My onc said it was fine in moderation, I don't drink as much as I once did but now that I have finished tx I have started drinking some again.  I'm BRCA1+ and have wondered if it would even matter if I stopped drinking or not.  It's one of the things I enjoy in life, BC has taken so much from me and I refuse to let it take anything else.

I drink-- and not really in moderation! I love wine and really let myself have as much as I want. I drink pretty much every day. I eat no wheat, dairy or any other sugar and I exercise at least one hour a day. But I am NOT giving up my wine! 

I have spoken to my oncologist, who is brilliant , trained out of the city of hope.  He is super progressive, and on every board from her to ten-buk-2! ! He's cutting edge all the way!!!

He is constantly reserching new meds, ways to keep women on anthormonals longer who are er pos , just when I think he is the most brilliant doc, on the planet, he will tell me something new there working on!!  That being said,  I have had the wine conversation with him and my BS and my Rads onc. They have all said the same thing, esp. my onc. Have a damn glass of wine!!!!!!  He does not think they have enough data to prove the connection w/ alcohal and reaccurance, he also thinks it's been blown way out of perportion!!!!!

You have to live your life, as you can see by my signiture my cancer was aggressive,  but it's gone!!!!  I am not going to spend the rest of my life living in the fear zone I refuse.  Now I am not telling you to drink a bottle a night, but a glass with dinner is not going to matter,  I hate to tell you all this. if our cancer is going to come back it is.  I would like to believe and do,  that they through the book at me, and I am healed, Just came from the onc today , the doc said you did everything to treat this cancer, everything, we can only control so much ladie's, we should eat right, yes excersise, yes, prayer for me is a big thing, I believe in the power it holds. The little enjoyments in moderation will not be the cause of a reacuurance, they just don't have it that figured out yet!!

I am sorry if this offends anyone here, I love all my sister;s, but it's true!!  Don't have the wine if your not going to enjoy it!  I personally love a nice glass of red with dinner, ever night!!! You heard me!!

Hugssssssssssssss

I will be out 2 years from dx in oct. Thanks Lord, and bless all my sister's!!!! 

cheers

Steph

There is always the controversy of wine as a factor in bc.  We won't resolve that issue, because someone else will decide that drinking wine is good for you.  I was told many years ago; alcohol can create dehydration and a person in treatment needs hydration.  The greatest problem with alcohol, is that the glass empties quickly and another glass is easy to drink etc. etc. alice

Kate~ Congrats on your news!!! You opened up a great discussion here. We will never all agree on everything and may go about things our own way but we are all in this together! Cheers!

Kate,

so happy to hear your good news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are going to live a long ,wonderful life!!

Blessings,

Steph

I read this entire thread... and first I need to say......... JUNIE has passed???????????????????? WHAT??? I am sick by this.. I need to go find out....

On drinking...

if you are HORMONE + ( cannot tell from your posts) then you need to limit alcohol. ONLY hormone + ladies fall into this category at this point.

Triple negs and Her2 + only ... have no link to increased BC recurrences or BC in general, especially after mastectomies.

I am a Her2+ woman with a big fat 0 linking me to er/pr+ BC. During chemo... I was loosing weight.... and my state is a " non medical Marijuana" state PERIOD.... so my onco had me drinking wine DAILY to increase my appetite. It worked... and I only lost like 11 pounds.

I am also on hormone replacement therapy ( chemo put me in menopause at age 40).... my Breast Cancer Center here........ had no problem putting on this... for five yrs.. ( I will be 48then) and then reassessing at that point.

Bottom line........ if you are not hormone + BC.... the alcohol data is not meant for you... nor is the hormone therapy data, according to my Breast Cancer Treatment Center.

I think I just read a study that definitively linked alcohol to cancer.  I'll try to find it.  Not trying to scare anyone, but my onc says that I can eat "whatever I want" and I know that isn't so.  Sometimes our oncs are not up on the latest studies regarding diet/lifestyle and I think that is the case here.  

I not only don't drink wine, I don't drink ANY alcholic beverages now.  After reading many studies that indicate booze may be a major contributing factor in breast cancer, I just wish so much, that I was warned about that a long time ago.  I used to drink due to a super stressful job and for other reasons.  I was not a drunk, but I definitely wish I could go back in time and undo drinking booze.  I went cold turkey - not a problem for me.

So, you may not like my answer, but it is a bad idea to drink if you have any BC experience.

Good luck to you!

Wow...so glad to have found this thread. I believe BC has taken so much away from us that it is NOT going to take away what I enjoy. I have at least 2 glasses of red wine a night. Yes, its a habit...but it is a habit I enjoy. My onc says it is too much but hasn't told me to quit. Wouldnt matter anyway...I'm not going to. I believe so much is associated with cancer that if I do have a recurrance I nor my onc will blame the wine. It could be the charbroiled burger I used to eat, the garden hose I drank out of as a kid, the mosquito spray that at six years old smelled so good. Though there are days when I am pouring another one I question whether or not I really should.....I pour it though...and enjoy it. And I am living my life..not letting BC take it.

I have also been told to limit alcohol consumption, but never had a satisfactory answer.  I found a link (which naturally I can not copy and paste) that explains more than my onc told me.  If you google connection between alcohol and breast cancer, the first article,  a CBS news story explains it quite well.  Unfortunately, I am of the school of thought that I see several on this thread share.  Having wine while making and eating dinner is one of my life's few pleasures.  I have to have cancer and give up alcohol?  No way