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

our moms would be so turned in to child protective services, these days! 

Patoo, i think we are onto something: i am left handed, bc right breast, middle and third child,too! anything else? were you shy? anybody else get accused of reading too much?

I remember going to library about once a week, arm load of books, and spending the summer on the glider with Fudge sickles. Yeah, it was the fudge sickles. 

....i say, F### him!!!!

Hmmmmm, I have  a LOT of unexpressed anger!!!!

kath - haha...yep!...I say, let it all out! I rofl on your, "I say F$%#$ him!"...

....actually, getting breast ca in a weird way, made me very quick to anger, and to express it pretty quickly. I know i know, this is supposed to be fun & games....

introverted - yes

read too many books - yes

depths of hidden anger - yes

Nice move-- throwing pot holders. 

Absolutely, cleaning is high up on the list.  That's why I avoid it as much as possible.  Dont' want a cancer recurrence.

I'm keep thinking of hiring a cleaning person.  But this place is so small,, it seems like I should be able to take care of it myself.  And the dog refuses to clean unless it is tongue vacuuming crumbs up off the floor.

Love the throwing potholders but since I live alone it wouldn't do any good!  Used to read a lot and still do some but since BC the little white pill has stolen my ability to focus.

Unexpressed anger, kathec don't be so hard on the writer.  We introverts (yes, I'm very, very introverted) do tend to keep things to ourselves.  We want to let it out but have to churn it about inside and by the time we are ready to let it out, it's over!  So those anger thoughts could have taken up residence in my right breast.

Oh gosh,  I know this is the "fun" thread, but the most recent posts have hit a nerve  I just ended a 40 year marriage that was full of stress.  I've been wondering whether years (and years) of having stress hormones running through my body caused my breast cancer.  I am so peaceful now, it has really given me pause to consider this.

I honestly believe birth control is my cause. A little over a prior to being diagnosed I had horrible periods. It was fibroids & my dr gave me several options. Ablation, D&C, hysterectomy and birth control among other. I just remember thinking the least invasive option was birth control. 

She gave the cons & pros to them all and I remember her saying something about a slight increase risk of breast cancer etc. I didnt want surgery so I took birth control & it eased the bleeding tremendously. I hadn't taken the pill for close to 20 yrs then so I think me going in and missing with my hormones had an affect. The irony is I am getting a hysterectomy at the end of the month because my fibroid issue still continues 😞. I keep thinking "I should have just did it then, I wouldn't be in this position"

giantgardenlover, you are absolutely correct.  I made it just short of 60 years.  Had I died at 59 I would not have gotten it.  Wait, wait, I had ILC, the slow one, so maybe I would have had to die at 55?  48?  43 and 4 months?  Hmmmmmmmmm.

wenweb, 40 years, wow.  Go right back into court and charge him with giving you BC!  (sorry, please don't think I am taking your lost marriage as a joke, I am not, just making light because of the nature of this thread.)  If I offend you, please forgive.

I had TONS of unexpressed anger then I retired after 26 years.  No more stress and BOOM I got BC 4 months later. I think the lack of stress made that little demon spot feel safe enough to show its ugly head.  

Maybe I should have stayed pi$$ed off!

Seriously I do agree that long term intense stress is a contributing factor.  

Today I figured out how I got BC. I was in the grocery story sampling the grapes before I purchased them. Some say this is stealing but who wants to end up with a bunch of sour grapes. Oh, and they weren't washed. I continued to eat the unwashed grapes on the drive home. I've done this soooooooooooo many times. So, I'm either being punished for stealing or should have washed those chemicals off. Maybe a double whammy?