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It seems I know a lot more women getting cancer these days - and it's an alarming increase

Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:14 am
Posted by Giantkiller
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:14 am
Someone I know on FB just passed away from breast cancer and another has mentioned they've recently been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Meanwhile another FB acquaintance has just recently mentioned her sister's cancer returning.

Having said that, I think I know at least 6 or 7 women in their mid-40's who have died in the last 2 years or so. It's alarming to me this increase. I know that obviously as we age, we're going to know more people who die. But does it seem to anyone else that this number has wildly been increasing at a noticeable rate?
Posted by Deep Purple Haze
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:15 am to
frick cancer
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:16 am to
seems like social media is your common denominator of why you think there's an uptick in cases. people are just more aware these days of everyone's problems.
Posted by fareplay
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:16 am to
Tbh women put more chemicals inside them than men. Birth control being something I feel is understudied, but also depression pills etc
Posted by Giantkiller
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:20 am to
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seems like social media is your common denominator of why you think there's an uptick in cases. people are just more aware these days of everyone's problems.



You know, that's probably the most logical answer. We're more honed in on people's problems both in and out of each others social circles. But even considering that, it still seems fricked up and more than I'd ever have expected.
Posted by johnqpublic
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:36 am to
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seems like social media is your common denominator of why you think there's an uptick in cases. people are just more aware these days of everyone's problems.


You know, that's probably the most logical answer


That, and you and your peers are getting older. These cancers start really showing up in women in their 40s. There is a distinct increase as women age (most instances of cancer (but not all) increase with age).

It only gets worse from here on out. You will know more and more people with health issues, including cancer, as you get older. It's the circle of life.

Breast cancer by age:
Age 30 . . . . . . 0.49% (or 1 in 204)
Age 40 . . . . . . 1.55% (or 1 in 65)
Age 50 . . . . . . 2.40% (or 1 in 42)
Age 60 . . . . . . 3.54% (or 1 in 28)
Age 70 . . . . . . 4.09% (or 1 in 24)

Ovarian Cancer
30-34 years 16.0
35-39 years 18.2
40-44 years 28.8
45-49 years 42.0
50-54 years 55.4
55-59 years 69.4
60-64 years 70.6
65-69 years 64.4
70-74 years 61.4
75-79 years 47.4
80-84 years 31.6
85+ years 37.8
Posted by KirbStomp22
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:37 am to
Dark Waters
Posted by OldSoul
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:40 am to
Hair dye and bleach, tanning spray, nail polish, etc.
Posted by Giantkiller
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 3:13 pm to
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It only gets worse from here on out. You will know more and more people with health issues, including cancer, as you get older. It's the circle of life.



Indeed. Just seems a little grimmer than I seem to remember. It's a huge bummer. We're definitely at an age where you a lot more of "so-and-so just lost their mom/dad/etc...". It wasn't long at all that it was grandparents.

I just hate it for these people and thank God everyday for good health for my own family.

Every day is indeed a blessing.
This post was edited on 5/15/24 at 4:04 pm
Posted by West Seattle Dude
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 3:32 pm to
There is a definite link between breast cancer and alcohol. This was shown when the women from upscale Marin County California developed abnormally high rates of breast cancer. The common denominator-high consumption of wine from nearby Napa and Sonoma counties.
Posted by F1y0n7h3W4LL
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 3:45 pm to
Implants
Posted by Boudreauboudreaugoly
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 3:46 pm to
Jab cancer.
Posted by NorthEnd
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 3:46 pm to
Add my wife to the list. Lost her battle w breast cancer at 45 last year. Horrible, horrible disease and a terrible way to go. Makes me sick to even hear about others with it.
Posted by Lsupimp
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 3:51 pm to
I got a call today from a client who lost his wife to cancer recently. Depressing.
Posted by Boudreauboudreaugoly
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 3:52 pm to
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Hair dye and bleach, tanning spray, nail polish, etc.


Your skin is the largest and heaviest organ on/in your body. More and more, research is finding that anything applied to your skin is absorbed into your body and is metabolized much the same, if not more so as ingesting it.
Posted by grsharky
Member since Dec 2019
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 4:14 pm to
It does seem like the number of young people getting cancer is going up and there are numbers to support that. With that being said social media really amplifies how much you see about it. I’ll see a Facebook post from someone I haven’t talked to since college and they have a go fund me for a person in their town. 20 years ago I’d never have seen that or other posts like that. It’s actually one of the reasons I stay off social media more now, it was giving me anxiety.
Posted by Quatrepot
Member since Jun 2023
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 4:39 pm to
You’re just getting older. Youngens pay no attn to those things.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 4:42 pm to
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seems like social media is your common denominator of why you think there's an uptick in cases. people are just more aware these days of everyone's problems.



Yep. Seems a lot of people feel free to discuss just about an situation in their lives over social media whereas years ago most kept it to themselves and just those close around them.


Right now I know of 3 women who are diagnosed with cancer----one in her 40's, another in her 60's and my sister-in-law now in her early 70's.
Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 4:43 pm to
Tattoos?

There is good reason to believe that tattoo ink can have an adverse effect on internal organs over time.

Oh, and that other thing that was foretold by subject matter experts that would lead to an increase in cancer.
Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
13663 posts
Posted on 5/15/24 at 4:45 pm to
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Your skin is the largest and heaviest organ on/in your body. More and more, research is finding that anything applied to your skin is absorbed into your body and is metabolized much the same, if not more so as ingesting it.

To include tattoo ink.

Lots of self inflicted cancer is on the horizon.
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