Her 2 for the second time
Hi there, I have just been diagnosed with my second Her 2 cancer after 6 years NED, however this time it was hormone negative DCIS. Does anyone know if you can have Herceptin for DCIS?
Forum Discussion
Afraser said:I don’t think there is any doubt that stress is not good for our health. But almost everyone experiences stress at some point in their lives, often at multiple points and not everyone gets cancer. When we are looking for a reason, a stressful period seems obvious. Because not having a reason is particularly unsettling, cancer can sneak up
unexpectedly. Cancer may be exacerbated by many things. Did we drink more, smoke more, eat less healthily, exercise less when stressed? Possibly and it still may not be a cause. But there’s no doubt, we recover better and stay better if we can reduce stress in our lives.
Some form of stress is good eg in exercise stressing our muscles to the extend that there are micro-tears to stimulate muscle growth. Some form of mental stress is good for us to form more brain connections and make us smarter and slow the brain ageing process...Fasting can be stressful too but we discipline ourselves not to eat so that our digestive system can shut down and focus on detoxing etc.
But a lot of the stress that we experience nowadays are awful... it can be day to day interactions with people, especially people who are selfish and causes negative stress to us. What others do can often affect us. We are all in some kind of entanglement.
I had to endure the selfishness from my father recently, till I was experiencing tremors and shortness in breath... I had to see a doctor and she tested my thyroid which came back normal. And my anxiety score was very high. I was referred to see a psychologist. She told me I have to really draw my boundary for my very demanding father. If he does not change and I am already doing my best then stop giving him attention for the sake of my sanity. And my children are more important, they need me.
I had to endure the selfishness from my father recently, till I was experiencing tremors and shortness in breath... I had to see a doctor and she tested my thyroid which came back normal. And my anxiety score was very high. I was referred to see a psychologist. She told me I have to really draw my boundary for my very demanding father. If he does not change and I am already doing my best then stop giving him attention for the sake of my sanity. And my children are more important, they need me.
Some of us have strong conscience and we just want to do everything we can to please others. And we often end up feeling guilt and all these negative feelings. I am really learning to let go, trying not to please everybody and learn to take care of myself. I for one is quite easily uptight and I am really wanting to learn to relax. We all have different personalities. Some of us are naturally more delicate and fragile in our spirit while some can go on doing evil things and be able to get good sleep at night. I guess the fragile spirits can end up getting sick physically.