Hi Lynne...glad you enjoyed the film at Breast Fest.It was really fun to be involved in it. I too, was flabbergasted that the surfer used to run through the fields as they were spraying the DDT (that's what she said I think...my menopausal memory sucks!). As far as I know I was never exposed to it. So often we want to know WHY this has happened to us, and wonder if we did something or if something from our past caused us to get breast cancer. I think I got breast cancer simply because my body was not able to fight off the aggressive cancer caused by the Her2 gene. We all have cancerous cells in our bodies, but our system fights them off. In some of us, the genes/cells mutate and there's just nothing our body can do to fight it off. The longer I live, and the more women I meet, the more I tend to believe that breast cancer is a totally RANDOM thing (except of course in the case of BRCA 1 & 2, strong family history etc) that "just happens". Unfortunately it happens to wonderful women who don't deserve to go through this hell, but we become stronger and also discover how great a gift life is - and often have a totally different outlook on life after we've come out the other side of treatment. Stay strong and positive, continue to do your own personal research, be your own advocate and keep kicking butt! Lisa