Avoidance or self preservation?

I subscribe to various cancer charity links. Recently, however, I've found myself feeling quite resentful of the amount of mail this generates. Today, I received a new newsletter about cancer research; I had neither requested it nor required it. It was sent to me because I subscribe to a certain cancer charity's update list. I looked at the headlines; every one of them assumed that I wanted to think about cancer, to know what I should/shouldn't be doing to avoid cancer, to be aware of all the tests I could put myself through to find out if a) I'm at risk of cancer or b) I already have cancer. I found myself thinking, 'I don't want to know'. I found the 'unsubscribe' link and unsubscribed. There comes a time when enough is enough - there is such a thing as too much information and I've finally arrived at that point.

I could certainly read all the warnings, about the research, the survivor stories and so on. Would that help me? I doubt it. I suspect it would just make me paranoid and unable to live for now, instead always worrying that I might get cancer again. And you know what they say is likely a cancer trigger? Stress and worry...
If surviving cancer teaches you one thing, I think, it's that life's too short to spend it worrying about what might happen. Carpe diem is now my motto. We have one chance at life, so let's live in the moment; tomorrow may never come.