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

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Post by fsflover »

Karuma wrote: post #161
danuker wrote: post #92

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I am sorry for your loss. But I am curious what "ate correctly" meant for him. Would you be kind enough to provide some details?

Sad to see you being downvoted like this, but I wanted to know the same thing you asked. It seems people are really sure that exercising a lot and not eating meat or whatever is the healthiest thing one can do, for weight and health reasons... But evidence says the complete opposite, most of the time. People are so fascinated about the idea that exercise and certain foods are so good, that they don't even bother to c…

> And no one knows yet what exactly is "to eat correctly"

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you...

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

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Post by LadyCailin »

catchclose8919 wrote: post #214
pas wrote: post #210

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Legally mandating remote work and adding public transit options and raising the cost of daily useless commute would go a veeeeeery long way. Because the petrol not burned by driving can be used to replace the coal plants.

> Legally mandating remote work That's... extremely totalitarian :) ...but legally forcing employers to allow remote work X days a week for jobs where it makes sense + solid investment in public transit would make wonders.

I’m not defending totalitarianism, but capitalist democracy really does a piss poor job at controlling negative externalities, to the point that I’m not really convinced it’s a good system of governance anymore.

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

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Post by ahoka »

ekanes wrote: post #177
AlexAffe wrote: post #149

She mentions a diet rich in Protein. Even Supplements like Whey Protein Shakes. I wonder how that extra growth fuel contributes to cancer cell growth. At the very instance kf cell division, there is a small chance of the cell going 'rogue', becoming a cancer cell. In all of our bodies, all of the time. Thankfully the chance is pretty slim, but when I train a lot and eat a lot of protein, then I will have a much highe…

I don’t think when we work out, we get more cell division. Our muscle fibers get stronger and grow wider (vs adding more muscles).

I just checked this once, and both can happen, but it depends on the type of exercise.

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

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Post by Borrible »

Whatever healthy living for a young Indian middle class woman may be, breast cancer is correlated to multiple factors to varying degrees. But a lot of those women suffering from breast cancer have to die because it is still underdiagnosed in India. And that has probably more to do with culture, social characteristics, and the socioeconomics of India.

What always amazes me is the surprise of people who think that they can never get hit, because they have done everything 'right'.

Just like people who don't realize how lucky they were to have been born in a certain place at a certain time.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajco.12661

https://www.firstpost.com/health/breast-cancer-in-india-is-u...

https://www.webmd.com/cancer/guide/cancer-incidence-age

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

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Post by actually_a_dog »

heleninboodler wrote: post #145
actually_a_dog wrote: post #100

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You consider 1 in 500 high? That's only 0.2%. At that rate, assuming the probability of complication for each procedure is independent from all the others, you could undergo the procedure 20 times with only about a 4% chance of complication. Since the American Cancer Society only recommends colonoscopy every 10 years, starting at age 45, most people wouldn't even have 5 procedures done in a lifetime, which would give…

That is very high if you get one every year.

So, don't do that, unless you have enough risk factors to justify it. Get it done once every 10 years as per the recommendation.

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

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Post by maxerickson »

code51 wrote: post #147
Findecanor wrote: post #42

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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…

Timely colonoscopies save lives. However, I have a hunch that frequent colonoscopies are maybe not a good idea. Doubts: 1. We know more but we don't know all things creating colon cancer. Knowing the existence of cancers caused by viruses, disinfection procedures applied on the device could matter a lot. 2. Even if we disinfect properly, we know of a notorious little fellow: H.pylori, which can go down to the intesti…

Why are you concerned about it? Doctors aren't going to recommend intervals shorter than 10 years for people with no risk factors and even with risk factors the cancer screenings are every 5 years. If someone is getting them more frequently than that, there are probably additional factors.

In the US, insurance isn't going to pay for it unless a doctor says it is medically necessary.

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

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Post by riotney »

hef19898 wrote: post #86
Findecanor wrote: post #42

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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.

Sorry to hear that. What were your symptoms if you don't mind sharing.

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

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Post by faeyanpiraat »

holoduke wrote: post #223
catchclose8919 wrote: post #204

This is one of the things where it matters more how healthy/unpolluted your environment is . I'd dare to say that a not-so-phisically-active moderate-smoker living in a less polluted environment has way lower cancer risk than a bio-vegan athlete buddhist monk living in a polluted industrial hellhole. I'd wish we lived in a world where we could actually address chemical, air-particulate +/- microplastics pollution ser…

I expected after COVID there would be much more focus on air control/monitoring. How nice would it be to have constant air measurements in neighbourhoods and inside houses. And not only CO particles, but a wide variety. Unfortunately I see hardly any focus on it anymore.

I bought a CO2 sensor, and found that the CO2 levels rise to unhealthy levels in like half an hour in my room without opening my window. Since then I only sleep with a window slightly open, and open it periodically during the day.

I also run an air purifier all the time, but I cannot yet measure it's efficacy, because a particle counter is like 2-3× more expensive than a CO2 sensor, so I haven't invested in it yet.

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

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Post by birdyrooster »

code51 wrote: post #147
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…

Timely colonoscopies save lives. However, I have a hunch that frequent colonoscopies are maybe not a good idea. Doubts: 1. We know more but we don't know all things creating colon cancer. Knowing the existence of cancers caused by viruses, disinfection procedures applied on the device could matter a lot. 2. Even if we disinfect properly, we know of a notorious little fellow: H.pylori, which can go down to the intesti…

This is an incredible stretch. (your doubts based on reading the source you provided)
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