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In the spirit of those chat log scripts we're all so fond of I'm posting this short exchange. I'm bob 1010

http://curezone.com/forums/f.asp?f=254

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HAHAHA. That was hil-fucking-arious. Very nice. [p]

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I think there are a lot of dangerous therapies suggested on that site -- but I also believe that a lot of cancer drugs can make someone worse, rather than better, or at least do little to improve the quality of life. The patient, in conjunction with the doctor, needs to make informed decisions about the course of treatment (or, if no treatment, the alleviation of symptoms, encouragement of good habits to support the body).

One of my colleagues has been battling cancer for a few years now, and just when the doctors think they've kicked it, it returns again. She's on round #3 now. Both chemo and radiation have been tried on her, and she's not only totally infertile now, but her bones are so weak that her wrist broke when she was hit with a ball, lightly thrown, at short range. The last time they did radiation, the therapist overdid it, and she can never receive that therapy again.

If she decides to do chemo this time, she has to wait until she gets really sick to do so. She's thinking of foregoing it, and trying something different. Whether she chooses treatment or not, I think her understanding is that she doesn't have just loads of time left, and that she wants to have those last few years be as high-quality as possible.

I understand people being frustrated by the treatments, by bad experiences, by poor-quality practitioners, but I also disagree with the whole "the doctors are trying to kill us with their drugs!" mentality that seems rife on that forum. Man, some of those folks are p-a-r-a-n-o-i-d. I recommend they stop watching the Sci-Fi channel, if they are that troubled.

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Whew I got deleted in short order.

No swearing or obscenity.

Guess they aren't fans of serious debate.

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Ms. Magazine will delete you quickly from their forums as well, if you even so much as criticize second-wave feminism. I had 3 really nice posts on their, and then one which was critical, but civil, and within the boundaries of the fora rules, when they booted me. Heh. I wrote to them to ask why, and they wouldn't respond. People are attached to their ideologies, yo!

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I hope they don't delete all my posts i already responded to a guy who had serious questions regarding AIDS diagnostics.

Other than the circle jerking very few folks over there seem to be responding to peoples questions.

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It's a support forum. Duh! Not a debate forum!

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Of course im sooooooo stupid!

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You trolled a forum where people dealing with their own (or loved ones) potential passing are searching for some hope. Much repsect to you Azrael, your like such a big fucking man.

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Philjit you dumbass, I'll let you off because you didnt see the content of my so called 'trolling'.

I also maintain that anyone searching for hope in such a place is being duped.

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I'll maintain that a percentage of the people on those forums probably don't have cancer, anyway. They might well have a mental illness and believe they have cancer, or perhaps diagnosed themselves. We'd be pollyannas to assume that they are all legit.

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