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A bad habit (a can of diet coke a day) that I can't kick off
Hi everyone,
When I was pregnant with my 2nd child and very sleepy during the day, I started a bad diet coke habit to help me get some caffeine so I could get through my day. I've never drank coffee and have to force myself to drink tea, which I don't tend to like very much. I've always associated drinking with helping conquer thrist and heat and tend to only like cold drinks.
So, now that I'm in cancer world, I really think I should not be drinking this can of diet coke that I drink mid-afternoon at work. I always have water at hand (which I love, especially cold with ice), but still gravitate towards the diet coke.
Any ideas on how I can eliminate it from my diet completely? I've tried doing so, but for some reason I seem addicted to it by now. I only do a can at most a day, but it's almost every day and I don't think it does me any good besides giving me the caffeine jolt. How bad is this for me anyways? I'm trying to be really good with my diet for the most part, and don't want to blame my diet coke habit in the future if I were to recur.
Thanks for your tips!
Marcia
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ER+ (30%)/PR-/HER-2+, stage 3
Diagnosed on 02/18/09 at 38 with a huge 12x10 cm tumor, after a 6 month delay. Told I was too young and had no risk factors. Found swollen node during breastfeeding.
March-August 09: neo-adjuvant chemo, part of a trial at Stanford (4 DD A/C, 4 Taxotere with daily Tykerb), loading dose of Herceptin
08/12/09 - bye bye boobies (bilateral mastectomy)
08/24/09 - path report shows 100 % success in breast tissue (no cancer there, yay!), 98 % success in lymphatic invasion, and even though 11/13 nodes were still positive, > 95 % of the tumor in them was killed. Hoping for the best!
September-October 09: rads with daily Xeloda
02/25/10 - Cholecystectomy
05/27/10 - Bone scan clear
06/14/10 - CT scan clear, ovarian cyst found
07/27/10 - Done with Herceptin!
02/15/11 - MVA-BN HER-2 vaccine trial
03/15/11 - First CA 15-3: 12.7 and normal, yay!
10/01/11 - Bone scan and CT scan clear, fatty liver found
now on Tamoxifen and Aspirin
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