"I am the healthiest person I know" so others might disagree? Such self-centered perception of "being healthy" is one of the reasons people fool themselves while actually having a healthy lifestyle instead of being actually healthy. Any exercise also has an impact on health, it can be not just "healthy" but also unhealthy at the same time, at the expense of overall health. Also, cancer does not discriminate lifestyles. It's chance. There is always risk. "I am healthy"-people only fool themselves that it cannot happen to them.
I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
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Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
My sincere admiration for the author's strength in the face of this terrible hardship. A person can also avoid cancer by choosing a career that is not cancer-inducing. Given the author's cabin crew history: 3.4% of female flight attendants reported having had breast cancer compared with 2.3% of women in the general population group 2.2% of female flight attendants reported having had melanoma skin cancer compared wit…
Maybe it is related to irregular sleep schedule. Also more exposure to uv radiation while flying.
You're also exposed to more ionizing radiation the higher up you are.
Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
#63Individually, a person can reduce their cancer risk with a few things like not smoking, and avoiding sunburns, etc. but that does not eliminate the risk of cancer. It's not a disease that primarily comes from unhealthy living. That said, there is a toooon of cancer that we can prevent as a society though better public health messaging and better environmental laws, such as creating housing and cities that ban cars, s…
How prevalent was colon cancer a) historically and b) since the advent of colonoscopies?
Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
#64Individually, a person can reduce their cancer risk with a few things like not smoking, and avoiding sunburns, etc. but that does not eliminate the risk of cancer. It's not a disease that primarily comes from unhealthy living. That said, there is a toooon of cancer that we can prevent as a society though better public health messaging and better environmental laws, such as creating housing and cities that ban cars, s…
The most common cancer: colon cancer, would be 95% preventable if only people got over silly notions about their butts and got a colonoscopy when they have reached age 45-50. Colon cancer takes a decade to develop from polyp to tumour. The main purpose of a colonoscopy is to find and snip any polyps there could be in the colon. Then you'd be safe from colon cancer for a decade or more. You would normally not feel muc…
You're clearly someone who takes care of yourself, so why watch polyps being snipped from your colon on a tiny screen? Hi, I'm Cologuard. I'm a non-invasive product to detect altered DNA in your stool. I find 92% of colon cancers even in early stages.
Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
#65Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
#66You're not alone, good luck you got this!
Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
#67From a personal perspective, I feel that opening sentence.
Genetics has had me have high blood pressure since I was 25, left handed, prostate, lung cancer in family.
I put effort into low salt diets, exercise, monitoring, some small drugs, yet I know a lot of people who are significantly less healthy will outlive me. From time to time - I feel the pang of bitterness at that notion.
It is 100% recognized, my overall disposition in life is _extremely_ privileged. It's still a feeling nonetheless.
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe it is related to irregular sleep schedule. Also more exposure to uv radiation while flying.
You're also exposed to more ionizing radiation the higher up you are.
But they are not really exposed to the elements while up there. How much aluminium and airplane interior does it take to replace 10.000m of atmosphere?
Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
#69Got to die of something, no matter how healthy you think you are in life.
Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
#70She doesn't actually say what she did to be healthy in the first place. That would help understand or perhaps point out areas of caution.