Ok, I admit it... I am confused. One minute they say a glass of wine (5 OZ) is okay for you and may even be better for your heart but then for breast cancer patients that is not good. Then you hear you should eat this and not that and everyone knows we should all eat more fruits and vegetables. I just read an article from The Los Angeles Times that talks about avoiding carbs and next they will take my chocolate away. The Carb deal states that increased carbohydrate intake was associated with a higher risk of breast cancer recurrence in survivors of the disease. Those women who had increased their carbohydrate intake for over a year had a higher recurrence than those women who decreased their carb intake. Now they also stated that this was with women that had lower-grade tumors. Obviously, there is more study needed and before I feel bad about that as well, I will be guarded in my choice but not taking any radical changes yet. These findings were presented to the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Now I do believe there is alot to be learned and new things coming out all the time but I also have lived long enough I remember when Red Lipstick was thought to give you cancer. Yes, we have more refined methods but again things change and come back around again. Remember when you only gave babies whole milk and then it went to 2% and then back to whole and you also placed them on their tummies or sides and not their back in case they spit up. Hence, my confusion! I will attempt each day to do the right thing, whatever that means at that time and place but I will not now or ever will be so religious that it dominates every aspect of my life and I forget about living. I am all for learning more and getting better and reducing my chances of recurrence, trust me that is in the back of my head and some days more prominent than others but at the ripe old age of 60, I still now and in the future believe, life is for living and everything in moderation. So during this holiday season and all year through, live each moment of every day, do what you love and you will not have to look back but make it a great day. S
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AuthorMy name is Sue Kilburn and I am a clinical nurse breast cancer educator at the Yolanda G. Barco Oncology Institute in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Archives
March 2015
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