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Johnny2X2X

(18,745 posts)
20. Bingo!
Mon Mar 21, 2022, 12:26 PM
Mar 2022

I've seen it with close friends, refusing chemo because they did their own research. Part of it is I think people are bad at math. They don't get that a lot of cancer survivors don't need chemo and their doctors don't recommend it, but if your doctor is recommending it, there's a darned good reason for it. They don't get that a 40% less chance of it coming back is totally worth the chemo. And they can't imagine how they'll feel if it does come back and they refused the treatment.

Have a couple that are friends who breast cancer almost ended their marriage because the doctor strongly recommended chemo and the woman refused it, her husband was beside himself trying to convince her chemo was the right course. 5 years later and it hasn't come back thankfully.

People need to listen to their doctors more.

Still masking up in public... Wounded Bear Mar 2022 #1
Outdoors? maxsolomon Mar 2022 #22
I wear a mask outdoors in public. Iggo Mar 2022 #25
Only if there are a lot of people around... Wounded Bear Mar 2022 #30
same here. niyad Mar 2022 #2
Sadly, even a mild breakthrough case can be fatal MineralMan Mar 2022 #3
It's true. phylny Mar 2022 #5
Yes. My father died of COVID pneumonia. MineralMan Mar 2022 #10
Good idea. GoodRaisin Mar 2022 #4
My wife's 93 year old right wing aunt is taking Ivermectin. Emile Mar 2022 #6
My next door neighbor died while taking Ivermectin. Johnny2X2X Mar 2022 #7
They are truly in a death cult! Emile Mar 2022 #8
In Her Defense (sort of) RobinA Mar 2022 #18
Bingo! Johnny2X2X Mar 2022 #20
I wonder what long term Ivermectin does to a human body? We may find out, as it seems riversedge Mar 2022 #11
CDC numbers on deaths and hospitalizations vaxxed vs vaxxed Johnny2X2X Mar 2022 #9
Covid is a threat to me. I care for my 96 yr old mom and I am riversedge Mar 2022 #12
Even at 96, vaxxed and boosted gives her a lot of protection Johnny2X2X Mar 2022 #16
I see your point and I remain vigalant and glad you do also. But bodies get riversedge Mar 2022 #19
At 96, a lot f things are risky Johnny2X2X Mar 2022 #23
Of course, get the vaccines and wear the masks, as so many here state, when I went... SWBTATTReg Mar 2022 #13
I have a friend who's a respiratory therapist spinbaby Mar 2022 #14
Crazy and totally unnecessary, isn't it? A simple yet effective means to avoid death, but yet... SWBTATTReg Mar 2022 #15
My cousin is a head nurse on a Covid floor in the local hospital Johnny2X2X Mar 2022 #17
Did someone say Covid has gone away? maxsolomon Mar 2022 #21
I don't know that anyone we'd listen to has said phylny Mar 2022 #24
Just because reported deaths have shrunk to about a thousand a day nitpicker Mar 2022 #26
Actually, most store staff are still masking around here nitpicker Mar 2022 #27
For me it's still the 3 Ws nitpicker Mar 2022 #28
I thought handwashing was just always good sense, not particularly for Covid. CTyankee Mar 2022 #29
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