Okay, I am just going to say this because people do not seem to be getting it.
ALCOHOL IS A KNOWN CARCINOGEN.
Yes, I know that a small amount of wine is supposed to be good for you. And moderate drinkers don't get whatever-they-are-telling-you-this-week. And that's all lovely and fine.
But.
ALCOHOL IS A KNOWN CARCINOGEN.
Don't believe me? Look here and here and here.
For some reason I keep running into stories where people are drinking during chemo or immediately after, or during AND after. And I Really Can't Wrap My Head Around It.
DRINKING IS NOT A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT! I know, shocking. But it isn't. It's lovely, it's all lovely, but it's not a lifestyle and if you want to be well when you are going through chemo and radiation and as you are recovering PUT THE F-ING WINE GLASS DOWN.
No, your doctor isn't going to tell you this, and the reason he won't is because what doctors know about nutrition is zipola. They aren't trained to tell you what to eat. I KNOW. IT'S STUPID. BUT THIS IS A FACT. So they also won't tell you not to drink your cancer worries away, and it's not because they are all tools. It's because that just isn't part of their job as they understand it.
Clearly this subject will make me super popular. And please don't send me lots of letters telling me about how your alcoholic dad went through prostate cancer boozing it up and is now just fine, because it still doesn't make drinking when you have cancer and are going through treatment a good idea. Although it might make it a good time.
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