Regarding MD post

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My only hope in responding to one post was to answer a question

regarding MD that was asked. For my input to this I

recieved questions why belong to this list if I'm married to an

oncologist, why didn't " alternative " treatments work, etc.... I by

no means attempt to have answers for anyones life, cancer, etc...

Nor do I think people should be condemed to die in " conventional "

medical settings when there are other options.

I have no idea why alternative treatments did not alter my cancer.

Surgery, chemotherapy and radiation did. I believe the " alternative "

treatments I adhere to daily keep it gone. I could say that I do

not believe in " conventional " medicine by itself, but then I feel

that I am discounting the experience of those who have been cured in

hospitals. Why do I belong to this site? Because I do not

believe " alternative " and " conventional " medicine need to be at war.

Because I want to keep myself and my family from suffering the road

I have, the road that has altered my father's life drastically. I

want to stop cancer from taking over my life. Because I believe

there are lessons in cancer that I must learn and keep learning.

I suppose if this is a place where I can only believe in medicine

that hates chemo, radiation and surgery, then I shouldn't be here.

I do not desire to discount any cancer expereince. You cured cancer

without chemo, radiation and surgery? Perhaps you did alternative

medicine right and I did it wrong. Perhaps after going to medical

school, psychologically I believed too much in the ivory

towers " conventional " medicine sits in. Perhaps I did too much of

one thing, too little of another. Perhaps I had to suffer through

chemo, radiation and surgery because enough money has not been put

into studying the potent effects and the correct way to utilize

Essiac, Vitamin C therapy, Shark Cartiledge, etc...... But Essiac

made me vomit as much as chemo did. This was my unique experience.

Maybe I lost too much through vomitting. Maybe my cancer will come

back and I will die before I'm 25.

I have no answers. I'm here to seek them. I don't believe in

answers, only experiences. I lost a baby because I was pregnant and

had cancer that I didn't know about. I'll lose a father any day

because he had complete faith in " conventional medicine. " I know

loss. I know the conventional medical institution in America is

beyond flawed. If the person who put the post about MD must

sit back as her father takes her mother to MD , rest

assured, he is not taking her to a horrible place. Will they cure

her? I don't know. Will a Mexican cancer clinic cure her? Maybe. MD

is still impressive, love or hate conventional medicine.

So, I won't apologize for posting my expereince, just as I read all

of yours and don't judge you for your choice in paths. Rather I

think, when the person who posts about the power of Essiac to

everyone " oh, you are doing such good by spreading such

information " .... she posts so so much for everyone's good, and I

think when i come accross something new " hmmm, there's something for

me to investigate, " etc.... And I absorb the information here, as a

spring point to learn more. I just really don't see conventional

doctors as the enemies.... I see all the things we're doing to our

world to increase the incidence of cancer as the enemy.

My best and compassion for each of you in your cancer journy