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Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer

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Post by renewiltord »

barrenko wrote: post #26

No description of lifestyle or diet before cancer in the text.

You can find it elsewhere. It’s likely to be good, considering they seem well-informed and wealthy enough to take advantage of that information. In any case, here we go: (the husband, but likely also the wife)

> Nithin starts off his day with coffee just before his workout, and then has oats and whey protein. Then for his breakfast he has egg whites and vegetables with the water of a tender coconut. Around noon, he has a glass of fruit juice along with the fiber in it, without straining it. For his lunch, he usually has some dal and some quinoa as he switched from rice to quinoa a while back because his gut feels much better with that. In the evening, he snacks on some healthy cheese and crackers. Dinner for him is usually non-vegetarian, and since he loves fish, it's mostly fish and some vegetables.

https://www.mensxp.com/health/celebrity-fitness/99836-zerodh...

Honestly, seems pretty good and they’re clearly in good shape.

Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer

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Post by rob74 »

headsoup wrote: post #63
epistasis wrote: post #8

Individually, 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?

How healthy was the average diet a) historically and b) since the advent of colonoscopies?

Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer

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Post by adamredwoods »

ajuc wrote: post #48
Findecanor wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

I have to have colonoscopy every year since I was 18 because of risk factors. I agree it's much less awful than people think (and I especially agree that laxatives and liquid diet prior to it suck much more than the procedure itself). I never take sedation cause it doesn't really hurt and doctors say it's better to have feedback from the patient. I also have to do MRI every year and it's much more frustrating for me…

In my experience, the entire process takes up about 3 days: 2 for the colon cleansing, 1 for the process and recovery from sedation and possible biopsies.

Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer

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Post by speedgoose »

ajuc wrote: post #48
Findecanor wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

I have to have colonoscopy every year since I was 18 because of risk factors. I agree it's much less awful than people think (and I especially agree that laxatives and liquid diet prior to it suck much more than the procedure itself). I never take sedation cause it doesn't really hurt and doctors say it's better to have feedback from the patient. I also have to do MRI every year and it's much more frustrating for me…

I think it depends. It doesn't hurt for you but it does for me. I had to take some pain killers during mine. The doctor told me that having a bigger belly would help, though I should not become fat for the next time.

Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer

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Post by hef19898 »

Findecanor wrote: post #42
epistasis wrote: post #8

Individually, 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…

After being diagnosed with colon cancer when I was 26, I'd say start even earlier. Don't settle for "it's probably just hemorrhoid's". That's the reason my kids will start when they are 16.

Does anyone know why I got cancer? No. Does it really matter? Honestly, no.

Just to re-iterate the point: Go through all the screening you can, cancer (of any form) is easer treated when caught early. Or even prevented.

Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer

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Post by danuker »

Darmody wrote: post #28
epistasis wrote: post #8

Individually, 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…

Preventive healthcare. It's way cheaper than treatments and medicines once you're sick and the best part, you don't get sick that much. And that's something private healthcare can't provide, or at least not as effectively as the public healthcare.

I wish the government published statistics on healthy-years-of-life-lost-per-year-covered for each private insurance agency.

Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer

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Post by bobthepanda »

Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #47
xbar wrote: post #39

Earlier 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…

Looks like planes need more radiation protection. A thick heavy lead shield would be best.

thick and heavy are generally counterproductive to flying.

Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer

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Post by pja »

bjoli wrote: post #68
boomlinde wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

A column of atmosphere 1m^2 in area weighs about 10 metric tonnes.

The thin Al skin of an aeroplane might as well be nothing at all by comparison.

Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer

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Post by unnouinceput »

franciscop wrote: post #34

There is some research that links flight attendants to higher rates of cancer, especially breast cancer and skin cancer: https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/study-examines-cancer-rat... It seems that the title claims this person was healthy, but apparently also in a higher-risk occupation. Cannot say how much the occupation influence things, looking at the article probably very little, but I think it's relevant to men…

Also she mentioned working primarily in cities. You know, the location on our lovely planet where pollution is highest. It's a rather understated cause when searching for "why I got cancer", but pollution will do changes to your body that are still researched and still much not understood.
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