Something someone posted on Facebook!

I just want to scream. Cancer seems to like, even prefer, healthy bodies!!

It takes a while to shut out idiots like that, but you will get the hang of it.

Guys like this really piss me off.  Cancer does not discriminate.  Rich and poor get it.  Health nuts and couch potatoes.   Vegans and meat-eaters. Drinkers and non-drinkers.

Sure, there are things you can do to lessen your chances, but that's all it does,,, lessen your chances,, not completely eliminate it. I'm sure we all know someone who smoked like a chimney and yet never got lung cancer. Granted smokers are MORE LIKELY to get lung cancer, but it is not a given.

Some of you have heard me say this before,, but when Linda McCartney died of breast cancer,, I knew then, that it could happen to anyone.  A vegetarian who had all the money in the world for any treatment, and she still died of BC.  It can happen to anyone.

Don't listen to the crazy people on Facebook.  Block them. Upgrade your privacy settings to keep them from invading your feed as much as possible.  Treatments do work. Some BC survivors have been with us for a long time. Some sadly pass away too soon. It's a crap shoot. Doctors don't know what will work for every single patient.  I do believe that most of them are doing the very best they can with the current resources.

It seems the older I get, the more I meet people who have this, which I guess is true to statistics.  I am 58. Recently, I went to a cooking demo in my city and my sister in law, who has had DCIS, and another friend, sat down, and it happened that the ladies on the other side of her, were people she knew, one had just had a mastectomy a week prior and right behind us was a lady I knew, who has also had DCSI.  So within arms reach, there were  4 of us.  So, later, I point that out to another sister in law and she says I know, it has to be in our food. Really? I admit, I am overweight and have been for many years but I see people on these boards that are personal trainers, vegans, etc and they are in the same boat as I am.  I've also heard the comment that they have a cure for cancer but its better for the drug companies to keep it quiet.  Yeah, well then how do all these super rich people not live?????????????

I don't think there is an absolute cure out there.  It would be too hard to keep it a secret. That is Nobel Prize winner stuff to find a cure. I think cancer has too many causes and too many details. ER+, ER- , etc etc.  What will work for one will not work on another.  The cause is also complicated. Yes, it could be in our food or environment, pesticides etc.

But cancer has been around forever,, way before pesticides, and all that.  Are they dormant cells in our bodies, that switch on for some reason?  That might be the key,,, but who knows?

No one will bash you for saying organic isn't healthier because it really isn't.  Organically grown produce has the same nutrients that non-organic produce does.  Organic just doesn't have the level of pesticides.  Which is a reason to try to avoid non-organic produce if that's what you are trying to do.  But, technically, it's truthful to say organic is not healthier.

I would love to eat totally organic (I grow my own herbs- and vegetables, but my garden isn't big enough for us to be self-sustaining), but - as you mentioned - the cost is prohibitive.  It's ridiculous.  My local grocery store was selling "organic" turkey for (Canadian) Thanksgiving.  They were over $80.00 !!!  Seriously?  So, I - like you - do my best to eat healthfully, exercise and keep my weight down.  Totally organic eating is out-of-the-question given the ridiculous prices.

I just wish that diet and exercise really could eliminate the risk for cancer.

I think almost everyone would agree that the the pharma companies make too much much,even given the cost of bringing products to market. That's something we all would like to see changed. Stress is not good for anyone but to blame a stressful life event, which many of us will experience on directly causing bc is something I have trouble with. First of all, that's part of life and thus unavoidable. Secondly, it opens the door for blaming the victim and blaming ourselves.

Shorfi,

I agree extreme stress could effect the immune system. I think that was a major factor in my BC