Hello gillbelle84,
I was diagnosed in 12/2022 with ILC in my Left breast that was hormone negative like your tumor, and IDC in my Right breast that was hormone positive. Both were stage 1a. I had a bilateral mastectomy at Mayo Rochester and the tumor board there decided no chemo for me. I am on tamoxifen for the hormone positive tumor that I had but I felt like you about the hormone negative tumor, it is scary not to do anything. Well when I had my first appointment at the Mayo's Breast Cancer Survivorship area I was told that the best things I can do to guard against recurrence was to exercise ( I do a brisk walk for 35 minutes everyday, sometimes in the house even) and also it's very important to eat 7-9 fruits and vegetables a day and limit the sugar in your diet. Also limit alcohol or cut it out altogether. I'm doing all of those, and while I always ate 5 fruits and vegs per day the jump to 7-9 took some getting used to! The cruciferous vegetables, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower etc. are very beneficial to avoid recurrence, so I be sure to include one of those everyday. Also I read online about doing a 13 hour intermittent fasting each day to help avoid recurrence. 13 is the number that they say to do to avoid recurrence , not 12, not 14 but 13 hours. I asked about that at Mayo and they said there is no proof of it, but they think it's a good idea to do it. It is good for you in many ways as long as you are not diabetic. 13 hour fasting is easy to do, say you finish eating dinner at 7pm, then don't eat breakfast till 8 am the next morning, so there are your 13 hours. You can have black coffee or black tea (as well as water of course) on an intermittent fast. So the coffee helps if you need something before breakfast. So I figured why not do the 13 hour fast. So I am. Those are the things we can do to help ourselves avoid recurrence and at least I feel I am doing something to help! Sending Love, Healing, and Wellness wishes to you and to all on this site ❤️

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