Guest guest Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 One thing we don't do well here in the West is palliative care for the dying. My 89 year old grandmother just found out she has lung cancer and is too frail for chemo and radiation. She weighs maybe 88 pounds or so. The doctors have said they will make sure she is in no pain, but I really do not believe them, because they couldn't do that with her arthritis, so how will they do that with lung cancer? I don't know what stage she is in, but hospice is already setting up to deal with her in her nursing home and they usually don't step in here unless a doctor has estimated a person will live 6 months or less. What kind of palliative care is appropriate in such a case? My grandmother has always been a woman of strong spiritual beliefs and I think that helps somewhat when facing death. I just had another friend die of lung cancer in Southern California and she had trouble getting the doctors to give her enough pain medication because her insurance would only pay for so much and she was poor. I am very worried. My grandmother has the same insurance (medicare/medicaid) that my friend had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 89 or 98 makes no difference. Our bodies have natural healing capacity if right nutrition is given in right amount. No system is cure-all, but if a system is found, what happens to it can be read at http://curezone.com/art/read.asp?ID=91&db=5&C0=779 Several links below the above page and also some querries on group "cancercured" at may give some help. Though we do have PanchGavya medicines here for lung cancer, they are under evaluation prior to approval, hence not exportable. But natural juice therapies, especially wheat grass juice can be recommended. Several more options may be found at above website. Many of the dietary protocols given there are already seen successful with slight modifications in cancer camps in India. In this country, some hopitals now have alternative departments also. Dr Bhate ayurveda, "leethe9" <lethe9@g...> wrote: > One thing we don't do well here in the West is palliative care for the > dying. My 89 year old grandmother just found out she has lung cancer > and is too frail for chemo and radiation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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