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Breast Cancer!

Annabellethecat66 — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 21:27:09 GMT

I've been astounded by the number of people I've been hearing about who've recently died from breast cancer.

My late husband's family has had so many people die from it, I've literally lost count.

I have 3 adult daughters who've had all of the tests offered now and are on top of it.

No one way down the line has had breast cancer. It seems like the woman live almost forever (100, 99, 98, 84 and so on).

I thought this was so much further advanced. My sister-in-law is now the last in my late husband's family to have been diagnosed with it. It has spread to her brain, her liver and her lung.

This is a terrible disease that is taking so many young women. I think we should be hearing more about it.

It seems like a few years ago information about it was everywhere. Now not much at all.

I'm curious, what are your ideas about this? Is there much in the news about it where you live?

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goldensrbest — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 21:32:12 GMT

All kinds of cancer kills lots of people ,i lost my husband age 63 from it ,and my dad ,he was 61. And many others.

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sidsmom — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 22:18:53 GMT

It’s almost criminal medical doctors do not endorse a

plant-based diet..unprocessed w/ 10-15% fat of total daily calories.

Diet has such a huge factor with illness.

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ECBG — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 23:11:13 GMT

I don't know why we don't hear as much about Breast Cancer. Maybe the medical posters could offer some insight.

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Evie2004 — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 23:06:27 GMT

@Annabellethecat66 My immediate family has been fortunate so far (from breast cancer) but my best friend was recently diagnosed with her second round..they are just recommending an estrogen inhibitor this time..

But, I have lost 4 friends in the last 10 years to a brain tumor..they had no common denominators..very sad outcome in all 4 cases.

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Catty2 — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 23:11:09 GMT

My dad's 2 sisters both died of breast cancer many years ago. My mother was diagnosed with it at age 76 and had a mastectomy. She lived another 13 years and died from Alzheimers. It's very important to get a mammogram every year and I just had mine last week.

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SilleeMee — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 00:00:38 GMT

Breast cancer deaths are declining due to improvements in early detection. Unfortunately for me, my insurance won't cover the cost of 3D mammos. The tech who did my last mammo told me this could be changing soon and that all mammos will someday be 3D.

My mom died from it at the age of 66. I'm 63 and never had a positive mammo. But neither did my mother. Hers was found via ultrasound of a lump she insisted be looked into after the mammo came back negative. Had the doctor not listened to her then she would have died sooner.

Breast cancer as a topic is like the elephant in the room. We all know it's there but no one really wants to talk about it.

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chrystaltree — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 00:25:36 GMT

What "news" about breast cancer or cancers in general do you think should be in the news? Actually, there have been great strides in diagnosing very early breast cancers and in treating breast cancers. But all breast cancers are not the same. October is coming so they'll be a lot information in the media and everwhere else about mammograms, genetic testing, treatment etc. It seems like I hear about someone who has breast cancer almost every week. My friend who is physician said that, in a way, that is good thing because it means that women are being diagnosed early and that gives them the best chance for survival. Also women talk about it now; in my mother's day, women only confided in the friends. They kept it a secret, as if it was something to be ashamed of. I get my information from my physician. The last discussion we had was about the frequency of my mammograms. Mine have been negative 3 years in a row so some doctors would advise every 2-3 years now but she still recommends yearly mammograms for patients who are over 50. I've read studies that women over 74 do not need to be screened.

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Zhills — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 00:31:46 GMT

Just lost a dear friend to MBC. Breast cancer is still a problem. Just calling it be another name!

She was "cured" in 2014 of breast cancer. Came back end of 2017. It's MBC this time, spread to lungs, liver and spine. Lived less than a year!

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gmkb — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 00:58:24 GMT

There are different types of breast cancer. One is lobular, which primarily affects women over 60 and is not detected on mammograms. Also it does not present as a lump.. By the time it is detected it has already advanced to the lymph nodes. No one in the medical profession ever mentions this to women. In spite of yearly mammograms and breast checks some of us get caught in this web, which makes it more difficult to treat.

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Laura14 — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:29:53 GMT

Many women like me have density that the technology even 3D can not really give a good look at. As a result, our "screenings" are not as thorough. We get called back constantly, scared to death every year with our savings accounts drained only to be told well we don't think it's anything to be concerned about because we really can't see but keep coming back and we'll keep looking.

It's amazing to me with all of the power this particular cause has behind it, making insurance companies cover the appropriate screening technology for our particular breast type and not just this one technology fits all approach (which it does not) is beyond puzzling to me.

Moral of the story: Women like me potentially stop going because they can't see anyway and we can't afford the callbacks anymore.

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haddon9 — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:39:35 GMT

My friend's sister in law passed last year from it. She was first diagnosed 10 years ago and was treated for it. It went into remission and stayed there until it came back. When it did it came back with a vengeance...it spread very quickly and she was gone in a matter of months.

I was shocked since I had seen her only a short time before looking great!

It makes you wonder though what causes it and what one can do for prevention. There is a lot out there about early detection but prevention practices would be even better.

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sidsmom — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:22:27 GMT

The prevention is out there...but women don’t want to change

dietary habits. They’ll get diagnosed, go through painful surgery &

chemo and continually worry for the rest of the life when it will

show up again...all without even considering changing the

food/drink which enters the body.

Dairy & Cholesterol should be the first things to change.

That means a plant-based diet. Not vegetarian but plant based.

All this information is available to anyone free of cost.

Why wouldn’t you choose this?

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Zhills — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:58:39 GMT

Olivia Newton John had a dietitian and a personal trainer and was in great physical shape, yet she has cancer for the 2nd time!

My Oncologist does not agree with this article at all. All of these things may help your general health but I don't believe they will totally prevent cancer. Wish I was wrong!

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SilleeMee — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:01:29 GMT

Back when the 'the pill' was heavily used back in the '60s with higher concentrations of estrogen, has been a topic of debate for a long time regarding it's potential cause of breast cancer. My mother would fall into this category of women who took the pill back then and took it for a very long time. I can't help but think that was the cause of her BC but how do you prove it?

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wagirl — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:07:17 GMT

Being a 6 year breast cancer survivor, I am very encouraged by the many advances that have been made in the 6 years since I was dx. And yes, seems like you can't NOT know someone who was /has/died a cancer patient. I had 3 male friends die in the last 6 years from various forms of cancer and one who beat it and one who is terminal. I'm sure diet can help but even the most disciplined, health conscience person with no cancer in the family, can get it. It's a cr*ap shoot-----You need to be vigilant all the time and act on it immediatley.

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SilleeMee — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:12:54 GMT

I think cancer in general has been here all along, not any more or less of it than in years gone by. However, what has changed is our ability to detect it. So the picture of cancer becomes larger in that respect and makes cancer appear more common than before.

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Zhills — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:29:58 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
Back when the 'the pill' was heavily used back in the '60s with higher concentrations of estrogen, has been a topic of debate for a long time regarding it's potential cause of breast cancer. My mother would fall into this category of women who took the pill back then and took it for a very long time. I can't help but think that was the cause of her BC but how do you prove it?

Sorry about the loss of your mother. Always difficult to accept.

I took the pill when they were stronger also and for a very long time. My health is very good. I was told that the older you get the greater your chances of BC. Pill or no pill.

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Zhills — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:34:43 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
I think cancer in general has been here all along, not any more or less of it than in years gone by. However, what has changed is our ability to detect it. So the picture of cancer becomes larger in that respect and makes cancer appear more common than before.

My Oncologist told me that cancer is such a difficult disease to conquer because it is not "caused by, it is your own cells that have gone haywire.

I have often thought that cancer is much like allergies. Why does milk make my sinuses stop up but it will make you break out in a rash, and make some unable to breathe???????

Same substance, different reactions!

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SilleeMee — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:54:06 GMT

Cancer as well as allergies have everything to do with the immune system and everyone's immunity is something that comes with you when you are born. How well you take care of it throughout your life can affect how well your immune system will work. But sometimes people are born with damaged ones from the start and some people are born with healthy immune systems that somehow get damaged and cannot repair itself. This 'repair' mechanism is of much interest in the field of cancer research. What makes one person have the ability to recover and the next person die from illness or cancer? I believe this all goes back to our immune system and the genetics/biochemisty behind it.