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carcharm
carcharm Member Posts: 486
edited June 2014 in Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts

I know this is crazy but I've actually gained weight and overeat more SINCE my treatment. I know in my brain that eating all the garbage I eat is bad for me. I see myself getting bigger and bigger. I hear my husband making comments that I am carrying excess baggage like never before. But I still continue to do what I know is wrong for me. In a sense I feel like I am slowly killing myself. I know that not eating well increases my chances for reoccurance but I can't stop. I was on effexor now switched to Lexapro. Does anyone else have this problem? I need help to stop but don't know where to turn. I've gone to talk with a professional and it didn't help at all. I am angry that I had cancer and could get it again soon. I am anxious about reoccurance. I ask why me and not so and so cuz they smoke and lead promiscuous lives. Is this a form of ptsd? I've stopped exercising. I sleep all the time. I feel horrible. There is so much conflicting information about what is the best way to prevent cancer that I feel overwhelmed with information and don't know what to believe. I hope I'm not the only one who has done this.

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  • Arayasunshine69
    Arayasunshine69 Member Posts: 50
    edited November 2010

    Carcharm, I am struggling with the EXACT same issues as you....in fact, I could have written this thread!  The more information I read, the more conflicted and depressed I feel.  I never smoked either, and lived a pretty healthy, active lifestyle.  But now, I'm too depressed to do everything I should be doing. It's vicious.  You aren't the only one who has done this.

    Hugs

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  • carcharm
    carcharm Member Posts: 486
    edited November 2010

    Arayasunshi... thank you!

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  • vivvygirl
    vivvygirl Member Posts: 435
    edited November 2010

    Carcharm & Arayasunshi,

    Move over as I am also in the same boat.  Was just thinking that I need to start exercising but where to start and where am I going to find the energy???

    My DH still continues to smoke after promising me he would quit after the BC dx. He sneakily hids and lights up....I go and tell him that I feel that it is real slap in the face that he continues to do this as I did nothing wrong eg diet and exercise and got cancer and he acts like he is invincable and just keeps going.

     Hugs

    Viv

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  • Karen09
    Karen09 Member Posts: 320
    edited November 2010

    I can't seem to stop eating crap either.  I haven't been able to lose any of the weight I gained when I was on treatment.  I can walk and get lots of exercise and I can eat all kinds of healthy good for me foods, but then I just can't seem to resist eating chips and chocolate and ice cream.  God!  I don't want to be fat forever. 

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  • nikola
    nikola Member Posts: 466
    edited November 2010

    When did You finish Your last chemo Tx? I was like that starting with my third Tx and up until 5-6 weeks after last one. I am 8 1/2 weeks out of my last T/C and finally starting to eat healthier and started exercising again. The problem is weight is not coming down as before. I only lost 5-6 pounds so far. I am in chemopouse and believe weight gain is one of SE.

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  • kmccraw423
    kmccraw423 Member Posts: 3,596
    edited December 2010

    Food has always been my downfall.  When I was hospitalized and in rehab I lost 25 pounds.  As soon as I got home I ate everything in site!  The food I had had in the hospital and rehab was so bad there was no chance of overeating and, of course, I didn't have access to food!

    Someone once told me "Eat only when hungry."  What does hunger have to do with eating?

    Viv ... I stopped smoking 7 years ago and I feel the same way - if I can't smoke, neither shouyld anyone else!  In fact, a friend stopped smoking and told her significant other that he could still smoke - just know if she got lung cancer, it was his fault!

    What worse is that in my case I am also a diabetic and still can't stop.  Suggestions?  I try to remind myself that the intake of too many carbs will cause a chemical reaction in my body but a lot of days I ignore that advice!

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