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 shitfest ! Time to look after me ! So changes are needed I feel ! All suggestions gratefully accepted .

I haven't given up on anything. I know it's wrong to believe that eating and living same as pre breast cancer is possible. But I m doing everything i did pre breast cancer. I do think products are more harmful then we think they are. My personal opinion is that I dont know how long I m going to live so I rather enjoy my time while i can......

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

The only thing I have changed is I buy meat and milk that has no added hormones. Why? Because I believe that eating stuff that has grown up with ER, PR and TE pumped into it sounds like might be a bit suspect. That's not based on anything but a hunch and knowing a few farmers around the place. Apart from that nothing has changed. If I want wine, I drink it (or whatever else I can find in the cupboard LOL). If I want chocolate and netflix I do that too. I've lost 8 kgs for some unknown reason (I think its the HT but my doctor doesn't) I don't go to the gym but I am active.Hugs to allxoxoxo

@tigerbeth so sorry about your dad - sending u the hugest hugs xoxoox. I have been vegan for a couple of years on and off and have always been very fit and don’t lots of exercise Have also on the other side of the spectrum enjoyed some typical occasional vices. I haven’t really changed anything post cancer diagnosis/treatment - I’m kind of currently going through a “life’s too short” phase.

I have very reluctantly given up full cream milk. Not that I had much of it but boy, does it make coffee & a bowl of cereal nice. I've given up my daily coffee, as much for the kjs as anything else, but will still have one if I'm out with friends or if I've had a truly appalling night's sleep. I've cut back on sugar, which for me means less chocolate :s. I've never had cholesterol problems and will have my first post-Letrozole blood test in October, so I'm more mindful of my red meat consumption. I think I'll make some turkey meatballs tonight.But the big one is booze. I'd put on a lot of weight with the stress of my life in the two years prior to my diagnosis, and like so many middle-aged Australian women, I'd used wine as a stress buster. So I've gone from at least two big glasses a day to one or two a week. A g&t on Friday, and a glass or two with a meal on Saturday or Sunday. Sometimes I don't at all. Surprisingly to me, it's been the easiest thing to give up. And the good thing is it's saving me a lot of money! When I do buy a bottle of wine it's a much better one. Hey, if I'm only going to drink occasionally it may as well be good!All this, plus some cancer diagnosis and chemo assisted appetite loss, and an effort to exercise more, has meant I've lost 25kgs. I'm still classified as overweight so to reduce my cancer risk I've got to start working on the rest of it. I'm going to break it down into 5kg chunks. Fingers crossed I can do it.The latest thinking on making any lifestyle changes is to not do them all at once. So pick one thing, and give it three months for the new habit to get established. And then onto the next one etc. However some people are good with the cold turkey change. What do you reckon you'd be better with? Which thing are you going to tackle first @tigerbeth?

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lgray3911
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8 years ago
Am so sorry to read about your Dad. Sending big love xxx
lgray3911
Member
8 years ago
The only thing that I have tried to cut out completely is oncology appointments and anymore treatment!!!! I was fit and healthy before I got cancer. Don’t like sweet things so very little sugar in my diet, am a savoury chick. Am a binge drinker so won’t drink all week but will have a binge one night of the wknd but not every wknd. I don’t really believe that food, drink or lifestyle gave me cancer. Cancer gave me cancer and now it’s gone and I have have done everything medically possible to treat mine and hopefully it won’t return. In the meantime I am doing my best to enjoy my life with my husband and 2 young boys and if that involves a steak and some nice red or a barrel of Brie with crackers well so be it! Life is all about moderation. Good luck! Xx
kmakm
Member
8 years ago
Oh Beth, that's rotten. I'm so sorry. Let me know when you fancy a catch-up. Walk and a coffee? K xox
tigerbeth
Member
8 years ago
Thanks@sister & @JenniA <3
Doin_it
Member
8 years ago
@tigerbeth I’m lost for words. Big hug xo
Sister
Member
8 years ago
I'm so very sorry to hear that @tigerbeth. Thoughts with you.
tigerbeth
Member
8 years ago
Ok thanks ladies for all your ideas! pretty sure I like @kezmusc 's diet wine & chocolate !!
I will take all ideas onboard !
My plan- stop working for a while ,exercise & manage my diet , need to cut out sugar especially .
I will execute my plan slowly to see what works .

Shitty day today as we have had it confirmed that my dads cancer has now become palliative ! :'(

So hard to digest this news even though I thought it was coming :'(
adean
Member
8 years ago
Cut back red meat changed to decaf but have real coffee on weekends not as many lollies
kmakm
Member
8 years ago
Quality control is very important @AllyJay. What if the sherry was off?!

I LOVE chocolate covered sultanas! One of my all time favourites.
kezmusc
Member
8 years ago

The only thing I have changed is I buy meat and milk that has no added hormones. Why? Because I believe that eating stuff that has grown up with ER, PR and TE pumped into it sounds like might be a bit suspect. That's not based on anything but a hunch and knowing a few farmers around the place.
Apart from that nothing has changed. If I want wine, I drink it (or whatever else I can find in the cupboard LOL).
If I want chocolate and netflix I do that too. I've lost 8 kgs for some unknown reason (I think its the HT but my doctor doesn't) I don't go to the gym but I am active.

Hugs to all
xoxoxo

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