Re: Ph Balancing (steph)


"J W" <jonboy42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You know Steph, I don't post in here much because I have and want to
keep a positive attitude and hold out hope for a remission or cure of my
cancer. I do read many of the posts in here though and I must say that
despite the fact you are helpful and informative in some areas, you are
a very negative person. It almost seems to me at times that you go out
of your way to bum out anyone that posts in here.


Only anyone who posts misleading or untrue nonsense, especially if they are
out to make money from the desperate.

When I first started posting in here I was under the impression that you
were some sort of doctor or at least authority on the subject of cancer.
Well if you are I'm thankful that I have never had the honor of an
office visit with you. Almost every post I ever made in here you came
along and dashed my hopes right into the gutter. Why don't you lighten
up sme man.


That's fine. My patients prefer honesty to fairy-tales, but it doesn't work
for everyone.

If someone comes in here with an idea or suggestion, leave them alone as
long as they aren't selling snake oil. Proven fact that some things do
work well for some and at same time not well for others, but one of the
few ways people can find alternative ideas for help is to read them in
groups like this and decide for themselves whether or not to try them.
They don't need self appointed gaurdians shooting down every idea or
suggestion that comes in here. That's why a lot of people who have good
ideas never tell anyone about them because of people like you shooting
them down and embarrassing them. Who are you to decide what is or is not
right for people to try? facts are clear that the chemo and radiation
alone are effecrtive in only about 3% of patients. There are a lot of
complimentary alternatives including mental and spiritual attitudes that
do in many cases improve the outcome of one's illness.


Your figures are wrong. About 65% of patients with cancer are cured by
surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. More if you include non-melanoma askin
cancer. I have no idea where your 3% comes from.
I hva eno problem at all with "complimentary alternatives including mental
and spiritual attitudes", however, anyone who claims that they improve
outcomes neeeds to provide the hard evidence. I don't claim things without
evidence, and I expect the same of others.

Bottom line if someone comes here with a thought or idea let the
majority decide if it is something that they are willing to try or not
and keep your thoughts to yourself unless you have physically tried
them. History is riddled with dumb sounding ideas that went on to become
very useful ideas because intelligent people encourage free thinking and
new ideas. Ignorant people oppose anything that isn't tried and true
tested, even if it has been proven to be extremely costly and shown
only limited success. In otherwords if you aint got something good to
say, don't speak because people who are very ill with this disease do
not need negativity.


One man's negativity is another man's honesty. People in the end do what
they want, and believe what they want. I have no control over that. But I do
have a right (responsibility even) to point out folly when I see it.
Sorry if you find that alarming.

I totally reject the concept that if I don't have anything good to say about
a subject, I should say nothing. Someone said that all that is required for
evil to succeed is that good men do nothing. I reject doing nothing. As for
"ignorant" people opposing anything which isn't tried and true tested, I
believe those ignorant people are the intelligent ones. People who grasp at
straws in desperate circumstances are understandable. People who throw or
sell straws to drowning men are despicable.

If you find that unpalatable, so be it


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