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05-18-2014, 12:19 PM
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We have to go back, Kate!
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Oh that is horrible. Upsetting from every angle.
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05-18-2014, 12:30 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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I'm genuinely sorry, UT. No kid should have to watch a parent battle cancer, let alone potentially lose. Sucks all around.
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05-18-2014, 05:58 PM
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I love it when a plan comes together.
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Sorry UT. You didn't say what kind of cancer she has or suggest a rationale for her treatment decision; so, I'll speculate she has already fought the good fight using Western medicine and now wants things to run their course before her kids are old enough to feel responsible for her. Pursuing alternative medicine sends a message to her family that she is still trying for them, even though SHE may have reached acceptance, so that they (especially the kids) won't ever think she didn't love them enough to keep trying to stay with them.
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05-18-2014, 06:01 PM
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Person who doesn't update the user title
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: La Crosse, WI
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We are Praying for her.
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05-18-2014, 06:03 PM
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Radical Centrist
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cottage of Prussia
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I don't know all the details sb.
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05-18-2014, 10:03 PM
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I hear them call the tide
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Perpetual Chaos
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FWIW my friend did a similar thing and she's still with us. I'm not an "alternative" meds person, but I do think the power of the mind is strong. if you believe in the path you are taking, it seems to do the world of good.....
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05-20-2014, 02:21 AM
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The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Worked for Steve Jobs.
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05-22-2014, 02:02 AM
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lobber of scimitars
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Phila Burbs
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UT, I have a friend who is a really solid cancer surgeon who also uses complimentary medicine.
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05-22-2014, 08:21 AM
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Radical Centrist
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cottage of Prussia
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I will try to get more information. This is a good friend's wife and they have played it very close to the vest so I didn't even know her cancer recurred. And it's one of those things where he told me in an aside while she was out getting something, and then told me it was not a topic for discussion when she came back.
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05-23-2014, 09:48 AM
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still says videotape
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Sometime cancer takes the fight out of you. My Mom fought and beat breast cancer but didn't have the heart to fight her liver cancer later. Until you know what she knows, you probably can't judge her decision making.
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05-23-2014, 04:03 PM
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The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
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People who have cancer rear it's ugly head a second time, now know what they face, like the doctors do. I think that why doctors tend to not fight it in some cases, but they can not make that decision for you, only you can.
That's why it's important to talk to your doctor and make your preferences known, before you end up in a living hell controlled by some well meaning relative.
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05-25-2014, 06:52 PM
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Werepandas - lurking in your shadows
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: In the Deep South
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an investigator for the police department I used to be chief at was found deceased. I'm not enough in the loop to know much now. I had served with him previously in the military. I just have that sinking feeling in the gut that this is a suicide or accidental overdose
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05-25-2014, 06:58 PM
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Junior Master Dwellar
Join Date: May 2011
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05-25-2014, 10:47 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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Sorry, Sarge.
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05-26-2014, 01:11 AM
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Goon Squad Leader
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
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Sorry Sarge.
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