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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 11:20:02 GMT
From: AR George <argeorge@whoisit.com>
Group: alt.support.cancer

Don't forget that folks that are new to the group are at the hardest stage

and are particularly vulnerable, they might grasp at straws.   We can't
hope
that everyone will understand what is going on here, and won't be sucked
in
by people like this.

One of the people I was on the same schedule with, in the chemo suite,
passed
away 2 weeks ago from testicular cancer.   He was an intelligent, caring,
and
very nice individual.   When he didn't see any improvement for 2 weeks he
panicked and went to Mexico to try alternative cures, 2 months later he
was
dead.   With traditional therapy he was holding his own and improving
slowly
and steadily.

I have lost 3 people out of 12 from my chemo buddies in the last 2 weeks.
Nobody guaranteed a cure, nobody promised us a rose garden, we all hoped
for
some more time to be with our loved ones.   I am sorry if my sometimes
pointed responses discomfort you - I would rather pass on the things I
have
learned and comfort those who need it, I just cannot stand the thought of
loosing someone to advice from <snip> quacks.

George

George.
I'm sorry for the recent losses of your chemo buddies, George.

Since we don't know the particulars (stage of the man with testicular
cancer), we have no way of knowing if things would have been different if
he'd stayed and continued his treatment.
J