Chemo can be pretty nasty, but isn't always. It depends on the individual. I had 4 months of Chemo (RCHOP) treatments for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma a couple of years ago and I can honestly say that it wasn't that bad. Up until the last treatment the side effects were pretty mild. It was only during the last cycle did I even take a day off work not counting the day I took off for treatments (6 hours strapped to an IV).
I would have to agree with the courts in this case, there is too much at stake to try an organic only treatment. If the parents want to try it fine, but only "as well as" not "instead of" chemotherapy. -----Original Message----- From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 10:09 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Schiavo II? Chemo is such a nasty, nasty treatment option...I can certainly empathize with anyone who makes a personal decision that they simply do not want to put themselves through it....even if that means opting for some other pointless foo-foo treatment that will most likely result in death. On 7/13/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There's a battle brewing in Virginia which is very similar to the > Schiavo case in Florida: a minor, Abraham Cherrix, has decided along > with his parents to refuse a second round chemotherapy in favor of an > organic herbal treatment for Hodgkin's disease. > > A court has decided that his parents decision is equivalent to neglect > and is ordering their son to get the court's recommended treatment. > > I take the same position here as I did with the Schiavo case (because > there's really no difference): the government has no place in a > family's medical decisions given the parents are judged to be of sound > mind. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:5/messageid:211052 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
