Diet

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FormerMember

26 May 2010

Sorry to have caused any confusion or anxiety in my last post.To try to clarify, I have a relatively rare form of BC which is hormone negative and HER2+ which means it can't be treated with hormones but only with herceptin.Most people CAN be treated with hormones which is good.

It is my consultant who keeps on harping on about diet.To be fair he doesn't say vegan but he does say limit dairy ALOT and NO red meat and lots of garlic, onions(shallots,leeks etc),broccolli.I have also heard that raspberries are brilliant but MUST BE ORGANIC, if not they are covered in pesticides and somehow defeat the object.

I was always somehow a rebel against any kind of perceived 'authority'figure, but no more apparently.I hang on every word the doctors say and am forever bombarding them with (probably stupid) questions.It feels like a matter of life and death!

By the way, has anyone read the article in yesterday's daily mail re. young women and breast cancer.It is truly shocking.Basically, it is argueing that younger women should be screened cos by the time we've self-referred it could well be too late! Great Stuff.I woul;dn't normally read the daily mail but it comes free with tescos!

FormerMember over 15 years ago

its so hard to know what to do, i was "young" when i was told i had breast cancer too 38... im not a great lover of veggies... and i do love my meats, but i do know vegiterians and even vegans who have breast cancer, i suppose in reality you want to try to do what is best for your health, but even if you take me and my mum... we have totally different lifestyles

me bc at 38.... mum bc at 64, (9 months after me)

me didnt drink till i was well into my 30s..... mum had a wee drink most of her life

me dont eat veggies... mum preferres veggies to meat

me size 10 all my adult life.... mum fights the flab all her life

me gym, aerbobics, dancing fit as a fiddle... mum never exercised

me 1 child.... mum 7 children

i could go on but i dont want to bore you... but me and mum have the same... invasive lobular breast cancer... which only 5% of people who get bc get...we had the tests and we are neither braca1 or 2...

so really what im trying to say is... i think some peoples bodies are prone to over producing cells... and its a fact, eating healthy will be good for you, but live a little too.....

my oncologist once told me

if we knew everything there is to know about cancer ..we wouldnt be trying to cure it.... we would prevent it

good luck

liz xxx
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FormerMember over 15 years ago

sound advice from your onc Liz.

I have tried to eat more organically (when I can afford it of course). I love veggies but hubby is pure caveman and so are the kids. So I have reduced their red meat intake and nothing to do with cancer really, more to do with following a more healthy balanced diet.

Between being told I had a brain tumour, brain surgery and starting RT I lost a bit of weight (unsurprisingly) but between 33 sessions of RT and 6 cycles of oral chemo finishing in Dec 09 I had gained 5kg! Now this was because we celebrate more, celebrated finishing RT, celebrated the end of each cycle, definately celebrated birthdays and anniversaries more......so its hardly surpising eh!

I wouldn't mind but they bloody weight me everytime I go to see my onc (which is every 3 months ad infinitum) and I never ask what I weight, just if its up or down. I lost 2kgs when I went 2 weeks ago and thats because I have started something that resembles a diet. It was hubbies birthday on monday and we went to a lovely pub by the river and I had steak and chips - the only time I eat red meat is on special occassions now and about the same with chips LOL Tonight my lot are having hotdogs (chicken ones) with chips, I am having a baked potato with a small tuna steak! Arent I good :)
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