How did you behave?
I am curious to hear from those ladies out there who have had Cancer return. As I am only having BC for the first time, and live in hope, I was wondering what you all did to prevent Cancers return. ...
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Hi girls, I read and researched +++++after my first bout of breast cancer in 2003.In particular,I liked Patrea King's philosophy that having peace of mind and destressing is probably the most important thing you can do.I also like a book called"Foods that fight cancer"written by 2 scientists- can't remember their names as I've lent my book out. The resveritrol in red wine is actually good for you.So are cruciferous vegies,green tea,flaxseed and fish oil.I read where some study showed that flaxseed could possibly shrink tumours and could be used instead of Tamoxifen. So I tried all of the above and I religiously took flaxseed oil capsules each day.Tried to destress and excercise. I was great for 5 years BUT I broke my ankle and had to endure dodgy operations,pain,disability and so all of those good habits went out the door.My ankle drama went on for 18months and I ended up sueing the surgeon for medical negligence.Sooooo lots of stress,bad eating,inability to exercise- breast cancer came back in the same breast, same spot 7 years after the first bout of bc. There could be alot of reasons:
*I didn't follow through with Tamoxifen the first time.
*I was under alot of stress again
*Stopped taking flaxseed and stopped paying attention to my diet.
*couldn't exercise.
*did radiation actually cause a stray cancer cell to sprout to 3cm in a year?
At the end of the day,I really don't know why I got it again after 7 years but I've stopped worrying about it now.It's good to eat healthy and exercise but not get fanatical about it. I truly believe that prolonged stress can damage your health and that it is important to make changes in order to have peace of mind and contentment.So I'm running with that notion until they discover what causes breast cancer.
Tonya xx