I've just returned from work to see how this has moved on. There's too much to address but I have to say a few things.
minifingers - "stop trying to stop people talking about [medical evidence] because you [FFs] find it emotionally uncomfortable to consider it in this light."
And you stop trying to tell us how we feel about what some of us consider to be over-exaggerated 'evidence'" You have no idea how I feel about it for goodness sakes woman! You're not in my head! For the record, I don't and never have felt "emotionally uncomfortable". The word for how I feel is "sceptical".
You can tell me that the (minimal) negatives to my child of FF outweigh the extent to which it benefits me as much as you like but I still won't buy it. It's bollocks.
Seagulls, please, I beg of you, don't assume that you're not at risk of breast cancer due to your size, weight, diet and lack of family history. Check yourself as if you were at serious risk, monthly. I was just like you but the bastard thing got me all the same.
And before anyone says it, yes I did FF exclusively. Yes that may have played a part in me getting breast cancer - but it just as much might not. If anyone can prove to me - prove beyond doubt - that I wouldn't have got breast cancer had I breastfed I'll donate next months income to La Leche League. Until that time I'll remain sceptical and will get very angry at definite links between my breast cancer and my not breast feeding being made by people who've never seen my medical records and who aren't experts in the field so you've been warned.
Pistol, "tedium" - yes, that's another one to add to the long list of why I chose not to breast feed. Cheers for that.