Until death do us part.

I lost another friend to cancer last week. Sadly, he might have lived longer than he did, by making better choices ih his care. He was the third person, that I knew personally, who chose to follow the "shark fin" therapy. He also got into "Gerson's" treatments. You know the quack stuff claiming it actually cures folks. I've lost count of the many ingredients these folks tout, and use. None will ever tell you the "secret." If it "got out" to the public, Oncologists, big Pharma, and other legitimate health care groups would "kill me."

I dunno which is worse. That it doesn't WORK, or the thousands of dollars patients pay to go, and have these "treatments." Mexico, the Caribbean, and others. ONE of the standard lines they use when it fails the patient is this: "Sorry, but YOU must not have followed the protocols correctly. I've seen as many as 23 detailed regimes you MUST follow to the letter. With all my heart, I do wish these ideas actually did cure the cancer.

Dear Walt, I am sorry for your loss. No words can express what you are going through, and already have been through.

I wish beyond life itself as a medical professional and a humanitarian that the "vodo" treatments for lack of better terms, would actually work, or at least prove helpful to either stop, eliminate, cure, prevent, or heal those in whom put all their hopes, futures, and money.

One of the first things I was taught in school is that my biggest job is to educate the public. This is another example of why my job is as important as it is. I believe through education maybe things like this would be less likely to happen, and more importantly, maybe stop happening all together.

You Walt my friend, are in a position to teach those of us who are younger, those of us who might be just starting out on our path instead of nearing the end. I know you are hurting and sad. Make your friends death count and have meaning. Use him as an example to help educate and possibly save others. If he is anything like you, he would appreciate knowing that he helped save a life. It is a feeling like no other.

May he rest in peace Walt, and may you find comfort as well. Best wishes.

Mashie

Walt, when close to 50% of the people in this country believe the President was born in Kenya, that the Affordable Care Act sets up death panels, and that it is socialized medicine, and when at least have who believe this are on Medicare, which more or less is a form of socialized medicine, I know we are in trouble. Of course they believe the bailouts were not necessary either and that the economy has not recovered because of the "stimulus" and that cutting spending will help us grow the economy, and that cutting taxes further will reduce our budget deficit, is it any wonder they spend thousands of dollars on the quackery you describe? The answer is a great deal if not most people are either gullible, stupid or both, and believe in "cures" for everything even though there is absolutely no evidence that these so called "cures" have any efficacy. Oh I forgot, first they claimed that the earth was getting colder and now they claim green house gases have no effect. They don't understand the scientific method and never will. Rather they in anecdotal evidence and do not understand the difference.

Hi GAtransplant. To the best of my knowledge there is no medical cure for stupidity!