| What do you suppose the first thought a
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| | chemotherapy when the cancer was first
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| person just diagnosed with cancer has?
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| | discovered. He was weakened so badly,
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| Do they think about death? Do they think
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| | and in so much pain, that when his
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| about chemotherapy and other medical
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| | oncologist ordered a second round of more
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| treatments? What would you think of
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| | agressive chemo and radiation when the
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| first if you found out you had cancer?
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| | cancer returned, he refused and sought
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| For me, I've already decided that if I
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| | out an alternative cancer treatment
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| ever do get cancer, I will not seek out
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| | called the Hoxsy method.
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| the conventional medical cancer
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| | It is important to note that this
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| interventions and treatments that are the
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| | natural, herbal method of cancer
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| society standard today. I've decided I
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| | treatment, which is paired with a sugar
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| will seek a natural route, one that does
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| | free diet, has been banned by the FDA in
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| not involve chemotherapy and the
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| | the US, and he had to travel to Mexico in
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| destruction of my healthy cells as well
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| | order to receive the daily herbs he had
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| as cancer cells. I've decided I will
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| | to take as well as intructions on how the
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| seek a treatment that does not weaken me
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| | treatment worked.
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| physically, but rather helps to empower
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| | His parents advised the teen's oncologist
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| and strengthen my body.
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| | of their intentions for further
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| This decision has come to me over my
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| | alternative treatment, but said they'd
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| lifetime, and personally seeing relatives
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| | like his continued medical monitoring.
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| suffer through this type of treatment,
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| | The oncologist felt this was neglect, and
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| only to quickly deteriorate, and in my
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| | reported his parents to the authorities
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| opinion, die a faster, more painful death
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| | for investigation of medical neglect.
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| than if they'd had not treatment at all.
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| | The case is now in court, and so far the
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| Dramatic statement, I know, but
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| | judge has ordered the teen to undergo the
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| nonetheless, this is my opinion.
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| | chemotherapy treatments that he has so
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| I do not know what natural therapy or
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| | adamantly refused. I ask, how can you
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| lifestyle changes I would actually choose
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| | force someone who is obviously so against
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| if I were in that position, but I do know
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| | a certain medical treatment, to receive
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| this is how I would choose to fight my
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| | that treatment, regardless whether they
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| battle, and I would hope that with some
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| | are an "adult" as defined by today's
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| prompted research, the natural choice
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| | standards?
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| would make itself apparent. This is my
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| | I can guarantee this teen has been forced
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| personal choice, and no one could change
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| | to become much more mature than his
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| my mind.
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| | biological years already through this
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| Now, consider this. What if I were only
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| | ordeal, and is more than capable of
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| 16 years old, and I had come to this same
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| | making his own choices in his method of
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| conclusion, with the added caveat that I
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| | cancer treatment. Is this morally and
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| had actually had chemotherapy and been
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| | ethically right? Or is it morally and
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| severely debilitated by it once already?
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| | ethically right to give him chemo, which
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| Does the government or a judge have the
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| | many believe may actually save him while
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| right to intervene and order medical
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| | the alternative methods cannot possibly
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| treatment, which I do not believe in, and
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| | work?
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| in fact, which I believe will actually
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| | I suppose it depends on your point of
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| kill me, if not dramatically jeopardize
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| | view, whether you are a believer in the
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| my quality of life?
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| | pharmaceutical and medical industry or
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| That's exactly what is transpiring right
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| | not. I for one have lost a lot of faith
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| now for a 16 year old Virginia man (I say
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| | in the medical industry, and I believe
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| man, because this particular teen carries
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| | that this choice should be left to the
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| himself like an adult), with 2nd stage
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| | person it affects most. And that is, the
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| Hodgkins disease, a form of cancer that
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| | one who has the cancer, the one who's
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| is very treatable the first time around,
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| | life has been so dramatically changed and
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| but upon recurrence, is less treatable
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| | nearly ruined by chemotherapy. Is it not
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| and more deadly, requiring more drastic
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| | up to the individual, or is this just a
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| traditional chemotherapy and radiation.
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| | case of "the establishment" having their
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| Initially, the teen did undergo
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| | way?
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