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Article #244: Alternative Cancer Treatment : The Controversy in Virginia

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






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