New study links br cancer risk to drinks

voraciousreader

the candor here instills my strong faith in humanity...

MountainMia

It might not do much good for ME to wonder why *I* got BC. However, I do hope scientists will continue to investigate.

Scrafgal

To be honest, I am forever happy that my sister (who has unhealthy habits and is overweight) has not been diagnosed with this disease, and I hope that she never does, regardless of her health habits. I took genetic testing for 80+ cancer-related genes and was happy to tell her that I tested negative for all 80+ genes. If it had to be one of us that got this randomly, then I am happy that it was me and not her. I love my sister and could never resent her for not getting this disease. In any case, my situation has motivated my sister to take on more healthy habits which is a good thing. No guarantees, of course, but she is better off for being healthier, in general, as am I. I also hope that we find a cure soon!

1redgirl

Ask most people if they eat a lot of sugar. Most reply they do not. Denial. I believe diet is very important and life altering. Giving up sugar removed my migraines, joint aches, insomnia, sweats, anxiety, to name a few miserable health issues. I have none of that now. I cannot get over how well I sleep now allowing my body that time to “fix stuff”. Will it keep me from getting a cancer reoccurrence? I have no idea, but I sure am benefiting right this moment.

I never was a big organic and certainly not the “grass fed only” person, but I have come around after much research. I owned horses for many years. I ended up pulling grain from them many years ago. I raised our own hay. For horses grain is a digestive nightmare and most of all in the wild NO horse would be consuming grain. So that begs the question why are we feeding grain to cows? Again, not natural and now we know the unbalance between Omega 3 and 6 because of grain consumption.

Why I have gotten cancer twice is very important to me. I believe how we process daily stress is important, let alone serious episodes. I failed doing so. The first time I got cancer, my mom was dying. I moved from home to take care of her. Prior to that my dad was dying and I took care of him as well. This time around I was under constant stress from our family business, taking care of a farm by myself, and many animal losses. I just did way more than I ever should have committed to. Many things could have contributed to my cancer. My mother was 45 when I was born. She had been under years of enormous stress and sadness after my brother was killed, which nearly killed her as well. As we age, our cell mutations increase. We get all of our Mitochondria DNA from our mothers. I also was exposed to DDT growing up. A lot of it. Also later as an environmental activist I was exposed to a lot of toxic chemicals when doing river watch. Later I was daily exposed to rubber footing used in a riding indoor that made me very sick. It is not a pretty picture.

I am reading a great book now by Dr David Servan-Schreiber a cancer patient that is now deceased. While he did conventional treatment twice, he also believed in a holistic approach. However, he failed the stress test because he committed to a lifestyle he simply could not do without killing himself. Getting out the message propelled him to make a difference, but it came at a huge price. As we age, stress is even harder to manage. Anyway, get the book. Anti Cancer A New Way of Life. Full of interesting data.

Anonymous

Diane,

I hate to hear about recurrence, anytime. I hope your sister will rally after treatment. I do know that ILC tends to recur later (like 10 years +, so I get to live with that knowledge) and in soft tissues, like the stomach. Hugs,

Claire in AZ

Scrafgal

1redgirl,

You make great points, many of which are great for general health--not just cancer. But having any cancer is a risk factor for getting another cancer. That is something to consider as well. I hate to understand this empirical fact, but it is something that we all live with, once we've been diagnosed with one cancer.

As I have said before in this forum, we all do what we need to do to feel comfortable moving forward. If what you are doing is working for you, then more power to you!

AliceBastable

The first two cancers, I was living with a certain amount of stress. Ten years later, I was blissfully stress-free. Still got cancer. Two new ones. So that theory is just another attempt to blame SOMETHING for cancer. WHY do people keep wanting a scapegoat? Shit happens. Sometimes it happens to you, sometimes it happens to me. If all the best trained, experienced researchers haven't found answers yet, those of us who are neither trained nor experienced sure as hell won't.

Jons_girl

Thank you everyone for your comments here. Great comments....I just thought this was a interesting study which I realize wasn't a perfect one. Probably shouldn't have posted it but it sure did stir up alot of comments. So maybe that is good.

Alice you are right....we can't blame our cancer on any one thing for sure. Who knows how we got our cancers....we got them though.

Not that this really contributes to the conversation but I thought I would share:

I am what someone might describe as thin, I eat plant based and live a very very healthy lifestyle or so I think. This morning my husband and I were out picking cane berries and over our head flew a helicopter...literally OVER OUR HEAD. Our neighbor had NOT NOTIFIED US that they were spraying either pesticide or herbicide today on their christmas trees. I was furious......mostly because I felt so violated as the spray was coming down nearly on top of us (he over sprayed onto one of our pastures) This is something also that contributes to our health....what is in our air. But like Alice said, we can't blame anything for our cancer. Many things contribute to why we get cancer.....many many things. To numerous to list. There is no way we can blame it on something. It happens. And we deal with it as best we can.

exbrnxgrl

Alice,

Thank you for your sensible take on “how” we got cancer. Again, I’m not suggesting an unhealthy lifestyle, but stuff happens. I have wasted very little time trying to figure out how. I do participate in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project. They have my tumor samples as well as most body fluid samples. I’m going to let them figure it out and if they do, I hope they can help others in the future!