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Originally Posted by graciegirl
An old friend and neighbor who had been diagnosed with breast cancer the year before I was diagnosed with breast cancer had opted to fly to one of the states bordering Mexico and have treatments there from a much touted alternative medicine doctor. She came to me trying to convince me to do the same; Telling me that chemo is poison and that people really knew how to cure cancer but they were keeping it secret because it was such a money maker for "big pharma". She looked great and I was struggling with a new diagnosis and I was scared to death. My husband was so worried and sad as well, not to mention the kids.
I went to the highest recommended oncologist I could find in Cincinnati, Ohio. I had surgery, radiation and chemo. Ten years ago. I will always be grateful to the doctors who treated me and daughter Helene for breast cancer successfully. I know that it could have turned out differently.
Our neighbor died.
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She was half right----chemo IS poison, just one we hope kills the cancer cells quicker than our own cells. Unfortunately, she was dead right.
I love the "cure is kept secret" conspiracy theory. If they can sell "poison" with mediocre efficacy, what do you think they could sell the definitive cure for? And the researchers who discovered this cure passed on the fame, the money, and the Nobel prize to preserve Big Pharma's profits??? I don't think so.