I wrote on DU last week that my husband

[BrotherIvan]

36. So sorry for your loss and all you have been through

Please tell your son he is doing the right thing and is absolutely on the right track! I am dealing with this issue right now with my mother who was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer. The doctors shuttle her back and forth, taking no responsibility, lying and only caring about what they can bill. Her oncologist has basically abandoned her care which is illegal, and lied to get her to do chemo, telling her that she would die in 3-6 months without it. That was almost two yeas ago. The chemo treatments have taken a woman who could walk and take care of herself to totally bedridden and nearly paralyzed with 24 hour care that is bankrupting our family. The chemo was killing her, so we decided to stop it and her cancer has not progressed since. Yes, she is doing better than before treatment! But it left her immune system so weak and her body completely fried, so she might as well be dead.

Every person I know with cancer did not die from the disease, they died from the treatment. Cancer treatments are criminal and for profit, one of the biggest, most evil lies that pharma has foisted on the public. I hope someday the new treatments we are reading about that harness the power of the immune system and the body to heal itself will someday replace the absolutely barbaric system we have today. But because of the massive profit gained from the suffering and death of so many, there is little hope.

I hope some people read your son's letter and think twice about seeking some kind of healing before submitting themselves to the torture of radiation and chemo. My mother is now on hospice and we have found the compassion and caring to be a 180 to the doctors who run around acting like God. It is one of my deepest sorrows that so many, like your husband and your family, has had to suffer through this horrible experience. I hope that your love and courage helps to heal and the fact that love never dies can be some solace.