By: Katie

In reply to clavito.

Calling my comment an act of terrorism is surely hyperbole.

Also, I’m coming from a place where many members of my family have died of cancer. 3 of them very close to me, and I watched them dying. And not one, not two, but all three of them decided to give up on chemotherapy because they were convinced by the articles on the internet that told them that chemo was poison and that they were only hurting themselves. They turned away from chemo, the drug that was helping them survive, and they spent thousands and thousands of dollars on so-called miracle cures that didn’t help one fucking bit.

When you have your aunt dying in front of you, seeing hallucinations because of her brain cancer, being constantly scared that this day will be her last, that she only wants 1 more year, just enough time to see her son graduate, and you see people convince her to quit chemo, and she does, and she dies two months later, and you see a young man lose his mother, then you’d fucking understand. People putting out information about “cancer cures” are fucking convincing people that might get better to waste their time and money on things that do nothing.

Your point on pharma companies and turmeric is useless too, because pharma companies want to patent anything they can make money off of, nevermind if it’s actually useful.

I looked up your phrase, and I strongly disagree. Promotion of less effective means over effective means is harmful. Adding vegetables and fruits, and advocating for a healthy diet, that’s great! An otherwise healthy body is better at fighting cancer than a body that is weak and malnourished, obviously. But postulating about miracle cures is bullshit. At times, life-threatening bullshit.

I’m very sorry that you have cancer, and I do support your decision to try to heal yourself any way you see fit, but your method is not supported by science, and I disagree that it is the “right” way.