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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Oh hun, I am skinny lol hope that gives you some comfort. It's not fat or skinny. I do not have family history either. I really do think lifestyle and stress are big causes to spark off some craziness in our body. I had mastitis and now i can't even remember if it's right or left breast but I think it's the same breast that had cancer. Now my mindset is all changed and I will do anything to reduce stress in my life mentally or physically. Not easy with young kids but I have to constantly remind myself to be thankful that I can be a mum!!! Yes i have seen women who are vegans and who exercise a lot get BC too. I hear that over exercise can cause BC too go figure! At least we do not get prostate issues! xxKarenhappyquilter said:I was and am overweight and had a very stressful time with my father maybe eighteen months or so before I was diagnosed. At diagnosis I was very happily retired enjoying my life with my husband, family, friends, dogs and my quilting. I have wondered whether the extreme stress with my father contributed to my cancer, or was it simply my fault for being overweight or just bad luck. I had mastitis with my first baby. I didn't take the pill for long and never took HRT. A light drinker most of my life. An intermittent excerciser. I had a benign lump removed from the same breast that got cancer many years ago. It was always a lumpy breast. I used to check the lumps there but ridiculously didn't find the lump of my cancer, now wish I had found it earlier. Thank goodness for Breast Screen Australia and regular mammograms. No family history of BC. I feel guilty about my weight. What overweight person doesn't? But thin fit healthy eating women can get BC and all the overweight women out there don't all get it, just some of us. I don't suppose I will ever know why I got it. I will die a long time in the future I hope without medical science solving that conundrum. My oncologist said, the main causes of BC are being a woman and age. I am glad he did not lecture me on my weight.