With all due respect for the Jinx Factor (ie: avoiding discussing something in fear of awakening a negative outcome), I don't believe that talking about something WILL make it happen, or that not talking about something WILL NOT make it transpire (there is NOTHING that I could have done to avoid my MM).
I try to keep our conversations light and optimistic, while not conspicuously dancing around the realities of cancer; this increasingly prevalent scourge. According to Medical News Today, 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men in the US will develop cancer within their lifetime. Sorry, but these figures highlight that cancer is something a large part of the population faces at some point in their life. Particular lifestyle choices that involve an excess of "pleasures" can potentially fuel increased probability for contracting a certain type of related cancer. Not always, but likely. Conversely, avoiding any or all food / drink / environments / etc that even have a whiff of possible carcinogenic ramifications is both impossible and impossible (eg: non-smokers who get lung cancer). So acknowledging all of the aforementioned - what, if any, planning can we do to help decrease our odds of falling victim to the inevitable odds? Soberingly, probably very little. But - maybe not.
Speaking solely from my own unique experience, bolstered by affirmation from Dr S, my lack of comorbidities provided a positive playing field for a propitious prognosis. Even simple things like: blood pressure, weight, glucose levels, and exercise-supported cardiovascular soundness - gave the Onc team a cleaner treatment landscape to navigate. Don't get me wrong, I didn't purposely choose to live a spartan lifestyle in order to avoid cancer (I assure you that it was the FARTHEST thing from my mind). But in retrospect - it helped. Nor am I now suggesting that anyone else apply my same choices to their life in order to outrun the Big C. But - maybe some degree of reasonably sustainable prudence could be advantageous.
I'm not going to lecture you on all of the good health-related decisions that myriad PSA's (Public Service Announcements) bombard us with every day. As statistics have forecast, there is a pretty good chance that cancer will come knocking on your door. But - when lifestyle-decision moments arise (each and every day; obvious and subtle), you can make some simple and regular choices which will result in multiple benefits; the least of which could be decreasing your chance of joining The Club. Don't live in fear of cancer, rather respect it. It's like wearing a seatbelt: doing it doesn't cause an accident or prevent it, but doing it prepares you if heaven-forbid you should have an accident. Think of your everyday, mundane lifestyle choices as a cancer seat belt - and buckle up (do it for the ones that you love).
