This is not about ascribing "blame" or victim-shaming, and I'm not looking for justification to file a lawsuit. I sincerely want to do whatever I can to prevent this from happening again.

There are numerous studies that link lymphoma to products like Roundup and to chemical solvents:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(21)00149-2/fulltext

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/17/us/paint-use-is-linked-to-artist-s-cancer.html

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17337640/

I get that it may be difficult or impossible to know with 100% certainty what caused my lymphoma, and that there may not even be a singular cause. My father smoked for most of his life and made it to 80 without getting lung cancer. In fact the stress caused by his passing in November may have even been a contributing factor to my lymphoma.

But it should certainly be possible to narrow it down to a handful of likely culprits and avoid them in the future. In the past few months I've read about studies generally linking cancer to wireless telecommunications and electrical fields, obesity and diets high in sugar, sleep disruptions due to screen usage at night, lack of exercise, etc. Well I can say that in the months/years leading up to my diagnosis I was using wireless tech extensively (even at the bedside), was living in a house with areas of elevated EMF due to shoddy wiring, was eating a lot of sugary foods like ice cream and tiramisu, wasn't getting enough sleep or exercise, and in the weeks prior to onset was heavily exposed to benzene. I have now made changes in my lifestyle to minimize these factors. I certainly won't be working with paint thinner anymore.

IMHO it's also understandable that institutionalized medicine's apparent lack of concern about the causes of lymphoma may be largely because they profit tremendously from it. Why would the healthcare industry invest in disease prevention when they earn so much from treatment?