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Anthony,
Let's pray you don't and won't have cancer.
Also in the article, a nurse who has cancer, Eva Ossorio, refused the chemo. She's taking the hormone blocker treatment.
I'd love to see a follow up article in a year and find out how the lady's doing.
posted by
songbirdshafer
on December 15, 2005 at 11:22 PM
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UtahAngel22,
Maybe we can start getting some progress in the area of ending animal research, too, as well as reduced chemo.
I know the two subjects are unrelated in a way, but chemo and animal research are both so medieval. Progress can't come fast enough.
posted by
songbirdshafer
on December 15, 2005 at 11:18 PM
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Tiel,
Yeah, I was incredibly relieved to find that chemo guideline article.
I'm hoping it's really a start, that the more sensible/safer way to treat cancer will ripple out to other kinds of cancers.
I'll be watching...
posted by
songbirdshafer
on December 15, 2005 at 11:14 PM
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Songbird
Great post and I just read something here in Canada on the very same thing, end chemo. I had decided with reading that article I wouldn't ever take it if they find I have cancer
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WileyJohn
on December 15, 2005 at 10:44 AM
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Songbird
Wow, that's a stunning revelation. Great news for cancer patients though. I'm glad that things are starting to look up. Now if we could just find a cure for the stupid disease!!! I think you're right about us looking back on this time frame with disgust for the way we handled medical practices. It's like the Star Trek movie where they're trying to operate on someone's brain and the doctor freaks out because he said you don't have to hash into the person's head with a saw to fix the problem. I see Chemo as the same kind of idea.
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UtahAngel22
on December 14, 2005 at 8:00 PM
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Songbird
Praise the Lord! is all I can say! I'm happy for you. You have been a crusader. I'm just deeply troubled to think of those women who have been put thru the Hell of Chemo unnecessarily. The Drs. said they probably OVER treated. Yes, they did! If the percentages were as small as indicated in the article, they certianly did. And that's OK? I think not! One sure way to kill the cancer is to kill the patient. But some common sense, at last!
posted by
Tiel
on December 14, 2005 at 2:10 PM
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