Comments on: Teen fights to refuse chemo

By: mom of a child with cancer

mom of a child with cancer — Fri, 29 May 2009 07:47:24 +0000

i am a mother of a child with a terminal brain tumor and i just want to express how deeply it upsets me to think that there are parents out there that would not do every thing in their power to save their child’s life. my son was originally only given 4-6 months to live, but thanks to chemotherapy, radiation, good doctors and most of all god, my son is still here 2 years later. i will agree that treatment is hard for any child to go through, but it is well worth it when considering the time it has given us with our son.

By: kwatt

kwatt — Sun, 17 May 2009 04:40:44 +0000

All ur bodies are belongs to me!

By: Bixby

Bixby — Sun, 17 May 2009 03:35:46 +0000

Also, what’s up with the government getting involved when a parent physically abuses a child? It’s their right to beat their kids because that’s how they’re teaching their kids, consistent with their beliefs.

By: noodleman

noodleman — Sat, 16 May 2009 13:47:32 +0000

@mnblrmkr: Thanks. Always thought it meant cancer.

By: Rat

Rat — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:13:08 +0000

“.oxidation, alkaline treatment, cancer cell targeting frequencies etc ”

Are these treatments done gratis or for a profit?

20 bucks a quart for Mangosteen Juice Cure alls advertised on AM radio all day, every day.

Liars, Charlatons. Snake Oil salesmen.

The schtick is old as the hills.

By: kurtis

kurtis — Sat, 16 May 2009 02:11:04 +0000

Eating dirt is a lot cheaper than chemo, too. Some people use this stuff called “science” to determine if there’s this thing called “reliable evidence” that a treatment does what the fancy-pants doctors refer to as “any damned good.”

By: mnblrmkr

mnblrmkr — Sat, 16 May 2009 02:04:33 +0000

in case you were wondering, the govt owns you and your childs body. individuals make decisions for themselves in a free land and adults choose major decisions for the minor dependents.

That' so hyperbolic, it borders on paranoid. Can yuo even cite a single instance where a competent adult was forced to undergo chemo?

Yes, adults make major decisions for their children, but when a decision enters the realm of neglect or abuse, the government has a compelling reason to intervene.

By: mnblrmkr

mnblrmkr — Sat, 16 May 2009 01:47:05 +0000

Just one correction nood’: Consumption is the old timey name for tuberculosis.

By: zero

zero — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:50:15 +0000

in case you were wondering, the govt owns you and your childs body.

individuals make decisions for themselves in a free land and adults choose major decisions for the minor dependents.

Chemo treatment…avg cost, about $200k a patient!! and nearly kills you in the horrifying process.

take the for-profit medical community and so called medicine off a pedestal especially that devilish chemo poison.

there are cheaper less traumatic therapies available…oxidation, alkaline treatment, cancer cell targeting frequencies etc.

By: aliecat

aliecat — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:05:04 +0000

“Why is “traditional medicine” the end-all, be-all?”

Because there has been no evidence supporting the claim that natural medicine has cured cancer. Sure, chemo and radiation doesn’t always cure cancer, but when you’re dealing with a cancer that has a 95% rate of recovery with chemo, what do you think a doctor is going to recommend?