Topic: coffee
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- Posted on: May 10, 2008 01:15 pm
Hi ladys,I just have a question.I love coffee and trying to stay away from it.Is it ok one cup has a treat so i dont go crazy.Its so hard to stay away from certain foods that are bad like sweets.I have a bad sweet tooth always have.I feel like there is no injoyment in life if you take away everything.Any advice would be great....godbless roxy
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karenmary Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 107 |
May 10, 2008 01:32 pm
karenmary wrote:
There was a recent study indicating that 2-3 cups of coffee a day actually lowered some women's risk of developing breast cancer. Moderation is key Roxy -- I really don't believe an occassional cup is problematic (says the woman who drinks 3 cups a day). Karen M. Lynch
Dx 4/2006, IDC, <1cm, Stage I, Grade 2, 0/1 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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AlaskaDeb Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 3476 |
May 10, 2008 02:10 pm
AlaskaDeb wrote:
Here is my theory.....ENJOY life. If you like coffee, have a cup. If you like wine, have a glass. If you like chocolate HAVE SOME! Life is too short to live like a monk and give up all physical pleasure. This week the "experts" may say that coffee is bad, then next week they may decide it is good. To heck with them. Just my opinion.... Deb C http://glassylady41.spaces.live.com/
Dx 2/29/2008, IDC, 3cm, Stage IV, Grade 2, 27/32 nodes, mets, ER-/PR-, HER2- |
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Traci-----T… Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 1381 |
May 10, 2008 02:22 pm
Traci-----TripNeg wrote:
Take away my coffee and I'll sugar your gas tank. Just kiddin' but.....the thought of quitting coffee left my thoughts one second after it got in.
Trip Neg BRCA + If I never look behind me, my troubles will be few. Supertramp.
Dx 2/12/2007, IDC, 6cm+, Stage IIIb, Grade 3, 0/14 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2- |
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jdash Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 898 |
May 10, 2008 03:21 pm
jdash wrote:
deb i agree ! i ate tofu for years thinking not only was it delicious but super healthy for me! and during chemo i ate edename beans thinking that was healthy then they tell me triple negative bc- stay away from any soy product! could you believe it life is not measured by the breaths we take but the moments that take our breath away....
Dx 4/22/2006, IDC, , Stage IIIb, Grade 3, ER-/PR-, HER2- |
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snowyday Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 1244 |
May 10, 2008 03:38 pm
snowyday wrote:
I love alaskadebs' answer, and she is so right, enjoy what you want in moderation, I found that anytime I've tried to stop eating or drinking something I wanted it more so now if I want it I have it and get the craving overwith. I didn't know there was a problem with coffee though. I'm addicted to tea and the bad thing about that is I add brown sugar and cream to it, so I have to slow down with it but if I tried to stop it's all I would think about. Good luck with your choices. PN
Dx 5/18/2007, IDC, 3cm, Stage IV, Grade 3, / nodes, mets, ER-/PR-, HER2- |
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TenderIsOur… Joined: May 2007 Posts: 3041 |
May 10, 2008 04:23 pm, edited May 10, 2008 05:44 PM
by TenderIsOurMight
TenderIsOurMight wrote:
It cannot be emphasized too strongly that treatment of each patient is a highly individualized matter. (FDA-approved labeling for warfarin (Coumadin) NDA 9-218/5-105)
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shiny Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 97 |
May 10, 2008 04:40 pm
shiny wrote:
Amen to all the above! Glad to see am not the only one who needs her coffee fix! It's a ggggreat smell to come back to after the "school run" and, as a triple neg, it's got to be one of my few true allowed cravings I can still enjoy without question. I also heard about that latest study indicating that it could be beneficial for some. So, am sticking with that study no matter what. Enjoy! shiny Dx 5/2007, IDC, 2cm, Stage IIIb, Grade 3, 1/16 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2- |
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SpunkyGirl Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 333 |
May 10, 2008 06:45 pm
SpunkyGirl wrote:
I agree! Too heck with the experts for sure. I cringed when I read about the link between alcohol and breast cancer (I might have about 2 drinks per week if that), and then I realized that I knew a lot of alcoholics that never got any kind of cancer. Life is too short, Roxy. Don't overthink all this stuff, or it could drive you insane. Eat and drink in moderation and try to get in some exercising (walking, etc.) and above all else, surround yourself with people who make you smile. Hugs Bobbie Every day is a blessing...
Dx 7/23/2006, IDC, <1cm, Stage IIIa, Grade 2, 8/20 nodes, ER+/PR-, HER2+ |
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caaclark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 653 |
May 10, 2008 08:54 pm
caaclark wrote:
I agree with everyone else. I am not a coffee drinker but if I were I would continue to drink it. I do drink a small can (8 oz) of Mountain Dew almost every morning. I ran it by my docs and they said, not a problem. I know so many "healthy" eaters and drinkers who got bc so I figure there is not reason to stress. And, Deb is correct. If I have learned nothing else over the last 2 years and 4 months (but who's counting?) you have to enjoy life! Carol Diag.1/06 at age 40, 1.6cm, 6+nodes, stage IIb/IIIa, er/pr+, her2-, chemo, mast. rads, no recon
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jezza Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 286 |
May 10, 2008 09:10 pm
jezza wrote:
Bobbie re the link between alcohol and bc...tell that to my mother and bestie who NEVER drink alcohol and both got bc. As for coffee roxy...GO FOR IT I say. With all the pollutants in the world and additives to food I think coffee should be the least of your worries. Jezza (a three cup a day girl and hmmm..likes a wine too!) |
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LizM Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 1649 |
May 10, 2008 09:39 pm
LizM wrote:
I have not read anything negative about coffee and breast cancer. Wouldn't recommend adding sugar though. I love tea and drink 3 to 4 cups of green tea every day. |
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Alaina13 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 425 |
May 10, 2008 10:53 pm
Alaina13 wrote:
I switched to decaf before my surgery and have been drinking it since. Can't quite do the no sugar thing but I have gone to raw sugar. I didn't realize until my brother told me that some decaf's are chemically processed and that I needed to look for a coffee that said naturally decaffinated. But I believe what Deb said, moderation is the key. Dx 11/25/2005, ILC, , Stage IIIc, 14/17 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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jezza Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 286 |
May 10, 2008 11:54 pm
jezza wrote:
BTW Check out my avatar! Just about says it all!.....LOL jezza |
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Bugs Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 965 |
May 11, 2008 07:36 am
Bugs wrote:
Love coffee...drinking it as we speak. Moderation is key. A pot vs a couple of cups :) Take care, Bugs The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt. Frederick Buechnerr
Dx 2/1/2006, IDC, 6cm+, Stage IIIa, Grade 3, 3/16 nodes, ER+/PR-, HER2- |
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Fitztwins Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5500 |
May 11, 2008 08:37 am
Fitztwins wrote:
I heard coffee is actually good for the LIVER! I have 3-4 cups a day. I agree with alaska deb. Enjoy every sandwich, I really think that BC is more about cells gone bad then diet. Well ain't that a kick in the head!
Dx 12/12/2004, IDC, 3cm, Stage IIIc, Grade 2, 17/24 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2+ |
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Member_of_t… Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 4436 |
May 11, 2008 09:16 am
Member_of_the_Club wrote:
I am certain that if i didn't drink my coffee in the morning I would murder somebody. Probably my husband. Dx 9/30/2004, IDC, 3cm, Stage IIb, Grade 2, 1/17 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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HeatherBLoc… Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 828 |
May 11, 2008 11:44 am, edited May 11, 2008 11:45 AM
by HeatherBLocklear
HeatherBLocklear wrote:
The French have long put coffee in the same category as dark chocolate and red wine. They say it contains anti free radicals, and is good for you. The French drink enormous amounts of strong, aromatic coffee every day. So do the Italians. And the Turks. And the Greeks. And Spaniards. I could go on and on. Yet women from those countries do not have higher rates of BC than we do in the USA. You know what? I'm beginning to believe that all this stuff linking one disease or another to the ingestion of certain foods or to a particular lifestyle is a bunch of unmitigated hooey. I believe more and more strongly that we simply don't KNOW what causes BC, autism, MS, or whatever -- probably a combination of factors both environmental and genetic. However, being practical, problem-solving Americans who need to be in control, we have a visceral need to look for correlations, explanations, justifications so we can fix things. My new philosophy of living is to do whatever the heck I darn well please. So there. I spent most of my life being careful, abstemious (all my protestations of being a wine lover nonwithstanding), i.e., being "good." I don't eat meat, keep my weight within normal limits, tromp the treadmill, shun fast food and prepared meals, had my kids young and breast fed them until I feared they'd become permanent attachments to my body. Look where it got me. Pass the coffee, please. And the wine. And the apple pie a la mode. Hugs, Annie |
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Member_of_t… Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 4436 |
May 11, 2008 01:47 pm
Member_of_the_Club wrote:
Very well-said Annie. I think if the docs could show me a strong connection based on sound science between diet/alcohol and anything else and BC, I would avoid it. But they can't, and I'm not going to deny myself because someone cooked up an idea and put it out there. Dx 9/30/2004, IDC, 3cm, Stage IIb, Grade 2, 1/17 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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jdash Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 898 |
May 11, 2008 09:54 pm
jdash wrote:
give up coffee and wine ughhh that would be torture bad enough to have to live with the fear of bc reoccurance are we also supposed to give up everything that we enjoy?? i know they say there is a correlation between alcohol and bc but all the other studies talk about the positive aspects of red wine drinking just when you start to believe them about some study they come out with another contradicting the first one- enough to drive you crazy i say everything in moderation is fine!!! even coffee and wine not in moderation life is not measured by the breaths we take but the moments that take our breath away....
Dx 4/22/2006, IDC, , Stage IIIb, Grade 3, ER-/PR-, HER2- |
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prettyinpin… Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 708 |
May 13, 2008 11:29 am
prettyinpink100 wrote:
I am sitting here enjoying a fine cup of "Dunkin Donuts" coffee. It is a real treat for me as I am in Canada and have to stock up when I visit the States.
PIP
Dx 2/1/2007, IDC, , Stage IIIb, Grade 2, 9/16 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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kcq Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 142 |
May 13, 2008 11:34 am
kcq wrote:
Giving up coffee is NOT an option----I believe that everyone kind of feels the same way---MODERATION. Life is short. We dont have to be abusive with things, but we certainly need to enjoy the time that we do have here. "Dunkin Donuts" coffee, "Pink" -- got any donuts to go with it? It is lunch time for me--I am starving! Kim
Dx 5/1/2007, ILC, 4cm, Stage IIb, 1/4 nodes, ER+, HER2+ |
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Wink333 Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 112 |
May 13, 2008 11:44 am
Wink333 wrote:
jdash, why would they tell us triple negs to stay away from soy products? I thought the thing about us was that our bc was not hormone driven and strictly bad luck. I thought it would be the er+ bc that they wanted to stay away from soy products. Just asking as I may have been told incorrect information. Thanks, Wink Wink333
Dx 2/28/2007, 2cm, Stage IIIc, Grade 3, 11/25 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2- |
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prettyinpin… Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 708 |
May 13, 2008 03:19 pm
prettyinpink100 wrote:
Kim,
PIP
Dx 2/1/2007, IDC, , Stage IIIb, Grade 2, 9/16 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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kcq Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 142 |
May 13, 2008 03:24 pm
kcq wrote:
Thanks anyway, Pink----I need to stay away from the donuts anyway. Seems these days, EVERYTHING goes straight to the stomach!!! Gotta love menopause :) Kim
Dx 5/1/2007, ILC, 4cm, Stage IIb, 1/4 nodes, ER+, HER2+ |
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Pharmmom Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 887 |
May 13, 2008 05:55 pm
Pharmmom wrote:
Sorry can't give up my coffee!!! I love it. Life's to short. I had to give up my boob and my hair for awhile. NOT GIVING UP MY JAVA!!! :) Dx IDC, 1cm, Stage IIa, Grade 3, 3/17 nodes, ER+, HER2+ |
Traci