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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT gmail.com>]

 lol..one way or another, it all boils down to politics...

I need to vent...
A relative of mine is on hospice after a battle with cancer.  A year of 
chemo put the cancer into remission, but because it was Stage IV, he 
underwent several additional months of a maintenance chemo drug.  He did 
fairly well on chemo, but the maintenance drug was killer, literally.  A 
side effect was intermittent GI bleeding, and that continues on even 
though it has been several months without any chemo drugs.  For the last 
four months, malnutrition has been the enemy, not cancer.  He got a few 
transfusions to replace the blood loss and just when it looked like 
everything would be okay, they dropped a bomb. Because the chemo drugs 
were not tolerated, the doctors said 'no more chemo or radiation.' 
(Cardiac and kidney issues, some of which predate the cancer diagnosis), 
and recommended hospice because "the cancer will return w/o that chemo 
drug".
I'm pissed because the 'system' has given up.  Even though the cancer is 
in remission, EVERYONE gave up and called in hospice.
Before this decision was made, my relative could have tried alternative 
therapies.  I even tried to put them in touch with Cancer Treatment 
Centers of America-the place you see on TV-but no...If he would just eat 
and drink, he could probably recover and live a few more years, at 
least, but he is someone who always hated doctors, did not see a doctor 
for 30 years, and then, once diagnosed, revered them and believed 
everything they said.  Even with days or weeks left now, he still drinks 
glucerna shakes because they told him he had diabetes.
I'm beyond frustrated.  Where is the common sense?






On 9/30/2010 4:13 PM, Rob wrote:
> At  9/30/2010 12:40 PM,Padruig wrote:
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> > It is not, in my opinion, the medical care available in the US that 
> > is the problem. Just like in any field, there are skilled people, and 
> > incompetent boobs. We got a good one, you got a boob. The problem is 
> > the freeloading on the system, the weight placed on it by people who 
> > have lived unhealthy lifestyles,expecting now that consequences are 
> > upon them, to be freed of them, and a sue happy society.
>
> I love it! A pass along remark about  a natural remedy  turns into a 
> political remark about people who are not living the correct way... 
> The homestead list is still alive!
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> Rob
> becida AT comcast.net
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