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pnwmom

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24. Not everyone can tolerate chemo. This isn't Medical woo, it's a fact.

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 11:54 PM

Oct 2013

My father had a genetic condition that caused chemo to make him grossly ill, and millions of other people do, too. For many of them, the only choice is to drop the chemo and move to treatments that will alleviate pain but aren't expected to cure.

Sometimes people use the term "medical woo" rather than educating themselves. Just because you think you would have made a different choice than this parent doesn't make her choice "woo."

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Mom Chooses Medical Marijuana Over Chemo As Treatment For 3-Year-Old Son's Cancer - HuffPo [View all] WillyT Oct 2013 OP

k & r! n/t wildbilln864 Oct 2013 #1

Doctors couldn't understand why?! Really?! So glad the kids are being helped. nt Mnemosyne Oct 2013 #2

If it is CBD rich she is making the right decision Taverner Oct 2013 #3

Successful treatment or not, sometimes that's the right choice. nt Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #4

Good for her Politicalboi Oct 2013 #5

reminds me of.... wildbilln864 Oct 2013 #6

I sincerely doubt that marijuana is a cure for leukemia. longship Oct 2013 #7

Maybe... Yet... WillyT Oct 2013 #9

But there's almost no epidemiology on this. longship Oct 2013 #13

We know pot helps glaucoma.... MADem Oct 2013 #27

Glaucoma is NOT cancer. longship Oct 2013 #28

Hello?? Did I say glaucoma was cancer? No, I did not! MADem Oct 2013 #31

Glaucoma is not cancer. longship Oct 2013 #38

Please stop calling me ignorant. I already told you that I know that glaucoma is not cancer once. MADem Oct 2013 #61

Most of the research is being done overseas. As usual, juajen Oct 2013 #37

I'm all for legalization. longship Oct 2013 #41

actually lots of research has been done in the US- see this list of cannabis related patents solarhydrocan Oct 2013 #45

People haven't been ALLOWED to do the actual science. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #42

That's a problem, but it doesn't mean people then get to make up the science. longship Oct 2013 #44

And what's the percentage prognosis for that traditional treatment? Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #47

Well, I am not an oncologist. longship Oct 2013 #50

I'm not either. But if the prognosis is spectactularly, statistically bad or unlikely Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #51

I'll be stoned when I go. Whenever that is. longship Oct 2013 #53

I know a man whose sister was supposed to die from her cancer within weeks. IdaBriggs Oct 2013 #67

I agree. Pot should be taken with chemo, not instead. SunSeeker Oct 2013 #10

There's fairly good evidence for that. longship Oct 2013 #14

+1,000,000! n/t backscatter712 Oct 2013 #60

+1 Supersedeas Oct 2013 #71

Exactly... SidDithers Oct 2013 #26

Pot made one of my in-law's mother comfortable during her chemo. MADem Oct 2013 #32

Pot helped me during chemo. HappyMe Oct 2013 #70

chemo is not a cure either noiretextatique Oct 2013 #18

Well, there's no cure for cancer. longship Oct 2013 #21

Since we know it does no harm, and can alleviate some side effects of juajen Oct 2013 #39

"There is almost zero plausibility that Cannibis can stop cancer" not according to cancer.gov solarhydrocan Oct 2013 #43

Fine. I've seen all those. longship Oct 2013 #46

thank you!!!!! noiretextatique Oct 2013 #63

cannot disagree...there is no cure noiretextatique Oct 2013 #62

Why not give it a chance instead of poo-pooing? xfundy Oct 2013 #20

I am all for it... Except... longship Oct 2013 #22

The mother is observing the results, you're not. And there is this: Comrade Grumpy Oct 2013 #29

well, ya think Supersedeas Oct 2013 #64

Medical woo from HuffPo?... SidDithers Oct 2013 #8

Did Not Realize Just How Conservative You Are... Til Just Now... WillyT Oct 2013 #11

Science based medicine, saving lives for hundreds of years, is Conservative?... SidDithers Oct 2013 #12

Thread win! longship Oct 2013 #15

Yup. Read Gorski at Scienceblogs all the time... SidDithers Oct 2013 #16

Also killing a lot of people. It is hit or miss. juajen Oct 2013 #40

I'm sorry, but unless you've been living in a cave since the mid-1970s...... DeSwiss Oct 2013 #59

have you done chemo? noiretextatique Oct 2013 #19

My mother did the same. longship Oct 2013 #23

you ignore the research noiretextatique Oct 2013 #65

Not everyone can tolerate chemo. This isn't Medical woo, it's a fact. pnwmom Oct 2013 #24

Sorry, the "marijuana cures cancer" narrative is utter woo woo. longship Oct 2013 #34

The boy had chemo and radiation, and then he went without food for 25 days. pnwmom Oct 2013 #36

The Cannobis would likely help him. longship Oct 2013 #48

Maybe he was just getting nutrition through tubes. pnwmom Oct 2013 #49

I am all for that. longship Oct 2013 #52

We don't know enough about the particulars of this case. pnwmom Oct 2013 #54

Yes! My dad took the whole course. longship Oct 2013 #55

As hard as it was for us to watch our parents pnwmom Oct 2013 #56

Especially the HuffPo. longship Oct 2013 #57

... WillyT Oct 2013 #68

Maybe a relative who is not a fucking moron could take the kid in. nt Deep13 Oct 2013 #17

If you'd read the article you'd see the boy HAD the treatment. pnwmom Oct 2013 #25

Maybe a poster who actually has a clue could comment. nt Comrade Grumpy Oct 2013 #30

Go forth, Deep13, educate thyself. Th1onein Oct 2013 #35

LOL !!! - Fat Chance... WillyT Oct 2013 #69

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #33

I'd approve of using cannabis to treat the side-effects to the chemo... backscatter712 Oct 2013 #58

I had a friend die of cancer at age 37. When he was getting chemo I would B Calm Oct 2013 #66