Lifestyle, diet, blame & change

Oh gosh MsC19754c I felt like this too with a huge helping of shame! 
However, It felt good to take back control and make different choices.

The one thing that has really helped me with food choices is an app called YUKA - you scan the barcodes on foods and cosmetics and it gives a rating out of 100. So if for example you wanted to buy some frozen breaded cod you could compare Birdseye with supermarkets own brand and see which is healthier. It informs you of additives and their risk levels and various other things such as fats, protein, sugar.... It's free to download and no adverts -  for a fee you can add things like intolerances and it will highlight the ingredients that you are intolerant to.
I have found that there are a wide range of tinned and frozen foods that are really healthy -- my best find is Tesco's tinned mackerel in hot chilli sauce - amazing on toast!!

wishing you well xx

Hi there. I felt exactly like that. I am overweight and haven't exercised since covid. I blamed myself for ages but I was reminded that healthy people who have a great diet and exercise all the time also get cancer. To be honest I think it's just your luck (bad luck in our case). 

You have enough to deal with so put the blame aside and be kind to yourself. You can't change things so don't torture yourself.

Wishing you all the very best for your treatment and recovery x

I too used the chance to ‘take stock’ and make improvements in my lifestyle, the major one being a daily walk of at least a mile. I also eat rather more healthily than I did but some of that is that now my hubs has died (between me getting to lose a stone after finishing the first 5 years of hormone busting, then my recurrence after caring for hubs in the 10 months between his diagnosis and death from kidney cancer) I have reformed my diet and try to eat far less ultra processed foods and more veg and fruit. 

Blame? I think that’s actually psychologically harmful and something not to dwell on, for none of us can be blameless in our lives but to dwell on it can be destructive. 

Be kind to yourself but do take the chance to take a careful look at lifestyle and take the chance to make any healthy changes you wish.

hugs xxx

Hi

I’d recommend being kinder to yourself. From what I’ve seen so far, cancer seems like a bit of a lottery. Yes we might have breast cancer, but at least there are good treatments, and we generally find them when there is still time to do something about it unlike some other cancers.

Don’t look back. You are where you are. Decide how you want to live your life going forward. I’ve made a few changes to my diet - more veg and water, less processed or red meat - and I’m more rigorous about getting out for a walk most days. But i still have a couple of glasses of wine - just probably less often than I did.

Best wishes