Survivors who had chemo etc and are into Complementary medicine

Linda, he sure as heck did and I was really pissed. I did, however, quit smoking. So one good thing came out of getting BC.

I completely agree. He (and the rad onc) are arrogant little twerps. But,that being said, they are simply the best at what they do so I deal with their stupid antics. Whenever I ask him anything about complementary supplements or therapies, he rolls his eyes and I so want to throttle him.

VJ, that is fascinating.  And...that is exactly my profile, so I have to wonder.  I do, though, get confused about risk percentages.  "Double the risk" for someone my age was still peanuts.  (Under 2%, I think...)  And yet, here I am.  There is so much more to learn about subsets.  In the absence of family history, I really do wonder what set mine off:  no kids, life in cities, drinking and smoking with glee when I was young, stress...and yet, I know a ton of women who are exactly same, no cancer.

Anyway, the info on smoking is really very interesting.

Barbara, what is it with rad oncs?  Mine had an assistant who told me I did more damage to my long-term cancer risk with chemo than I ever would with radiation.  I can't help but snicker at yours--I didn't know someone figured out THE cause of cancer!  He's so special

Grapeseed oil and coconut oil are both delicious.. really and I am the biggest olive oil lover.  Shoot, I like butter too.. but only occasionally.

Even if smoking doesn't cause breast cancer, heart disease kills more women than breast cancer and although more women get breast cancer lung cancer kills more women than breast cancer in the USA. Quitting is something that should be on everyone's list who stilll smokes. I know I don't want to go through this journey again for lung cancer.

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I really enjoy not smoking. I'm coming up on 6 years. Granted I was never a heavy smoker but I did enjoy it when I smoked. I can't stand it now. My husband had to walk on the other side of the street when he smokes and we're together. He starts chantix again next week.

I'm sure I could get him to try if I knew whre to send him.

lago another one hoping he can quit. I have two kids who smoke so important  to me.

Another name for fresh soy beans in the pod.  They are the "in" snack, and not something I particularly like.  Others rave about them, but we used to grow the same thing back in the day.  We fed them to our cows for extra protein, so you might know them as "cow beans".

We found some fresh pods at the grocery on the Big Island (grown local I think) and boiled them with salt.  They pop out of the 'shells' and are a tasty snack I thought.  I haven't been able to find the fresh pods here in AZ though.

Says china on the package (costco), don't know about trader joes.

Barbara - I agree with the others but, like you, I think your onc is a keeper. If he played a role in you stopping smoking, then he may have saved your life from many premature death causes. Maybe he took advantage of a teachable moment. Good medicine man. My guess is that he knew you knew he wasn't stating a scientific fact but, rather, giving you an opinion. I was utterly alone in my quit. But strangely, I think not smoking will be what most makes the pendulum swing in favor of saving my life, If it is to be spared from cancer, that is.

(I was in that high risk group - no pregnancies).

Edited because I am now on a comfortable desktop and not an annoying iPad! 

I must have had a bad batch of edamame (http://www.edamame.com/).  I had no idea what it was, but an in-law of mine who likes to be really up-to-date cooked some for us.  She bought them frozen, and either steamed or boiled them.  A sorry dish, IMHO -- tough, soggy, with the taste of greens that have been frost-injured.  They were probably over-cooked; but once I discovered we'd eaten soybean pods, I thought, "Yuck! -- someone's really desperate here".  My family home was surrounded by agricultural land, including a large soybean field.  Soybeans were used for animal feed back then, and nobody (in the U.S.) would think of eating the pods.

It is hilarious that, with the huge soybean industry here in the U.S., someone has to import soybean pods from China.  There's something wrong with that picture.

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I love edamame raw on salads.  Yumm.  Which is funny because I never liked lima beans and they look and feel a lot alike to me