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

coraleliz

I drew the short straw...

Anonymous

Ohhhhhhhh dawny, I still have tops with shoulder pads in my closet.  Gonna get them out and give them away.  No, then some other poor sister will get BC so I guess, oh, I know, just cut the pads out and throw them away. 

SharonMH

Hi,  Hope it was not my bell bottom jeans. Maybe I could use some of those shoulder pads now but not on my shoulders.   SharonH

dawny

Patoo

You'd better burn those babies!

Dawn

kate2011

I think I got cancer because I was bored (insurance job) and stressed out (dated a lot of jerks).

My new plan is to not be bored & not date jerks.  We'll see how that works out for me.

Just had my 6 month mammo.  So far, so good!  Still a work in progress, though. 

dawny

Someone mentioned "Nair" hair removel cream - I actually brushed my teeth with that one time, thinking it was tooth paste! It tastes absolutely vile, that must be why I have BC!

Dawn

Rennasus

It's gotta be from drinking tap water.

mumito

Bedo I think it was that milk that our mothers forced on us.

Angelice

Well I think it was doing home work and house work

Anonymous

Ohhhhh, I forgot housework.  Been doing it all day so I better go search the internet for all those miracle cancer cures.

shells43

This thread is great! How did I just find it?

My theory is it's from inhaling all of those chemicals from that super bubble stuff that came out of a metal tube. Does anyone remember that? You would squeeze it out and wad it up on the end of a little straw like a coffee stirrer to blow it into a bubble. I'm pretty sure it was polyvinyl acetate. Nothing like giving noxious chemicals to kids. Some of my friends would CHEW it like bubble gum. Wonder what kind of cancer they got?? Criminy.

voraciousreader

Shelley... Not only do I remember THAT... I remember the smell too!

SharonMH

Hi   That stuff was so fun.  Oh yes  I remember that smell.  Do you remember how good gas use to smell. SharonH 

Patriotic

Eating Pop-Tarts as a child, smelling gas fumes, hair dye, plastic, lack of sun.



I know we're just being silly here but when I was first diagnosed, I discovered that the U.S. doesn't have the highest rates of BC in the world. We are in the middle of the pack. The top three highest are:



Iceland

Denmark

Belgium



So, what do these countries have in common? Not a lot of obesity. They eat relatively natural diets. They do smoke and drink a lot of alcohol and coffee.



The lowest rates are in Japan, with less than half the incidence of the next highest country. The key to this is figuring out what sets them apart? They do eat carbs! LOL. Lots of fish, veggies, rice, green tea. But, most women AVOID the sun!



What gives?



Here's the list of top 25 countries by incidence. Fascinating stuff.



http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_bre_can_inc-health-breast-cancer-incidence

kate2011

Oh yeah, smelling gas fumes.  I used to love to hang out in the garage when dad was putting the gas in the lawnmower.  That could have done it.

Leah_S

Nope, not gas fumes. I hated them, still do, and get mildly queasy in gas stations.

Housework. Patoo said it and she knows.

Leah

Beetlebum

Kate 2011:  Now I know what it was.  I was also an insurance agent.  That job will drive you crazy too!

coraleliz

The gas use to smell soooo good. I think the rubber cement we used in the "older grades" , grades  4-6 in elementary school might be the culprit.. Making bouncy balls out of it during class instead of paying attention. I'm suprised I didn't get cancer sooner

kate2011

Heh heh...rubber cement.  Yes, that was good.  We used to have mimeographs when I was in school...I loved getting those off the press!

Patriotic mentioned hair dye...that could be the culprit.  I started going grey at 20, so I've been dyeing my hair ever since.  That can't be good for me! 

voraciousreader

Speaking of glue... It was the Elmer's Glue that we smeared on our skin and let it dry and then peeled it off our skin...

catbill

I think it was the mystery "goo" in the center of the Hostess Twinkies...I alway wondered what that stuff was, but I ate them anyway.

voraciousreader

Did someone already mention licking stamps? Really? When was the last time anyone used a stamp that even peeled off? Didn't George Costanza's fiancée die from licking stamps? I bet it was those stamps and the envelopes too!

Anonymous

I chewed that stuff too.  I loved licking stamps and envelopes.  Couldn't wait to go gas up the car.  Hostess Twinkies, Hostess Cupcakes, are Devil Dogs also by Hostess?  Hmmmmm, maybe we need to check into the Hostess company!

voraciousreader

Suzy Q's!!!!!!!!!!!!

SharonMH

Hi,  Maybe I got Breast Cancer from inhailing that helum from balloons.  SharonH

Lilyn

This thread is hysterical! Chatty Cathy and Dippity Doo....you all are so funny. Well how about Tang? Anyone remember that weird orange drink.  Drank that for years as a teenager, also sniffed a lot of playdoo as well. 

SharonMH

Hi ,  I might also add kool aid, How about all that food coloring.? Oh I hope play doh is OK because I let my Grandkids play with it. I also thought Tang was good. SharonH

catbill

Oh no!  Maybe it was because I sometimes stepped on the cracks in the sidewalk.

GramE

Someone mentioned Kool Aid.   My mom made us popsicles out of Kool Aid...   

Anyone old enough to rember ink wells in school?   The kid behind me would "paint" my hair with the ink.    Or how about those crinolin petti coats and poodle skirts or saddle shoes... 

voraciousreader

Garter belts!  Remember when those things used to snap and you'd have to slide up your dress and fix it.  What's a girl to do when a young boy is watching her?  Ahh...the stress of those garter belts snapping...That's it!