Anyone give in to maybe some not so healthy habits

Yeah...but sometimes I seize too much of the moment.. having fun even though I gained a few pounds.

While reading this thread I heard my name being called by my half-full tub of old-fashioned tapioca pudding in the fridge ... and oh did that taste good. Yes, I am also not so focused any more on being as svelte as I was before. At almost five foot eleven, I was a size 10 for a very long time, then after menopause became a size 12, and now after bc it has crept up to size 14. I used to walk for exeercise, but now my knee prevents me from doing that.

Just yesterday I decided to make peace with size 14 and to gather the nice, too small clothing and donate it to a local women's shelter. Somehow that specific cause makes it possible for me to part with the stuff. Elsewhere on the forum is the thread about "de-cluttering" or :-) de-crapization ... and seeing that I just moved house and saw so much stuff that I could live without, I am inspired.

Yes, I was on hormone replacement therapy for about 7 years, loving how it kept the wrinkles at bay. At age 59 that study came out that refuted the "good-for-heart-health" benefits, and I dropped it like a hot potato. Now research is showing a drop in the numbers of menopausal women developing breast cancer, and it is stated outright that it is ascribed to the lower number of menopausal women who take hormone replacement treatment. Yes, I figure that my looking young for my age at 59 definitely had a hefty price tag :-( attached to it ... bc.

After having gone through chemo like so many of us did, is it a wonder that we now savor tastes and aromas again? Like hoghedge's croissant and coffee in bed ... LIFE smells and tastes GOOD!

Delina

biondi, will try that Bananna recipie,
GlennaG , will drink with you. . .
Sierra, beautiful writing. . .I've learned from this experience, it is the little things in life. . .sorry it had to take something like this for me to find out. .
and ladies. . . Ice Cream for all. . . .
HUGS Kim

Delina,
You look so cheerful. Hope you are as happy as you seem.
Your HRT info ... oh dear, hecky thump - so that is why I managed a romantic fling at age 63, looking , so "he" told me 15 years younger. I've certainly caught up with my "real" age after ceasing the HRT and two bouts of bc - glad the "he" is not around to see me or my mutilation now.
The bc may have been my "punishment" : I am trying to get my daughter to learn a lesson from it ie NOT go on HRT. But first I have to tackle her smoking - even tho' her daddy died a nasty long-drawn out smoking-related death.
Had a good day gardening today - realised that I need not now ask my son-in-law to come round to do jobs I assumed were beyond me - lugged two paving stones across lawn - dug out a new flower bed - edged it with that mini-fencing that needs hefty blows with hammer.
May have to spend longer in bed with croissant tomorrow am.
A bientot
Shirley

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Shirley, please don't think of your bc as "punishment" for the HRTs!!!......<snip>
Breast cancer comes for it's own reasons and I don't think we should ever "blame" ourselves for it.

A bientot et vous!!

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No, we should blame our gyn. Mine told me that the benefits outweigh the risks. So, like a good girl I took them so I could save my bones, heart and brain. The joke was on me...no brain saving and surely wasn't safe for the heart. Oh well, stuff happens. However, it may not have been the HRT.
Shirley

PS...I realize you were responding to the other Shirley. That part of my brain IS left.

SO FUNNY.........just the other day I purchased a cheesecake for my husband and a banana cream pie for myself and daughter.....and whoever else came by. For the last year I have been so good about sweets. But that day I decided to enjoy a piece of banana cream pie. I had to give 1/2 of it away......because I would have eaten all of it during the following 7 days.......LOL.

Then I went shopping with my daughter at the Mall.....second time since beginning this breast cancer journey. I stopped by Wendy's and we both got a ROOTBEER FLOAT! Oh....MY.........have not had one of those in years!

I FEEL NO QUILT...........because I DESERVE TO ENJOY THIS PLEASURE AFTER ALL I HAVE BEEN THROUGH! And I am looking forward to more adventures too!

Love All Of You,
Terry

I was living a pretty clean life. I had been a vegetarian from age 26 to 39, quit smoking 9 years ago, avoided the sun in my 30's (but loved it in my 20's), worked out regularly. Got BC and I guess it was unavoidable because I am BRCA 1 so I really do not think I could have done anything to prevent it except possibly having my ooph 10 years earlier.

So I am enjoying food and the sun. I am not worried about skin cancer after having BC and I am certainly not worried about wrinkles. In fact, I hope I grow old enough for lots and lots of wrinkles.