Guest guest Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Couldn't agree with you more Rhoda! I too am experiencing the same thing with my family. I was diagnosed 2 years ago June 1 with Stage 2 breast cancer. My Mom was diagnosed 18 yrs ago and did the chemo & radiation blast. When I was diagnosed she too was diagnosed once again & poisoned herself yet again with the chemo and had her ovaries yanked out. (this is what the oncologists tell you to do). I decided that I wasn't going to do conventional treatment at all, my oncologist was angry. My mom & dad became extremely angry with me also and would not speak to me for awhile. Needless to say we are treating ourselves completely different which is fine however, I listen to her and support her as I can with her breast cancer but never, I mean never, does she talk to me about mine, nor does my family, it is tabu since I'm going at it alternative, they all think I'm crazy. Good for you, keep up the great work on yourself! Tammatha - Rhoda Mead oleander soup Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:42 AM Re: Senator Ted Kennedy Looks like Big Pharma has everyone in their grasp. EVERYONE.Not everyone! Not us!My sad personal experience is that it takes a very special mindset to go against conventional medicine, even when relatives and friends KNOW they are dying, and can see with their eyes that I'm thriving. the two years that I've done better with alternatives than with oncologists, several relatives and good friends have died. The most disheartening is in my immediate family. My husband's daughter (first wife) was diagnosed with the same ovarian cancer that I have, after I switched to Budwig. The whole family could see how I was thriving, while she never achieved even a remission from chemo and surgery. The last times I saw that family, she knew she was on palliative chemo and was dying, but wouldn't look at me, much less ask. My husband was ill for months, and died shortly after a biopsy to be sure that what he had was mesotheiloma (asbestos-related lung cancer) just over three months ago. He fully supported my choices, but would not take them for himself.You can lead a mule to water, but you can't make him drink!Rhoda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Tamatha, when I asked the first male surgical gynocologist about the advantages-disadvantages of having a complete hysterectomy plus omentum removal, he became so defensive and offensive that he had to stand over me, and shake his finger at me. Whoops, I lost it. He's 6'2 " , to my 5 " 1. I don't like to be intimidated. So I butted him in the place closest to my head, stood up and left. A second opinion said that only if all went well the surgery could add up to 18 months to my life. You guessed it, it would take at least 18 months to recover what could be recovered after all that. So I declined surgery. I had two bouts of ascites; chemo did stop them both. Rhoda On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Tammatha <tammatha wrote: Couldn't agree with you more Rhoda! I too am experiencing the same thing with my family. I was diagnosed 2 years ago June 1 with Stage 2 breast cancer. My Mom was diagnosed 18 yrs ago and did the chemo & radiation blast. When I was diagnosed she too was diagnosed once again & poisoned herself yet again with the chemo and had her ovaries yanked out. (this is what the oncologists tell you to do). I decided that I wasn't going to do conventional treatment at all, my oncologist was angry. My mom & dad became extremely angry with me also and would not speak to me for awhile. Needless to say we are treating ourselves completely different which is fine however, I listen to her and support her as I can with her breast cancer but never, I mean never, does she talk to me about mine, nor does my family, it is tabu since I'm going at it alternative, they all think I'm crazy. Good for you, keep up the great work on yourself! Tammatha - Rhoda Mead oleander soup Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:42 AM Re: Senator Ted Kennedy Looks like Big Pharma has everyone in their grasp. EVERYONE.Not everyone! Not us!My sad personal experience is that it takes a very special mindset to go against conventional medicine, even when relatives and friends KNOW they are dying, and can see with their eyes that I'm thriving. the two years that I've done better with alternatives than with oncologists, several relatives and good friends have died. The most disheartening is in my immediate family. My husband's daughter (first wife) was diagnosed with the same ovarian cancer that I have, after I switched to Budwig. The whole family could see how I was thriving, while she never achieved even a remission from chemo and surgery. The last times I saw that family, she knew she was on palliative chemo and was dying, but wouldn't look at me, much less ask. My husband was ill for months, and died shortly after a biopsy to be sure that what he had was mesotheiloma (asbestos-related lung cancer) just over three months ago. He fully supported my choices, but would not take them for himself.You can lead a mule to water, but you can't make him drink!Rhoda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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