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

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  • bluewillow
    bluewillow Member Posts: 779
    edited December 2007
    I know what did it to me.  Nacho Cheese Doritos.  Been eating them for years.  I think I bought the first bag that was ever sold, and probably ate some the day of my mammogram (oops, hope I didn't have Dorito breath).  I am still eating them Surprised  Plus, I had a major crush on Erik Estrada years ago, and I was a married woman.  I'm sure that contributed to my health problems...
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  • my3girls
    my3girls Member Posts: 3,766
    edited December 2007

    Well...bluewillow...if Doritos did it..then I am sure my Cheetos played a huge part in my dx!  I loved them as a teenager!

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  • newter
    newter Member Posts: 4,330
    edited December 2007

    Maybe my house was not clean enough and the dirt or dust caused my cancer.  Or maybe it was too clean and the cleaning agents caused it. ???????????

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  • my3girls
    my3girls Member Posts: 3,766
    edited December 2007

    cleaning agents there ya go. Must have been the Comit..and all the bathroom sinks I cleaned!!

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  • sharebear
    sharebear Member Posts: 332
    edited December 2007

    We use to call me mom Mrs. Clean. You could eat off her garage floor. I did get bc at an early age 32. Must have been all the comit, rosenthal carpet cleaner, murphy's oil soap, lysol, bleach in the laundry..........

    Sharon

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  • iodine
    iodine Member Posts: 4,289
    edited December 2007

    Ah, cheetos!!!!!!!!  a couple of years after dx I got this craving for them--hadn't eaten them in Years!

    I even got up one night and dressed to go get a bag at 7-11.  I'm talking crazy craving.  I'd call dh and tell him to get me a bag on the way home---almost snatch it from him and stuff my mouth.

    then I quit wanting them.  I have no idea where this came from and why it went away in 6-8weeks,  but I think I still have a little extra lump in my butt that may turn yellow/orange one of these days.

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  • wackyjackie
    wackyjackie Member Posts: 669
    edited December 2007

    Hi Girls,

    I grew up in Manhattan and I think I got BC from hanging out on Tar Beach.  My boobs were too close to the sun. LOL!!! Thanks for the laughs, this is a great site.

    Hugs, Jackie

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  • Little-G
    Little-G Member Posts: 647
    edited December 2007

    OMG, I'm so glad I read this post!!  I am feeling so low tonight, just ready to go to bed and read this one!  It has given me a smile again!  Thank you to GSG for starting it!  Personally, I think its from eating those little candy waffer "flying saucers" and watching HR Puff & Stuff on an old black and white TV.  Thanks for the laugh ladies!!

    g

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  • sharebear
    sharebear Member Posts: 332
    edited December 2007

    Little-G. Sounds like you and I are about the same age. I loved HR Puff and Stuff. And I think the waffers were NECCO waffers?

    Sharon

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  • honeygirl
    honeygirl Member Posts: 1,718
    edited December 2007

    Hey do you mean the little "foam" like flying saucers with tiny candy beads in it? I forgot about those. And I too love to watch H and R Puff and Stuff!

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  • BethNY
    BethNY Member Posts: 2,710
    edited March 2008

    I'm starting to think it wasn't my fourth grade teacher after all.

    It was because in sixth grade math, I copied homework every day from my friends.

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  • Tine
    Tine Member Posts: 58
    edited December 2007

    sniffing the copy paper (and yes, I too forgot the name lol) - guilty

    playing with a barbie look alike (Mom never bought me the real thing LOL) - guilty

    writting the names of a boy on a paper - yes done that 

    walking barefoot on asphalt- of course we did that

    eating the mushrooms after Tchernobyl  (and boy they were tasty chanterelles that my grandpa had picked)

    Yup I am blaming them mushrooms.

    oh oh do you remember the plastic granules that you could melt into a window thingie. You put them into a form and melted it in the oven and let it cool. Man that stuff stank some fierce.

    But in the end, it is playing with the fake Barbie doll that gets my vote.

    Tine 

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  • abbadoodles
    abbadoodles Member Posts: 2,618
    edited December 2007

    Here's a new one for you.  I just read an article of a study that found that people who volunteered had a 44% less chance of dying within the next five years (or something like that) than those who didn't.  I guess that by extrapolation that means not volunteering increases your risk of dying by a similar percentage.  Talk about statistics!

    Tina

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  • jdg1
    jdg1 Member Posts: 608
    edited December 2007

    Well lets see I also had the wax lips and bottle caps.  I think about them every year at Halloween. Barbies dolls yup and played with them all the time.  As well as probably all of the other toys that were made in China.  Mom also told me God would punish me for being bad.Bonnie Bell lip sucker.  Oh yes, the hair spray.  I was Farah Faucet and used a lot lol.  Also, wrote Mrs. on my papers at school. 

    What about the rest of our makeup:  eye shadows the light blue to be exact, mascara, blush.  Oh, it was all made by Mabeline. 

    Oh, I am sure we could go on and on.  But does one truely know what caused the Cancer.  At least we can joke about how we may have gotten it.  I say mine was caused by a blocked milk gland from breast feeding to many kids and it probably isn't cancer and one year they will realize this.  lol  However; we got it, it is with us.  One thing for sure it has made me a stronger person.  I also, grew up with power lines in the back yard.  

    Are list is coming up with a few things in common.  By the time everyone is finished we will have all done the same things. 

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  • ocinny414
    ocinny414 Member Posts: 123
    edited December 2007

    I'm a teacher and I sure hope I havent caused any of my students to get bc. 

    My surgeon has a hang up with Moby Dick.  I'll have to ask him if reading Moby Dick might cause some women to get bc, or teachers who make their kids read the book to get bc.  

    but that cant be true cause I've never read Moby Dick.  LOL

    Dry erase markers,  gasoline, diesel, and I love the smell of fireworks on the 4th of July.  mmmmmmm

    And everything else that was mentioned.  I also had a really good one but cant remember what it was.  That darn Chemo brain again.

    Have a good one and thanks for the laughs,

    CindyKS

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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
    edited December 2007

    I think I got bc from watching the X-Files.  It's a conspiracy I tell ya!

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  • Jorf
    Jorf Member Posts: 498
    edited December 2007

    Were any of you a part of the Sister Study? (I finished it about 4 months before I got diagnosed. They sent me a nice, as I called it, "condolence card" when I told them.) You'll find that a lot of these are not far off from the stuff they ask about. Scary.

    Although not Barbie or the Monkees. That level of inauthenticity they don't get to! 

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  • gsg
    gsg Member Posts: 3,386
    edited December 2007
    Jorf:  "Although not Barbie or the Monkees. That level of inauthenticity they don't get to"..................YET.  Tongue out
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  • BethNY
    BethNY Member Posts: 2,710
    edited March 2008

    I didn't qualify for the sister study.  Me and my sister were "too young" (she's 4 yrs older)....

    I wrote a scathing letter (gosh this must have been two years ago when i was on chemo and mad-all those hot flashes), and of course got no response.  I think the study is good, I just wish it covered women under 34.

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  • newter
    newter Member Posts: 4,330
    edited December 2007

    What is the sister study?  I have a younger sister.

    I have another theory on what may have caused my BC.  It could have been cooking with the incorrect pots and pans.  Doesn't that kill parakeets? 

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  • celia088
    celia088 Member Posts: 2,570
    edited December 2007

    hmmmm Newtie,

    How do we tell if our pots and pans are the incorrect ones?????? 

    celiaSurprised

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  • newter
    newter Member Posts: 4,330
    edited December 2007

    Hi Celia,

    I am guessing that the more expensive, the better for our health.  I also remember hearing that if you warmed up an EMPTY non-stick pan, it killed household birds.  Please do not quote me, I heard it years ago and now suffer from chemo brain.  It is possible I got is switched around.  Maybe having birds in the house is bad for your pots and pans.Smile

    Newtie  (BTW I could not ever be mad, I like the name Newtie) 

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  • biondi
    biondi Member Posts: 223
    edited December 2007

    I SUCKED ON LEAD PENCILS IN SCHOOL, INHALED PHOTO CHEMICALS IN THE DARKROOM FOR 10 YEARS, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,,,

    PREMPRO FOR 6 YEARS.. THAT WAS IT, I JUST KNOW IT..YIKES AND TOOK IT AT MY DR.'S ADVISE, SHE SAID IT WOULD HELP MY BONES.. AND NOW HAVE OSTEOPOROSIS FROM THE FEMARA..OOOO. WHEN WILL IT ALL END!  THINK I'LL JUST GO TO HAWAII AND FORGET IT ALL--OR BUY MYSELF A HARLEY BIKE AND GO ACROSS COUNTRY, OR GO TO KENYA, AND GET MYSELF A YOUNG AFRICAN LOVER, LIKE MANY WOMEN ARE DOING, OR I'LL START DRINKING AGAIN...EXCUSE ME, IT'S LATE, AND MY MIND, WHAT I HAVE LEFT OF IT.. IS WANDERING...

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  • honeygirl
    honeygirl Member Posts: 1,718
    edited December 2007

    I think you should find the young African lover who rides a harley and drinks alot! You'll have a great time!lol

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  • danix5
    danix5 Member Posts: 755
    edited January 2008

    I know the answer it was all the gummy bears I ate in Germany, or it was the French snails I was forced to eat.  Remember girls "Always Blame the French"  BTW I was born in France!!!

    Dani

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  • my3girls
    my3girls Member Posts: 3,766
    edited January 2008

    Love the name Dani!  I have a daughter named Danielle..goes by Danni..love it!

    I will blame my bc on playdough...I used to eat it when I was little...eewwwwwwwwwww! haha.

    Lisa

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  • JoniB
    JoniB Member Posts: 346
    edited January 2008

    I think I got breast cancer from worrying, obsessing and being a helicopter mom.  

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  • dash
    dash Member Posts: 766
    edited January 2008

    1. Chewed on my barbie's feet

    2. Loved the smell of paper paste

    3. ate wild onions from our yard

    4. Practiced kissing my winnie the pooh

    I suppose any of those are reason enough for now. But next year it'll probably be because I didn't do those things enough! LOL 

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  • wishiwere
    wishiwere Member Posts: 3,793
    edited January 2008

    Okay....here's one that might fit the bill for blame! 

    Candy Cigarrettes!  Anyone else eat them when they were growing up?  I'm surprised the wax bottles weren't shaped like whiskey bottles?  Geepers!

    But back to barbies.....does Midge count you think?  Elder sister had Barbie, so I had to settle for Midge and you know?  SHE never got cancer, I DID!  Somehow this is NOT fair!  I should have had the barbie if I had to do this later, don't you think?  At least then I could blame it on her! :(

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  • newter
    newter Member Posts: 4,330
    edited January 2008

    Is it possibly the wrong cookware?  Growing up my mom did not have expensive taste and may have cooked with carcinogenic (is that the correct word?) cookware.  Hmmm

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