CancerConfidential

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I repeat: To beat cancer you must take charge of your own health. You need

to become the executive manager or chief-of-staff for your own case. Don’t be

panicked by threats that you will die horribly and quickly if you do not opt for

surgery, chemo or radiation: doctors who treat you in this way are a disgrace to

the profession and should lose their right to practice. Remember their motivation

is primarily to make money from your plight; platitudes and assurances are really

only to disguise the financial nature of their interests.

I am on record in several places as saying

that if I were a really cynical doctor and

wanted only money, I would choose to be an

oncologist. I would get to face people at the

moment of maximum terror when they have just been told the news they most

dread, I could work on their fears, stoke up the panic some more, and then

demand anything up to half a million dollars for helping them to survive, knowing

the law backed my claim exclusively and criminalized anyone who tried to move

in on my patch and offered a real cure for just a few cents on the dollar!

At the same time, I am not saying that you must necessarily abandon the

conventional approach. The final choice must be yours and not some oncologist

panting for the cash for a down payment on his or her second or third home.

Unfortunately, in some territories (such as here in California), it is illegal for a

doctor to offer any other therapy than conventional chemo or radiation. That’s

“freedom” for you.

Notwithstanding the political failings of these crazy bureaucracies, there is

thankfully no law that says you must abide by what the oncologist recommends.

For the time being, at least, even Californians have the right to opt out of the

mainstream approach (some of us are concerned that even this small freedom

will be taken away).

More Quotes:

It has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely

positive.

Marianne Faithful, on her successful recovery from breast cancer

My cancer scare changed my life. I’m grateful for every new, healthy day I

have. It has helped me prioritize my life.

Olivia Newton John

There is thankfully no law that
says you must abide by what the
oncologist recommends.