  Cause I swallow it without realizing Im doing it. 

I also remember checking out things in my parents bedroom.  Never found any condoms though.  Maybe that why there were 5 kids in the house.

Mu closet is stilled filled with lots of barbie dolls too.

Nicki

ravdeb

hmmm..I also have a few Barbie Dolls. Wonder what they put in those boobs....

ddd

Well, I was never naughty, so I'll debunk that theory.

However, I would like to go back to the DDT/insecticide issue.  I grew up in mosquito country, most certainly exposed to plenty of DDT spraying in the summers, then there was the constant spraying of "Off" all summer long, and lets not forget the insecticides and fertilizers our dad put all over the lawns.....jeez.  Today I can hardly bring myself to pick up a can of House and Garden more than once a couple of months, that kind of stuff really scares me.

On the other hand, I had plenty of Barbies too!! LOL!!!!

gsg

Oh...my.....God....I wonder if dippity doo was code for dippity doo cause cancer. 

gsg

also, i'd like to hear from fumi how many condoms a week were missing from her parent's drawer...on average.

silvergirl9114

Oh geez---and all this time I thought it was from my naturally curly hair and being left handed. Did my share of stupid/naughty stuff but I figure if my Dad didn't kill me, BC certainly won't!



Jeannie

Towanda2

I'm sure mine was caused by spending too much time alone with BOB (battery-operated boyfriend).  He was probably made of the same plastic as Barbie.

gsg

LMAO!!!  BOB is a keeper. 

I can't stop laughing!!!!!

nevaeh

1. Lonnnnnnnnnnnnng makeout sessions where we just kissed (the frustration should have killed both of us)
2. Realizing sex was more fun -- (before marriage, that must have done it (at least according to the the nuns it would have)
3. Keeping beer cold in the snow (while we were making out)
4. Always dieting -- it had to be all the grapefruit I ate that one summer

I see the pattern now - it was sex and drinking.  Well, I'm not about to give up sex!

Anonymous

For me, I'm convinced it was all those black plastic O-Rings I wore in high school. I wore them on my right arm and got BC on the right side! You can't make this stuff up...



Either that or it was the gallons of Love's Baby Soft I doused on between 8th and 9th grade or all those Sergio Valente, Gloria Vanderbilt or Jordache jeans I wore that did it. Conspiracy, I tell ya!!

mke

Sex, drugs and rock and roll.  That had to be it.  All those vibrations don't you know.

Bugs

Hey Patrice...where in MN were you raised?

Anonymous

This is hilaraous ... thank you!!! 

Yep... must be the barbies ... and swallowing gum ... and laying in the sun w/ heaps of baby oil on my skin ...    or how 'bout a new theory --   how many of us swallowed watermelon seeds as we were eating watermelons ?? I did all the time as a kid  

we also used to chase the mosquito fogger as it went down the street -  we thought it was fun to run in the fog ... what on earth were we thinking ??  

Doreen  

TenderIsOurMight

We were children. I'm wondering what on earth our EPA was thinking! No warning to our parents???? Did anyone receive a warning about it's possible health effects? Like the local newspapers, or campgrounds etc...



Were they even informed it was DDT? How about the guys and gals driving those machines?



Of course, there was always college too, fun, sun, and oh my ? (not) rum but....



Gosh, what I now warn my kids!!

Tender

Anonymous

Being perfect...LIKE ME!

Shirley

Anonymous

Now, c'mon, girls, please be serious here! I've always known that it was my nail-biting that gave me cancer. Out of all of my sisters and other female relatives, I was the only one who bit (and swallowed!) and the only one who developed BC. My mother tried everything to break my habit, but I persisted. It's totally my fault and I know it!

And the rest of you who are totally in denial, admit it....you'll feel so much better!

~Marin

djd

Marin - I think you hit the "nail" on the head (pun intended )

I was a relentless nail-biter from the age of 5.  I was copying my oldest brother, probably.  Mom tried everything under the sun to get me to quit - nothing worked!  I even learned to enjoy the taste of that bitter crap she would paint on my nails!!

It wasn't until I became a borderline "germ-o-phobe" that I was able to keep my fingers out of my mouth

I still bite my nails occasionally, but only when I am sure that my hands are completely germ-free...lol

tkoski

Do you gals remember silly putty? I used to place it over my nose and blow bubbles...  I still remember what it smelled like....   it was either sniffing that stuff, or the hours of endless hoola-hooping....

This is better than confession......

Terri 

Paulette531

You guys are hilarious! For me I think it was back in the 80's when it came out that 1 out of 4 women would get BC. We were in the office and counted around and somehow it was me! I'm sure that's what did it!

Or it could have been those damn mosquito trucks...

OR...

Did you ever use Elmers glue to remove hair? It was like waxing! 

ravdeb

OMG..NOW I know what it was..when I was pulling my hair up really tight on my head and rolling it around orange juice cans. That was definitely it! The metal cans, mixed with the acid from the orange juice, right on my head..went straight to the boob.

TenderIsOurMight

Oh my, yes! That and spritzing on a straightener before ironing our long hair. Oops, maybe I was the only one (and my sister) who actually did this.

Anonymous

another chronic nailbiter when I was young ..  I bit my nails up through college -  I'm pretty sure I swallowed them too....  

Doreen  

newter

Now I never bit my nails but I did suck my thumb until kindergarten.  Maybe that caused my BC or maybe it was wearing braces for 3 years.  I also chewed a lot of gum, still do.  Do ya think it was any of these?

Nancy101

Ladies, this is so much fun.  I am cracking up.  I like the barbie theory, swallowing gum, biting nails, and ironing hair.  However, it may have started for me with my chatty cathy doll and me pulling the string all the time to make her say something different instead of hearing her get stuck on saying the same thing.  My older brothers kidnapped her from me and cracked her chest open, took her apart, and put her back together again...she was never the same again...just like us...hmm...  LOL

Paulette531

Did everyone go trick or treating? Maybe it was in the Halloween candy!

TenderIsOurMight

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Tender

Anonymous

No, it was NOT nail biting.  My fingernails grew long.  That's what it was...long fingernails.

I'm in Dotti's era.  Too old to have barbies.  Skating was pretty big in my day.  Could it have been making sure my skates were polished, really shiney, and making sure the bearings in my wheels were squeaky clean?

Or could it have been those freakin warts on my hands?  They finally went away.  But where DID they go?

mke

Wait, I was raised in MN too.  Maybe it was MN.  But I also like the halloween candy theory.  I think it was those candy corn kernel ones, or maybe candy cigarettes.

Sandra1957

There's that pink again...

Anonymous

OMG!  Im cracking up at this thread.  The silly puddy really got a good belly laugh.  I say maybe it was the Ovaltine.

Nicki