Hi @rach1009, welcome. What a beautiful picture of you and your little one. Huge smiles. I hope you'll add the picture to your profile. 🙂

When diagnosed with cancer, people often search for reasons why. What caused this? What did I do? Was it something I could've avoided? Etc.

Diabetes doesn't cause cancer. However, diabetes, especially type 2, can increase the risk of developing other conditions such as heart disease, kidney disease, and cancer. You can read more here:
- Diabetes and cancer: What you should know https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/focused-on-health/Diabetes-and-cancer.h26Z1591413.html

But remember, with cancer risk, it’s never just one thing,

Rach, I think you might like to join this discussion about diabetes and managing breast cancer in the Breast Cancer group.
- Managing Breast Cancer and Diabetes https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/managing-early-stage-breast-cancer-and-diabetes/