Anti-cancer support groups for lowering risk of recurrence?

SFMama · July 2016

I am almost done with my year of treatment, and now I am focusing on how to build healthy habits that will lower my risk of recurrence. In particular, I want to work on the pillars of diet, exercise and the mind/body connection. I am working with a nutritionist, but I am still having such a hard time kicking my sweet tooth and my wine habit. I would like to meet with like-minded people who are positive and optimistic and action-oriented about following all of the best practices. I live in San Francisco but so far am coming up short for resources like this.

Traveltext · July 2016

Great topic, I'm sure there will be lots of posters. Will you be doing rads and hormone blockers?

Having_Faith · July 2016

Giving up a sweet tooth is hard but once you've made it several weeks it gets much easier I promise. I have to avoid soy, which is in everything so i forces me to eat clean and from scratch. There is a book by Tosca Reno about cleaning eating that is really good and also a book i got from Amazon called The Whole-Food Guide for Breast Cancer Survivors: A Nutritional Approach to Preventing Recurrence (The New Harbinger Whole-Body Healing Series) It is a great reference and talks about the types of foods to eat or avoid and why. Highly recommend it. I used to do a lot of yoga to compliment my weight lifting but endurance and flexibility are not what they used to be but know it will get a little bit better every time. I'm on Arimidex instead of Tamoxifen with has affected my energy level a little bit. Keeping fit and active can really counteract some of the side effects.

Anti-cancer support groups for lowering risk of recurrence?

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