2006-12-01 04:14:58 · 13 answers · asked by pinky312004 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
I'm sorry to hear of your diagnosis. I was diagnosed with stage 1 in Sep. & am going through chemo. I agree that the last thing you need to be concerned with is how it affects your treatment but rather how soon you can quit. Your body will thank you while it endures chemo. You do realize there is a link to breast cancer & smoking. It can lead to many types of cancer, not just lung. You need to educate yourself on it & not turn a blind eye or it could mean your life. I saw my sister & aunt both continue to smoke & I never understood it & thought it was very selfish. Now that I have been diagnosed & am not a smoker, I know they are selfish, esp. since my other sister who is a non-smoker died at age 36 from breast cancer. Go Figure!
2006-12-01 04:36:42 · answer #1 · answered by COblonde 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry tohear of your diagnosis but I think when you start chemo you might not feel like smoking too much. It can't be good for you I'm sure and smoking might be hard to QUIT at this time but don't think of it that way just try to put it off for a while even for a minute and then an hour. You really don't want to stress out too much about it maybe just try to slow down and ask God to hold you through ths tough time and help you to reduce the amount you're smoking now and maybe it will turn out that you will stop.
I wish you the best, you can fight it. My friend has breast cancer and I had been packing her wound and it is almost healed, and then she'll go through radiation for 6 weeks. She has a good attitude and I think that's what got her through this so far and you can do it too. Take care
2006-12-04 01:59:46 · answer #2 · answered by cruisingalong 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In response to another poster, I read in a breast cancer book that smoking has not been linked to breast cancer....I read that specifically. Secondly, all of you saying just quit, just quit have apparently never smoked or were either not addicted to it. Trying to quit is like telling a crack head to quit smoking crack...it isn't going to happen over night. On another note, finding out you have cancer is stressful enough as it is without having to add another big stress factor to it. I'm not saying it's okay, I'm just saying it isn't that easy.
My answer to you would be that you should check into what it will take to try to quit smoking but if it something that you aren't able to do right now then it isn't going to mess your chemo up. It will cause you to have a harder time healing after surgery though. Good Luck to you and all that you are going to be facing soon. Have fun with it and stay positive. There is life during treatments, live it up.
2006-12-01 16:11:54 · answer #3 · answered by Jenna 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am so sorry about your diagnosis. You must still be in shock. With the stress you are going through it would be hard to quit smoking today. Can you make a plan to stop? Make a specific date and plan. Your Family doctor could help you with this. You are going to be given a chemotherapy drug to help stop cancer. At the same time you want to keep smoking that changes cells and may cause you cancer. Most Breast Cancers can be cured, if you took all of them and put them together after 5 yrs, 92% would be alive. Lung cancer usually is very late diagnosed, the same with Pancreatic Cancer. The number one cause of Bladder cancer is smoking. Stop before you have more to deal with. Good luck with your road or journey and always keep hope.
2006-12-01 13:28:52 · answer #4 · answered by onc rn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not going to preach religion at you, but you definately need to get your priorities straight. While doing chemo your entire body will become more prone to any kinds of infection and your liver has to work double time, if not more to clean the drugs out of your system. Now would be a very good time to stop smoking.
I'm a two year breast cancer survivor and even not smoking, it wasn't fun.
2006-12-01 20:48:00 · answer #5 · answered by knittinmama 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Smoking takes a toll on your body in general. It deprives your body of oxygen and fills it with toxins and waste products that must be eliminated. Smoking will impair your body's ability to heal and is not recommended after undergoing chemo, surgery, any medical procedure, or at all.
For your safety and the safety of others ... If you are connected to a nasal cannula or source of oxygen; please do not smoke at the same time. If you become an in-patient; do not smoke in your room, as most rooms have oxygen piped into the walls.
2006-12-01 12:28:10 · answer #6 · answered by AnswerGuy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So sorry about your diagnosis.
It will big time. Best advice is to quit. Talk to your chemo-oncologist about using the patch or nicorette gum. The gum might be a better choice as your skin can become very sensitive during chemo and radiation.
2006-12-01 14:39:24 · answer #7 · answered by shelley_gaudreau2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Grandmother died last year from breast cancer. She was very religious and went to church every Sunday even when she was in pain. She was a non smoker but was diagnosed to late. Please follow the advice that the doctor gives you. At the same time smoking is bad for you. So try to quit.
I put a site on for you to check out. It will help you understand what you about to under go. Good luck in your journey to wellness
2006-12-01 13:05:06 · answer #8 · answered by Staci R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chemo will weaken your immune system. you are opening yourself up for trouble if you continue to smoke. your breast cancer will probably be cured, but why take the chance of getting lung cancer which probably can't be cured? good luck, i know it's hard.
2006-12-02 04:25:52 · answer #9 · answered by barb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why do you want chemo if you going to keep smoking,
is a wast of time, just end it all and dont get the chemo and keep smoking.
2006-12-04 14:52:08 · answer #10 · answered by nancy o 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋