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Originally Posted by ThunderBalls
Over 18 months ago I was diagnosed with a tumor in my kidney. My doctor said that from the cat scan it appeared that the tumor may also have gone into my liver, which if it had the survival rate would be about 5%. He wanted to remove my kidney and part of my liver. After researching cancer treatment and finding that there are A LOT of doctors out there who believe cancer treatment kills more than it saves and thinking about how every person I've known who went through cancer treatment only to go through hell for a year or two and still ended up dying I faced the fact that I was going to die and decided to not do anything. My doctor told me I would be dead in less than 4 months. I spent the next few months basically waiting to die and I was perfectly okay with it after the shock wore off. My doctor started mailing me those 'its time for your 6 month checkup' cards through certified mail! I'm sure it was to see if I was still alive. So here it is a year and a half later and I'm obviously still here and I still feel as healthy as I ever did. The tumor was never tested to see if it was malignant or not, but according to the doctor he "was sure it was cancer". He definitely used fear, and was annoyed that I took it upon myself to research various cancer treatments. His attitude was that I should take his word as gospel and do whatever he said without question. I really believe if I did do that I would either be fucked up in bed or dead by now, maybe it'll still happen but I've had almost 2 years of feeling good that I wouldnt have had I followed his advice.
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wow. hope you don't have cancer.
i have come to the same conclusion about cancer after my Dad's battle with it - he would have been much better off doing nothing, he would have saved himself the stress and downtime/sicktime caused by of all the different tests and three surgeries, plus i think he would have lasted longer. If you have a cancer that is ultimately going to kill you in less than 5 years, then doing nothing makes sense.
but come on, i personally know a bunch of people with cancers that are treatable and they had the treatment(surgery/chemo/radiation) and never looked back. some cancers are very curable nowadays.
When your kid gets leukemia go ahead, treat him with Laetrile or do nothing, your kid will be dead. Get real treatment and there's 70% chance he'll go on to live a long normal life.
not sure about the leukemia cure rate but it's over 50%.
cancer sucks so bad it's not funny - the worst part is when somebody you love has it and you go do the research in hope of finding something promising and u don't find anything- it's unfathomable that in 2005 with all the amazing things human beings have done in other areas that cancer treatment is still in so many cases a failure. The only chemo drug my Dad got was first used in the 1950's! In 50 years not one fucking chump researcher or drug company has developed a better one. That is a disgrace.
I was very angry at scientists when my dad died of cancer and within 3 months of that my beautiful 28 year old cousin about to be married got diagnosed and was gone in less than 9 months. Why angry? Because I sometimes go to two major teaching hospitals and I have walked through the research department floors - you don't see any of these brainiacs burning the midnight oil, they show up at 9 and are gone by 4:30. There is NO urgency in these people to find cures, i know this for a fact. My best friend's uncle is, probably was now, well known cancer researcher at the University of Chicago. His entire career has been spent working on some small little thing - he seriously didn't seem to be in a rush or really that interested in if his entire career turns out to be a big help, little help or no help in the fight against cancer. He was just happy to live his life, get a paycheck and do something he found interesting. Thank god for capitalism, greed is good.
This is an idea I had once - a reward given by the government for the cure for cancer - instead of people donating money to the Cancer Society when somebody dies it goes into a reward system. Find the cure of cancer? Here's a billion bucks, thanks! There needs to be more of an incentive - i really think it's part of the solution.