How much does stress contribute to the onset of cancer?

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  • wawaju04976
    wawaju04976 Member Posts: 316 Member
    #42
    Momof2plusteentwins said:

    Stress!
    My surgeon told me that my tumor has been growing for years, so maybe the stress that people had years ago contributed to immune system being down and the start of a tumor.
    My stress was from my first husband that I married at age 18 and met at age 15. He was 5 years older and was a cop. Our marriage was always rocky but still had 2 kids with him. He ended up having an affair for years and wanted both of us, family and mistress. I filed for divorce and he didnt like that, he stopped a women on I95 in Florida and rapping her and strangling her. I was left with a 6 year old and 3 year old and a husband with 25 years to life. Could be a book right? Well it is, Ann Rule wrote a book - "You belong to me". Enough about that, have been happily married for 19 years to a wonderful man and we have 15 year old twins.
    Sandy:)

    Wow. I have read that book. I

    Wow. I have read that book. I really like Ann Rule (sorry you had to be a subject in one of her books). I hope your older kids are doing ok. If I remember right, I think I read it as a story in a book of some of her stories. 

    Judy

  • Momof2plusteentwins
    Momof2plusteentwins Member Posts: 509 Member
    #43
    wawaju04976 said:

    Wow. I have read that book. I

    Wow. I have read that book. I really like Ann Rule (sorry you had to be a subject in one of her books). I hope your older kids are doing ok. If I remember right, I think I read it as a story in a book of some of her stories. 

    Judy

    Kids doing great!
    My children are doing great. I remarried when they were 10 and 7 and my husband is their only father. Tim jr is a Georgia Tech grad, a civil engineer and daughter is an accountant. Both married. I had night terrors for years, and he is up for parole next year. He could get out and I have cancer, go figure!
    Sandy :)
  • SharonVegas
    SharonVegas Member Posts: 189
    #44
    Great topic Ann!  From my own

    Great topic Ann!  From my own personal experience, I'll vote yes, I think stress can be one of the factors that enables cancer cells to do thier dirty deed. Just prior to my developing pain/cancer, it was a very stressful time in my life both emotionally and financially.  Life is pretty good now........except for having cancer I mean :-)

    Ron

  • wawaju04976
    wawaju04976 Member Posts: 316 Member
    #45
    Momof2plusteentwins said:

    Kids doing great!
    My children are doing great. I remarried when they were 10 and 7 and my husband is their only father. Tim jr is a Georgia Tech grad, a civil engineer and daughter is an accountant. Both married. I had night terrors for years, and he is up for parole next year. He could get out and I have cancer, go figure!
    Sandy :)

    Very glad to hear your kids

    Very glad to hear your kids (all) and you are doing well!!! Keep it up...

    Judy

  • coloCan
    coloCan Member Posts: 1,944 Member
    #46
    SharonVegas said:

    Great topic Ann!  From my own

    Great topic Ann!  From my own personal experience, I'll vote yes, I think stress can be one of the factors that enables cancer cells to do thier dirty deed. Just prior to my developing pain/cancer, it was a very stressful time in my life both emotionally and financially.  Life is pretty good now........except for having cancer I mean :-)

    Ron

    I return to this subject as the following link,with which i

    personally disagree, pertains to job-related stress and (colon)cancer, just out this date

    http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=673302

  • annalexandria
    annalexandria Member Posts: 2,571 Member
    #47
    Momof2plusteentwins said:

    Kids doing great!
    My children are doing great. I remarried when they were 10 and 7 and my husband is their only father. Tim jr is a Georgia Tech grad, a civil engineer and daughter is an accountant. Both married. I had night terrors for years, and he is up for parole next year. He could get out and I have cancer, go figure!
    Sandy :)

    I just now read this reply..

    wanted to say I'm glad that your kids are doing well.  What a terrible, terrible thing for all of you to have to experience.  I hope your ex does NOT get parole!  A person who is capable of what he did really needs to be kept off the streets.  Hugs~AA

  • annalexandria
    annalexandria Member Posts: 2,571 Member
    #48
    coloCan said:

    I return to this subject as the following link,with which i

    personally disagree, pertains to job-related stress and (colon)cancer, just out this date

    http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=673302

    Hmmm...

    I would like to see a similar study done in the United States.  Most of those countries have much better social systems than we do, providing more time off, job security, pensions, and most importantly, HEALTH CARE!  I have my suspicions that these numbers wouldn't necessarily hold up with a different population.  AA

  • herdizziness
    herdizziness Member Posts: 3,624 Member
    #49
    annalexandria said:

    Hmmm...

    I would like to see a similar study done in the United States.  Most of those countries have much better social systems than we do, providing more time off, job security, pensions, and most importantly, HEALTH CARE!  I have my suspicions that these numbers wouldn't necessarily hold up with a different population.  AA

    Stanford

    Just did a study, and it concluded so far that stress in small amounts is necessary to keep your immune system healthy, that it sends off little spikes of something or another that is good for your body (read it in newspaper a couple of weeks ago) that LONG TERM stress was NOT good, but small amounts of stress were indeed helpful and BOOSTS your immune system.

    http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2012/june/stress.html

    Winter Marie

  • Coloncancerblows
    Coloncancerblows Member Posts: 296 Member
    #50
    Stress wasn't a factor for

    Stress wasn't a factor for me.  I'm 52, happily married, kids are good, parents in great health, have a great job, lots of friends....yada yada yada.  So.....when I had my first colonscopy in November, only because I had met my insurance deductible, I was completely floored when I found out I had colon cancer.  Doesn't even run in my family.  NOW I have stress!!  Kiss

  • annalexandria
    annalexandria Member Posts: 2,571 Member
    #51
    herdizziness said:

    Stanford

    Just did a study, and it concluded so far that stress in small amounts is necessary to keep your immune system healthy, that it sends off little spikes of something or another that is good for your body (read it in newspaper a couple of weeks ago) that LONG TERM stress was NOT good, but small amounts of stress were indeed helpful and BOOSTS your immune system.

    http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2012/june/stress.html

    Winter Marie

    That makes sense to me...

    like most things, best in moderation!  I have a friend whose husband worked at Microsoft as a project manager.  He was under constant stress for months at a time and had such bad anxiety that he was having fainting attacks in the bathroom at work.  That CAN"T be good for you.

  • annalexandria
    annalexandria Member Posts: 2,571 Member
    #52
    Coloncancerblows said:

    Stress wasn't a factor for

    Stress wasn't a factor for me.  I'm 52, happily married, kids are good, parents in great health, have a great job, lots of friends....yada yada yada.  So.....when I had my first colonscopy in November, only because I had met my insurance deductible, I was completely floored when I found out I had colon cancer.  Doesn't even run in my family.  NOW I have stress!!  Kiss

    Oh wow...

    thanks goodness you got that colonoscopy done!  I haven't seen that many cases here of folks getting their cancer found via a routine exam.  Seems like most of us had symptoms or even got really sick before getting diagnosed.  You're not lucky to have cancer but you ARE lucky to have gotten that scope when you did!

  • Coloncancerblows
    Coloncancerblows Member Posts: 296 Member
    #53
    annalexandria said:

    Oh wow...

    thanks goodness you got that colonoscopy done!  I haven't seen that many cases here of folks getting their cancer found via a routine exam.  Seems like most of us had symptoms or even got really sick before getting diagnosed.  You're not lucky to have cancer but you ARE lucky to have gotten that scope when you did!

    My surgeon said the tumor was

    My surgeon said the tumor was probably in there for seven years which would have been when I was 45!  And no symptoms!  Thank God I did it then.  Doc said if I had waited 6 months or a year longer it would have been way worse. 

  • renw
    renw Member Posts: 282 Member
    #54
    I am convinced that it was

    I am convinced that it was stress that caused my cancer. Looking at the growth rates I can pretty much track the onset of my disease to a time where my company was going through a couple of very large and stressfull lawsuits. The first thing I did when diagnosed was to quit my always stressfull job.

  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member
    #55
    renw said:

    I am convinced that it was

    I am convinced that it was stress that caused my cancer. Looking at the growth rates I can pretty much track the onset of my disease to a time where my company was going through a couple of very large and stressfull lawsuits. The first thing I did when diagnosed was to quit my always stressfull job.

    and that truly brave decision gives you the best shot

    its just a same none of our doctors would provide that advice.

    well done ren, thats an amazing example of a true survivor making a quick and difficult system.

    have faith in your immune system. and enjoy ahcc.

    can you measure 2 grams and let me know. is it half a teaspoon. if anyones interested google ahcc, 

    you will find my blog. its good for lowering the negative stress hormones and boosting your immune system.

    hugs,

    pete

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