Does anyone else fixate on how they got bc?

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I am one year on and have had my 1st mammogram which was clear,and an ultrasound on my scar revealing a couple of fluid filled cysts,which I am told are part of scar tissue healing process.I should be elated, I am relieved but I still can’t get it out of my head why I got bc. I am slim,fit for 51,have a really good diet etc, one minute I think it’s due to lack of sleep,then the next minute I’ll thinks its sugar,or dairy or wine,or meat…anyone else feel this way?

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Hi I put my bc down to stress. I,d had a lot of family troubles over a few years and was really stressed out for a long time. I don,t fixate on this but make sure I don,t worry about anything now

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Hi HueyL

I was diagnosed withleft sided breast cancer on 7th March last year. Six weeks prior to that, I had a really nasty tumble down the stairs at home and fell on my left side.I’m convinced there is a link between this fall and my diagnosis. Prior to diagnosis, I was a fit and very healthy 49 year old.

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Hi Huey,

I know it is quite a while since you started this thread, but I wanted to say, like some of the other women who replied, that it’s totally natural to want to pin down what caused it, but really it’s probably something completely not to do with how you live etc. Some women get breast cancer and some don’t and personally I don’t believe there are obvious risk factors. For example, the stuff about being healthy seems nonsense to me, lots of fit women get it and lots of unfit ones don’t! I think it’s just the luck of the draw and you were unlucky. I know we all look back and think, ‘what if I hadn’t done…’ but don’t beat yourself up, it’s not your fault!!!

Kazey x

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Aw bless ya, your only normal feeling like this, there are no set rules in life and it doesn’t come with an instruction book either… Don’t beat yourself up about it, be proud of how far you have come and what you’ve coped with.
There are so many “statistic” and queries, but that’s all their are!!! It’s hard to get your head around things when your feeling the way you do, but hold your head high and live your life, you are still here and will be for a long time!!!

Love n hugs

Paula - I’ve felt so like you recently and I’m 6 years in, it never leaves you, but life isn’t black and white, so there is no right or wrong xxxx