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HIT
9 years agoMember
Exercise / Healthy Diet after BC
Hello all, I have been on the site more lately, you all help when things get you down. Just read Stop the Bullshit and it made me put this in writing. We all have been told (a lot) that studies show...
Annedipa
9 years agoMember
Thank you! The so called links with obesity that keep getting talked about are realy not helpful to those who have been diagnosed. I was/am obese. Well morbidly obese if I'm honest. But that was the only health issue i had. Cholesterol levels fine. Blood pressure normal. Blood sugar levels normal. So all the speculation about obesity and cancer does my head in at times. Did i cause it. Its my own fault im in this situation. Embarrassed to have to tell anyone that i had breast cancer because i assumed they would just think it was my own fault anyway for allowing myself to get so fat. Then i stop and remember i have 4 relatives with who had this before me. An aunt 2 cousins (mums side of the family) and my sister. Most of whom weren't overweight. What i did have though was an enourmous amount of stress in the years prior to my diagnosis. I dont know if being morbidly obese was the cause of my tnbc at 47. I dont know if the stress was a factor. I have never smoked. Only drink occasionally. Obesity is the only factor on the list that qualifies me other than my family history (brca-) but feeling guilty isnt helpful. I have tried to lead a healthier lifestyle since. In the year after my surgery i lost 25kg. I walked until my joints gave out. Then i swam. I still swim a few days a week and try to eat healthy. Some of the stresses of a few years back are resurfacing and the weight i lost is slowly creeping back on again. I really need to get back on a weight loss track but finding it really difficult.