Drinking wine, is it okay?

Weird because I'm NED and tonight I cant sleep because I went to a party and ate a slider, potato chips, pasta and a few sips of red wine. Who would know that would be considered a bender. Lol I vote no. It doesn't feel good to purposely put things in your body that could kill you.  I don't feel good about my choices today.  Now I'm not getting good sleep either because I'm not making enough commitment to just stick to healthier foods at all times and it has me worried.  I haven't been exercising either. Worrying leads to an unhealthy body. Take up sky diving instead, run a marathon,  that'll tucker you out. Lol

janderson1964 said:

I drink a couple of beers a

I drink a couple of beers a month but only on my off weeks when I am not on chemo, not that I could stomach beer on chemo LOL. I enjoy tasting different craft brews. My motto since being diagnosed is "I want to live but I also have to live some".

I received mixed information....... my oncologist said that a glass or 2 of wine was OK. My nutritionist said to stay away from alcohol as much as possible, he said of course if you have a special event etc. have your glass........ the acupuncturist said NO ALCOHOL, so at the end of the day, if you are not drinking everyday but once in a while it is OK. moderation is the key in my believe. 

Enjoy the weekend!!!

Pilar

I have been known to have a glass but it has to be a dry wine, not sweet. Moscato is really sweet but it gets it from the fruit. But, no alcohol is the rule as far as our liver is concerned.  Oncologist office feed you sodas and cookies and other sweets and they know it feeds the cancer.  I would not go by what they say, fighting cancer is serious business. With that said, had I had a bottle of merlot when I got home from the East coast on Sunday, I probably would have had a glass. I was beat. 

I was told by Dr. J.H. Lenz that having a glass of wine with dinner should not be a problem. He also caveated if I felt run down, etc., that wine was a poor choice.    I have stage IV Signet Ring Cell Cancer for over 7 years.  I drink two glasses of wine almost every night.   Usually a full bodies red with dinner and a port to wind down with before bed.  Occaionally white wine.  

I would not worry about having a glass or two of wine.  (I am also not a doctor nor your health care provider. lol)  

If you liked the Moscatto, try a Preoscco.  Proseccos are a little dryer then the Moscatto and a little more bubbly.

What I have found out is that I do not tollerate Beer very well anymore, and hard alchol either.

Best Aways,  mike

JanJan63 said:

My oncologist said it was

My oncologist said it was fine in small amounts. So right at this moment I'm having a glass of orange juice and about a quarter of it is wine. It's so good. I figure I deserve it. Turns out I have a blood clot in my calf from chemo. She said it's not uncommon. Luckily it's near the surface so it's not much of a danger to travel to my lungs or heart but it hurts like a bugger. So sick of all the nasty little extras that keep cropping up.

I won't even tell you what I read about orange juice and how bad it actually is for you and sometimes contains mold.  There's more but I'll just leave it at recommended that you eat the whole orange instead.

I miss drinking wine with dinner.

my doctor said that definitely not during chemo And best to wait until almost the end of the cycle and not the day before...

I have a glass every once in a while.  As someone else said, you still have to live.  So once in a while enjoy.  

I will probably go back to my beloved wine with dinner

I think there is a split in the research.  Alcohol increases the initial chance of occurence of cancer, but for recurrence, alcohol in general is a nuetral and red wine is a positive.  I drink a few glasses almost nightly.  Maybe I will die sooner, but I will die happy.  You probably should just follow your intuition on this one.

Colon cancer patients with a healthy body weight who engaged in physical activity, ate a diet high in whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and low in red/processed meats, and drank moderate alcohol had longer DFS and OS than patients who did not engage in these behaviors. http://abstracts.asco.org/199/AbstView_199_193741.html

another (abstract only): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27861761

Reservatol (abstract only): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20443159
 
No relationship (abstract only): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28135394
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Some help, esp. wine: http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/103/6/1497.long

2017, helpful: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5537345/

Over ten years now of drinks a couple times a week. Didn't do it during chemo, but otherwise as my first onc said "moderation in all things, is fine". I also recommend nothing, I just share my experience................................Dave

**** L said:

Gin soothed radiation pain

Even though I seem to have a pretty high pain threshold, I found radiation treatment went over the top (pain was about 13 on a scale of 1 - 10) after a few weeks.  I learned if I had one ounce of gin when I got home (and only one) the pain was minimized.  I did not want any part of their narcotic pain pills.  I lost my taste for wine during chemo so if I did pour a glass to enjoy with my wife, it would take me about 3 days to finish it.

wish I'd known about Gin and Radiation five years ago. My pain from 1 - 10 was about 50. 

Welcome to the forum, ****.

The inital post was 2014, so I'm interested in what JanJan has to say about it now. 

Tru

i was told one glass on the Saturday between treatment.