peace and calm

Stress hurts our health, no surprise there.  Maybe you had stress in your life when diagnosed.  You worked hard to rid your life of noise, pressure, pollution, poor eating habits.  Don't let them back ;).  Research shows that stress accelerates metastasis. 

"The major cause of death from cancer is metastasis that is resistant to conventional therapy...Clinical and epidemiological studies over the last 30 years have identified psychosocial factors including stress, chronic depression and lack of social support as risk factors for cancer progression [-]. Whereas evidence for the role of psychosocial factors in cancer initiation is limited and some-what contradictory [-], support is stronger for links between psychological factors such as stress, depression and social isolation and disease progression [,]. Chronicity of negative affect, as manifested by depressed mood or hopelessness, appears to have stronger relationships with outcomes than do stressful events, suggesting that sustained activation of negative affective pathways may provide the strongest links to cancer progression [-]."

Find full research report below:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3037818/

I wanted to pass along this link to warn against the dangers of chronic stress.  Please take heed. Eat, sleep,  read, listen to music, meditate, exercise and get rid of stressors that are hurting you. Give love. 

Please find what you need below: 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7466429/

https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2021/cancer-returning-stress-hormones

https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/focused-on-health/how-stress-affects-cancer-risk.h21-1589046.html

https://med.stanford.edu/survivingcancer/cancer-and-stress/stress-and-cancer.html

https://www.cityofhope.org/living-well/is-there-a-connection-between-chronic-stress-and-cancer

Sending wishes of love and peace and calm. 

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