My lifestyle before cancer

I lived and worked hard most of my life. In 1996 I pursued an IT career after many years in the trades as a tile setter. It was ironic that the IT career I chose would turn out to be harder on my body than the trades were. Long hours spent sitting or driving left me too tired to exercise after or before work. I soon started to gain weight. My diet also suffered, always on the run, being called out, I ended up eating more fast food. Although I loved the work, the mega corporation I worked for kept increasing the workload, making it a very stressful environment to work in. While recovering from cancer treatments I read that a poor diet and lack of exercise account for one third of all cancer. Before being diagnosed I would have thought that number to be high. Now I couldn’t agree more. The best way to fight cancer is to prevent it. The best way to prevent cancer is to have a healthy lifestyle.

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