8 Things to never say to someone in the hospital

“Have you tried eating organic?”

For Alicia Kan, being asked if she changed her diet while she was lying in a hospital bed was upsetting. “Actually, yes, I had been eating organic for years prior to being diagnosed with cancer in 2004,” she says. “I exercised three times a week with trainers. I even refused to hold a mobile phone to my ear because I was worried about radiation. Don’t assume that someone gets cancer because of poor health habits.”