A Hiatus From Chemo
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A hiatus from chemo: For the first time I can remember, I don't have much to say. That's because I have been off chemotherapy for six weeks, and I feel great! I am taking Tamoxifen, the first estrogen blocker I was prescribed in 2001, but had discontinued due to terrible night sweats. The deal is, I haven't used up my dance card with this drug, so I will have a scan in early September to determine how well it's working. I pray to God it will work. I don't know how much longer I can continue with chemotherapy. Ninety percent of cancer patients undergo chemotherapy once, at the time of diagnosis, and then they are done. With metastatic cancer, you are never done, chemotherapy is a life-long sentence. It is the way we control tumor growth - - a system of management.
Eradicated-Self
Tue, 09/25/2012 - 09:12
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Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.
AA's stance is that chemo-therapy is a "mind altering" chemical. Your "Clean Time" is therefore revoked. I recommend a "Coffee-Commitment," as you are now a newcomer again. "Keep Comin' Back...." (said in the traditional, obviously derogatory, -you'll-never-get-it - superior tone)
"I pray to God everyday that I never get the idea that I can run my own life."
- Anonymous
Marti
Tue, 09/25/2012 - 09:13
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I am not sure if you are
I am not sure if you are serious or joking? I can only hope you are being humorous.
NoAAUK
Sun, 09/30/2012 - 07:14
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@Marti
A stepper pretending to be upset by somebody apparently insulting a cancer victim and supposedly losing all their accumulated clean time
In reality the stepper is just angry at someone drawing attention to the ludicrous stepper policy of returning to step 1 after even a slight slip.
Of course in a supposed 'God Control' but really just another mind control cult which uses the deliberate lie about a person being in the grip of a fatal progressive disease as a teqnique for cult recruitment and indoctrination, such a policy is essential.
Such phoney indignation is just as absurd as the phoney 'love bombing' that makes so many feel sick at those cult indoctrination sessions
......and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Matthew 24:11
becket
Thu, 09/27/2012 - 15:20
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"AA's stance is that chemo
"AA's stance is that chemo-therapy is a "mind altering" chemical. Your "Clean Time" is therefore revoked."
Absolutely full of shit you are.
Cancer's real fuckin funny! Maybe we could get this bitch to show us where they lopped off her tits! After all, if she's in AA she probably had it coming!!
“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian
NoAAUK
Sun, 09/30/2012 - 06:56
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@becket
Would you recomend that wilsons 12 steps would remove her cancer?
......and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Matthew 24:11
Pennywise
Sun, 09/30/2012 - 11:42
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@NoAAUK:
@NoAAUK:
This is an excellent question, and I'd like to add to it. Say a cancer patient undergoes chemo and the cancer goes away. Let's also say that while undergoing chemo, the patient attended a cancer support group. Would it make any sense to then conclude that attendance at cancer support groups is a medically effective treatment for cancer?
On the other hand, if the patient dies after failing to attend cancer support groups (even though she made it to all her chemo sessions), would it be correct to say that her death is at least in part attributable to her failure to work a strong enough recovery program?
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid."
becket
Sun, 09/30/2012 - 23:00
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The 12 steps address alcohol
The 12 steps address alcohol dependence. They do not address cancer. If you want to put a hypothetical up there, put one up that is worth considering.
“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian
HP Sauce
Mon, 10/01/2012 - 04:13
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No Becket!!
The miracle is everywhere!!!!
Cancer Anonymous.
http://www.caringtotheend.ca/resource.php?id=177§ion=22070&zone=99&cc=1
HP Sauce
Mon, 10/01/2012 - 04:59
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Cancer beating coffee pot!
Perhaps I was wrong. Cancer is a disease, so perhaps the disease model will work? Once those tumours realise there's a Higher Power involved they won't stand a chance. Would love to see the statistics on this one.