You're giving up that ?????
After shock , surgery, radiation & now on the Letrozole road for 5 years ,, I'd be interested to hear what products & food you have changed or given up to give your bodies the best chance in this shit...
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Hi @tigerbeth
I am over 5 years since diagnosis. I have made a lot of changes but very slowly. A one step at a time process. I think the changes I have made have added to rather than taken away from my quality of life.
I eat a healthier diet than before but I don’t eat anything I don’t enjoy!
I am more active than before bc too but I have found exercise that I love to do so I actually look forward to it! I think about it differently than I used to. I see it as time out, time for me to do something I enjoy rather than something else that I should do, something that I need to force myself to do.
I have swapped to using less chemical products too. It just feels like the right thing to do. Something that helps my body to cope with the side effects of Femara etc.
I have also made changes towards a simpler life. Life is complicated and stressful enough without adding extras that may be avoidable. This is an ongoing process and one that I have to keep myself in check about.
I honestly think that you need to make any changes slowly and that you need to feel they are the right ones for you. That way you don’t feel like you are giving up things but making little improvements towards a better quality of life.
After all that we go through the last thing we need to feel is that we must give up things that are enjoyable. I just swapped one thing for another. I found that if I was swapping something that I enjoyed but that I felt was truly not good for me, for something that I still enjoyed but that I felt was better for me, it was a double win. I was not missing out but just making a change that was better for me in every way. I hope that makes sense?
Take care and I hope that you find a way to live well after bc.
Deanne xxx
I am over 5 years since diagnosis. I have made a lot of changes but very slowly. A one step at a time process. I think the changes I have made have added to rather than taken away from my quality of life.
I eat a healthier diet than before but I don’t eat anything I don’t enjoy!
I am more active than before bc too but I have found exercise that I love to do so I actually look forward to it! I think about it differently than I used to. I see it as time out, time for me to do something I enjoy rather than something else that I should do, something that I need to force myself to do.
I have swapped to using less chemical products too. It just feels like the right thing to do. Something that helps my body to cope with the side effects of Femara etc.
I have also made changes towards a simpler life. Life is complicated and stressful enough without adding extras that may be avoidable. This is an ongoing process and one that I have to keep myself in check about.
I honestly think that you need to make any changes slowly and that you need to feel they are the right ones for you. That way you don’t feel like you are giving up things but making little improvements towards a better quality of life.
After all that we go through the last thing we need to feel is that we must give up things that are enjoyable. I just swapped one thing for another. I found that if I was swapping something that I enjoyed but that I felt was truly not good for me, for something that I still enjoyed but that I felt was better for me, it was a double win. I was not missing out but just making a change that was better for me in every way. I hope that makes sense?
Take care and I hope that you find a way to live well after bc.
Deanne xxx