Chemotherapy Kills

[liveonearth]

It's yet another example of how many people get railroaded into poor or inappropriate care... usually because that's what their insurance will pay for. "In a study of more than 600 cancer patients who died within 30 days of receiving treatment, chemotherapy probably caused or hastened death in 27 percent of cases". The study found that some 35% of the patients received decent care, 49% got care that "had room for improvement", and the rest were worse. This is yet another reason to seek more opinions should you ever be faced with a cancer diagnosis. The standard of care is dismal. And people don't seem to know that the drugs given in chemotherapy are very toxic, causing an assortment of metabolic issues and dramatically increasing the chance of future cancer. What a great idea, huh? Kill this cancer and start another one, to insure a steady income for the healthcare "providers".

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article5138033.ece
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/12/02/chemotherapy-can-do-more-harm-than-good.aspx

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I'm sorry to hear about Emily. Did they surgically remove some of her colon? All? Does she have known metastases or no? Chemo and radiation are useful only in the case of fast-growing cancers---because they kill all cells that are dividing, you don't want to use it on cancers that are growing slowly because you kill yourself faster than you kill the cancer....if that makes any sense. I hope she is getting good info on how to modify her diet and lifestyle, because those make a HUGE difference in the proliferation of cancer in a body. It totally sucks that Emily must go through this.... It's hard, and uncertain.

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm working hard to integrate what I learn. There is no end in sight: this is clearly a lifework.

Suz and I are doing well as can be expected. She has not found a job, and with the job market as depressed as it is, I don't know if she will.... but she hasn't given up yet.