Genetic Family Fun

My family's health history sucks. I don't have much to look forward to as I get older health wise. I am actually very conscience of it and I am slightly mortified as well. I have been exercising, eating right and doing my goddamn best to keep on top of it all, but I feel like the odds are stacked up against me.

Here is the general break down:

Mother's Side
Diabetes and Cancer

Father's Side
Diabetes, Cancer and Heart Disease

The Chart of Death

Side of Family	Relationship To Me	Cause of Death	Notes
Mother	Grandmother	Cancer - Uterine then Colon	Diabetes Type 2 and Poor Diet
Mother	Grandfather	Cancer - Colon	Drank, Smoked and Poor Diet
Mother	Uncle	Cancer - Lung	Drank, Smoked and Poor Diet
Father	Grandmother	Cancer - Breast	Died before I was born
Father	Grandfather	Cancer - Lung	Died before I was born
Father	Father	Heart Disease - Heart Attack then Stroke	Cirrhosis of the Liver, Hepatitis B, Diabetes Type 2, Obesity (200 lbf overweight), High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, Edema, Psoriasis and Poor Diet
Father	Aunt	Cancer - Bone	Too young to remember
Father	Uncle	Heart Disease - Heart Attack then Stroke	Smoked, Jaundice, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol and Poor Diet
Father	Great Aunt	Cancer - Colon	Never met them
Father	Great Uncle	Cancer - Colon	Never met them

So as so many people like to tell me, I need to keep positive - I ask you - who ever you are - how? How am I supposed to keep positive with a shitty track record like the one above. My family genetics are horrendous, granted pretty much none of the people listed above took care of themselves. My father was the worst - he was so sick because he used to own a carpet cleaning business and the chemicals he used were very potent and dangerous which is why his liver was shot. They got absorbed through the skin and into his blood stream which traveled to his liver naturally.

I don't know if I can kid myself and say that I won't get cancer? No really I am not sure. The diabetes is totally avoidable because that was brought on by poor diet and obesity for all cases stated above. I was pre-diabetic until I turned all that around myself. So I am good now. The heart disease is also a big issue for me because my cholesterol is high no matter what I do. I have normal blood pressure, but I mean WTF something has got to give here.

I need to see a cardiologist.