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Interview 14  

Interview 14

Age at Interview: 49
Sex: Female
Age at Diagnosis: 30
Background: .
Brief outline:Found a malignant lump and was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1982. Underwent a mastectomy and was given radiotherapy. In 2000 diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma in-situ (DCIS) and was given a another mastectomy.


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Describes balancing her diet so that it is both healthy and enjoyable.

 



So I read all these things and I reduced the amount of fat in my diet and salt and tried to drink less caffeine. And tried to reduce the stress in my life but of course that was virtually impossible. A lot of my stress was kind of in-built. I didn't address that for years.

But, yeah, I did try and adjust my lifestyle and went onto wholemeal everything.

And I still have some of those changes but I've backtracked on some of that because I prefer to enjoy myself.

I feel that, to some extent, you can put yourself under a lot of stress by going for these changes and that I'd rather have a healthy lifestyle, a reasonably healthy lifestyle, but still enjoy myself.

So I eat lots of fruit and vegetables. I try and have my 5 portions of fruit and veg a day and wholemeal bread and things like that.

But I eat meat. I use butter. I drink alcohol. And I aim to do those things in moderation rather than give them up.
Jenni Murray - Breast Cancer
Breast cancer in women
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