Ok..Let Me Blow Your Mind About Cancer

Posted by Abaco 7 years, 9 months ago to Culture
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When I watch a little tv lately I see advertisements for fund raising - ads that show several children who are ill with cancer or other things, spending their time in the medical facility that's asking for funding, struggling with their condition. These sadden and bother me for several reasons. First - I love kids. As some here probably noticed, I have a big soft spot for kids in my heart. When I see these ads it's not unusual for me to have to dry my eyes to get back to what I was watching (usually golf). But, there's another things in the back of my mind that I'd like to mention here. Based on things I've seen I've come to realize that it's very easy for a child to get a diagnosis of cancer when they don't have it. This is the "mind blowing" part. It's my understanding that, officially, childhood cancers are on the rise. Based on something that friends of ours went through it also occurred to me that it's very possible for kids to get a diagnosis, and be subjected to chemo when they never had cancer. So, would you ever think our society could/would do that? It's a multi-faceted question. It's disturbing to think about. However...I can't see children in those ads and not think back about what we've seen with our friends.


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  • Posted by mia767ca 7 years, 7 months ago
    I am replying to your posting now because I have been in Yellowstone for the last 6 months with no cell and no internet...excellent posting...the chemo docs have been getting huge financial kickbacks from the drug companies for years and the amount of treatment has tripled for the avg patient...and the cure rate has not changed...this is legalized murder...my girlfriend had breast cancer 6 years ago...we did a 3 week intensive with wheatgrass pultices...shrunk the tumor in 1/2 and had the rest removed surgically...she has been taking 2 ozs of wheatgrass juice (which I grow for $2.50/tray..6 ozs worth) every day...cancer free and will be for the rest of her life...as am I...
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  • Posted by DeanStriker 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Thanks, Kittyhawk. Some good links there from good people; I can't get to those until hopefully tomorrow, but certainly will follow your tracks.
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  • Posted by ewv 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Many lives have been saved by finding it that way without causing it. The imaging and tests are constantly becoming less intrusive as technology improves.
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  • Posted by 7 years, 9 months ago
    Recently I was discussing this topic with a friend. I pointed out that, with mammograms, they mash and radiate the tissue over and over to find cancer. Then, after decades of that it becomes cancerous and they say, "Look at how smart we are. Our process finds cancer!"
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  • Posted by ewv 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It's for your life. That's why you got the test knowing the possibility of a false positive. The best outcome is confirming a false positive. Next is catching something soon enough to stop it.
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  • Posted by DeanStriker 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Wish I knew a way, but apparently I'll need to resort to submitting to exploratory something. Thanks.
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  • Posted by ewv 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    One of the common tests, possibly PSA, is known for having a lot of false positives. Do what you can to narrow it down.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I've lost a best friend, a mother, and two aunts while that race has been snailing its way to pharma wealth without a hint of a rational treatment. All 4 spent their last months being tortured by oncologists, and 2 were "cured" according to the oncologists only to die a few months later from the same disease they were "cured" of.
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  • Posted by 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    " In Tucson they spent millions on making Latino females feel better about having cancer"...good gawd. But...I see those kinds of messages all the time in the media...
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  • Posted by DeanStriker 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I've read in several places that the PSA is not a solid indicator for this. I'll be getting back to the urologist on several Q's which are haunting me.
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  • Posted by DeanStriker 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    that sounds very alike colloidal silver, which I know to be good stuff for such as this. Could be another fork in the road. Thank you.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Did you also test for infection? PSA level can be elevated by an infection (or even by recent sexual activity.)
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  • Posted by DeanStriker 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yesterday's visit to urologist showed about the same bad PSA number. Doc's thoughts were that a urine test doesn't equate to a bloodtest and suggested using strips rather than a PH meter. Not good news to me, of course. Exploratory surgery may be next on the list, but that's what I hope to avoid, ouchie.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You would be prosecuted as practicing medicine without a license and driven into the black market, unsupported by any insurance policy - unless you already sold out to the pharma industry, but then the cure would be suppressed unless it was converted to a patented (expensive and very profitable) medicine that must be taken every day for the rest of your life.
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