Rita,

My diagnosis changed how I look at our food supply and the choices that I make. This second diagnosis and treatment has made significant changes in what I can eat - probably not so much what I WANT to eat. I now look at supplements and try to buy organic when it is not cost prohibitive. I buy a lot less at the grocery store so I can buy organic milk and things like that. I have almost always had a garden, but since I live near farms I can only control what I put on my garden.

I had quit smoking for a year when I was diagnosed in 2006. I also used to drink a lot of beer - I liked it. I had an unsually stressful year the year before I was diagnosed - divorce, everything ugly that goes with that, moving, changing jobs. I have wondered if that effects whether you get cancer or not. I have been told by someone that the lifestyle choices I made did not cause my cancer - some people get cancer, some don't. I would do a lot of things different in retrospect, but all I can do is take better care of myself for the future.