Marmar - This is precisely what the medical profession does when someone is terminally ill in their care... they make as much money as they can off of the person before they die. They did the same with my mother who passed away from ovarian cancer complications several years ago.... they conduct useless procedures and prescribe dangerous medications knowing full well all is lost. Allopathic medicine, especially oncology, is a criminal enterprise IMO.... they scare families into thinking that only "their" way will work and that any other modality is dangerous and useless. My mother, God rest her soul, died from hepatic coma due to liver failure from the experimental chemotherapy they were giving her. If I could have I would have sued for malpractice but my mother and father signed away their rights before any therapy began. I tried in vain to use alternative medicine but my mother wouldn't have it and the oncologist in charge of her case threatened me with jail if I intervened. That baxtard should have been brought up on murder charges ... this sort of thing goes on thousands of times a day across the country. Iatragenic disease is the third leading cause of death in this country.... what does that tell you.
Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 10:10 PM Subject: Re: CS>My friend with cancer... Mike -- my condolences on losing your friend to colon cancer. At the risk of sounding callous, I'd like to suggest that he was very fortunate to pass so quickly from that disease. My Father lingered for eight months, suffered through two separate colon surgeries, plus a third surgery for blood clots, and two additional *procedures* -- one for a port and one for a pik tube. Like you, I tried very hard to find alternatives to the medical procedures (which also included chemotherapy, even though the doctors told us that it wouldn't affect the outcome) -- but I was battling the *comfort zone* of doctors, hospitals and medications, and the fears and suspicions of the unknown in my siblings. My Father, like your friend, passed relatively peacefully -- and for that I was grateful. Your friend was fortunate to have you for a friend, and I'm sure he knew that. Mary Ann
