Lunch

Double Whammy
Double Whammy Member Posts: 2,832 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
A good friend (high school classmate) had endo cancer the same time as me. We supported each other as she went through chemo for endo ca and me for breast cancer. Now that we're both back to our relatively normal selves, we thought it would be fun to have lunch with some of our other classmates (women only, of course).
There were 11 of us yesterday. 7 were cancer survivors! Here's the breakdown:
2 - endo cancer
2 - breast cancer
1 - malignant melanoma
1 - thyroid cancer
1 - lymphoma
1 - kidney cancer

It was a little shocking . . . 63%!
Suzanne

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  • linpsu
    linpsu Member Posts: 747
    #2
    unbelievable
    That is just unbelievable that so many of you had cancer. Was there anything environmental in your home town that would raise questions?
    Linda
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #3
    linpsu said:

    unbelievable
    That is just unbelievable that so many of you had cancer. Was there anything environmental in your home town that would raise questions?
    Linda

    environmental interesting, with positive results -- call someone
    I've had 2 of those cancers -- listed, and I didn't even have lunch with you gals! Thyroid and Breast Cancer - go figure!


    Vicki Sam
  • Ritzy
    Ritzy Member Posts: 4,381 Member
    #4
    VickiSam said:

    environmental interesting, with positive results -- call someone
    I've had 2 of those cancers -- listed, and I didn't even have lunch with you gals! Thyroid and Breast Cancer - go figure!


    Vicki Sam

    Shocking
    is right! I am so happy that you had a nice lunch with your classmates, but, how sad what that percentage is inre to cancer.

    Please find a cure...someone!!!!!


    Sue :)
  • fauxma
    fauxma Member Posts: 3,577 Member
    #5
    VickiSam said:

    environmental interesting, with positive results -- call someone
    I've had 2 of those cancers -- listed, and I didn't even have lunch with you gals! Thyroid and Breast Cancer - go figure!


    Vicki Sam

    I'm like VickiSam, I had two
    I'm like VickiSam, I had two of those (endo, breast and also bladder and skin) and I didn't have lunch or go to school with you either. It would be interesting to see what the risk factors are and if you share those or if there is indeed another link to these cancers. I think that the statistics are 1 in 8 woman will develop breast cancer but I don't know know what they are for the other cancers.
    Hope that you had a great lunch and enjoyed your day.
    Stef
  • gagee
    gagee Member Posts: 332
    #6
    wow
    That is way to high a percentage ........ Diana
  • jk1952
    jk1952 Member Posts: 613
    #7
    gagee said:

    wow
    That is way to high a percentage ........ Diana

    Where did you go to high
    Where did you go to high school? I want to stay away from there.

    Joyce
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #8
    jk1952 said:

    Where did you go to high
    Where did you go to high school? I want to stay away from there.

    Joyce

    Joyce .. Funny, but true.
    Scary times we live in ... no accountability, from any state offical or government agency.



    Vicki Sam
  • jnl
    jnl Member Posts: 3,869 Member
    #9
    fauxma said:

    I'm like VickiSam, I had two
    I'm like VickiSam, I had two of those (endo, breast and also bladder and skin) and I didn't have lunch or go to school with you either. It would be interesting to see what the risk factors are and if you share those or if there is indeed another link to these cancers. I think that the statistics are 1 in 8 woman will develop breast cancer but I don't know know what they are for the other cancers.
    Hope that you had a great lunch and enjoyed your day.
    Stef

    That is a high percentage.
    That is a high percentage. Just glad you had a nice lunch!


    Leeza

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