BCNA's State of the Nation Report launched today

stats are just numbers to get the government to approve what our requests are for our needs...more research more support etc etc and you ladies are right, we are people who are personally involved in this and I'm sure BCNA are aware of it but there needs to be numbers just so that the government can be like "oh look...numbers". 

When it comes to diet an exercise, I haven't changed it during treatment or after. I was a really fit young woman growing up and have had to stop because of injuries so I found alternatives. To be honest, I haven't really been exercising since I had my prophylactic mastectomy 10 weeks ago. I know I won't have the fear of re-occurance of BC but I know that I am a much higher risk of my reproductive system and no matter what stats say, I'm making decisions based on how my body is. If I feel like exercising, I will, if I don't then I won't. If I want to change my diet, it'll be based on a personal choice and not because someone recommends it. 

I don't know, stats are very generalised but each one of us are individuals and we just need to find what's best for us and our bodies. I mean, if it was up to me, I'd be lowering mammograms to the age 30 as I know lots of young women under the age of 30 being diagnosed with BC and even though our breasts are more dense, there needs to be some research to work a way around that.

Anyways, please no hate on this post. I have no intention of upsetting anyone and this is just my personal opinion.