@annsan Wishing you all the best for your ongoing treatment - you sure have been thru the mill for so many years! :( Big Hugs coming your way from me! xx
I wonder if they have done extensive research on mothers who DIDN'T breastfeed that went on to get BC - what the statistics are? Maybe we should do a poll? 1) No children, never pregnant. 2) No children, miscarriages. 3) Children, didn't breast feed. 4) Children, breast fed.
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I think you and I have the same sister as mine does and says the exact same things that yours did!! .... OMG - that is MY sister as well!! She is currently telling my brother that I am FINE (after visiting for 1 week over easter) - that there is nothing wrong with me & she knows sweet F*CK ALL about what I've been thru and about to go thru with Tamoxifen or whatever tablets I end up on, let alone the psychological impact of it all! Which surprises me, as she has suffered from migraines & major depression for most of her life & expects sympathy or at least 'understanding' from everyone else!!
Your observation re being the youngest sibling with the older sister having no problems with fertility is a brilliant observation! YES - THAT IS also ME! My sister has 4 children & would have had more except for miscarriages.
@AllyJay
How sad - yes, people can be SO cruel. The forced separation of mothers & babies and stigma attached (particularly from WW2 on) is so much more out in the open now - and let's face it .... but for the grace of god (and an awful lot of luck ....) it could have been any one of us!! I had a 'pregnancy scare' after my first sexual experience - lucky for me it didn't happen (I was just late!) I have a fair idea of what I WOULD have done, had it happened ...
BC (and all cancers) are totally non discriminatory - and none of us are here by choice - but it is just terrific having the support of fellow BCers here on BCNA - where we can vent our feelings & fears. HUGS ALL ROUND!
@jena Raelene Boyle is a fantastic role model in everything she currently does & has done in her life. It is a shame that some people try to compartmentalise things and people ..... Rich Poor, Tall Short, Beautiful Ugly, Gay Straight ..... it just shows their own ignorance & intolerance! :( I'd be very surprised if you are the only Gay Girl on the forum .... so hold your head high anyway! xx
