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...
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I'm really surprised that no doctor asked you those questions. My breast surgeon and my oncologist both asked me numerous questions - when did I start menstruating, how regular was my cycle, how long was I on the OC pill for, which OC pill did you take, had I ever taken any other hormone medication, how many pregnancies/miscarriages, at what age were my pregnancies, how long did I breastfeed, had I ever smoked, how much did I drink etc. I was told that the information was collected from all cancer patients to help to try and work out various risk factors and prognoses.TonyaM said:I often wonder if it would be helpful to ask us questions at the time of our bc diagnosis. No doctor asked me anything eg. do you smoke? Drink?Had IVF? ever had mastitis? ??
It's funny now but immediately after going through my pathology report and discussing whether or not to do chemo my oncologist hit me with the 1000 questions. Imagine being told how likely you are to die from breast cancer and then try to remember the name of the pill you were taking more than 30 years ago!
I could barely remember my own name!!