This AMA is more proof that reddit has a higher percentage of assholes than in the general population. And I'm not excluding myself from that classification so I'm not being all self righteous or anything. That was just my thought after scrolling the comments.
My mom is battling one of the deadliest cancers out there and she had a 5% chance of still being alive at one year. Her 5 year anniversary of being diagnosed is coming up Christmas eve.
I don't think there is any doubt she has beat the odds to this point by doing exactly what this lady has done. She found the best oncologist she could find, and one that encouraged non traditional therapy in addition to what traditional medicine offers.
The first time we met with him I told him I wanted my mom to live and she and I had already decided to take a "throw everything including the kitchen sink" approach to her disease. And we have.
Her day from the time she wakes up until the time she goes to sleep is mostly something to keep her alive. Whether the strict exercise regimen, the strict food regimen, The meditation, the daily sun exposure 2 times a day for 20 minutes, the endless herbs, vitamins, minerals, and supplements she takes, all on a precise schedule 4 times a day, the coffee enenemas 3 times a day, and on and on I could go.
Her oncologist agrees what she has done has made a different. She was stage 4. She went in nearly 5 years ago with a bunch of other women. It's kind of like a fraternity. You get to know the people who start the same time you do. You hang out in the chemo chairs and talk and get to know each other.
All of the stage 4's have long since died except my mom. Most of the stage 3's have. Many of the stage 2's have.
The difference in them and my mom has been her relentless assault on her disease. I spend so many hours a day looking for research. I have worn pubmed out. When I find anything, no matter how small, that has some significance to it I tell her about it and she does it. Some how some way she makes time.
So to all of the asshole coming down on this woman for embracing every approach she can find to live, screw you. You have no right. Your moral superiority is mighty easy sitting at your computer, all healthy with no cancer, citing some shit you read on the internet somewhere.
Live it. Then get back to us. On the upside you have all made me reconsider what an asshole I am on reddit sometimes. So if nothing else, maybe reading the comments on here that hit so close to home with me and my mothers fight for life, maybe that one positive will make coming to this thread worth it.
And to the AMA, thanks for your time and comments. Keep the faith and no matter how many days you have, live them all to the fullest.
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This AMA is more proof that reddit has a higher percentage of assholes than in the general population. And I'm not excluding myself from that classification so I'm not being all self righteous or anything. That was just my thought after scrolling the comments.
My mom is battling one of the deadliest cancers out there and she had a 5% chance of still being alive at one year. Her 5 year anniversary of being diagnosed is coming up Christmas eve.
I don't think there is any doubt she has beat the odds to this point by doing exactly what this lady has done. She found the best oncologist she could find, and one that encouraged non traditional therapy in addition to what traditional medicine offers.
The first time we met with him I told him I wanted my mom to live and she and I had already decided to take a "throw everything including the kitchen sink" approach to her disease. And we have.
Her day from the time she wakes up until the time she goes to sleep is mostly something to keep her alive. Whether the strict exercise regimen, the strict food regimen, The meditation, the daily sun exposure 2 times a day for 20 minutes, the endless herbs, vitamins, minerals, and supplements she takes, all on a precise schedule 4 times a day, the coffee enenemas 3 times a day, and on and on I could go.
Her oncologist agrees what she has done has made a different. She was stage 4. She went in nearly 5 years ago with a bunch of other women. It's kind of like a fraternity. You get to know the people who start the same time you do. You hang out in the chemo chairs and talk and get to know each other.
All of the stage 4's have long since died except my mom. Most of the stage 3's have. Many of the stage 2's have.
The difference in them and my mom has been her relentless assault on her disease. I spend so many hours a day looking for research. I have worn pubmed out. When I find anything, no matter how small, that has some significance to it I tell her about it and she does it. Some how some way she makes time.
So to all of the asshole coming down on this woman for embracing every approach she can find to live, screw you. You have no right. Your moral superiority is mighty easy sitting at your computer, all healthy with no cancer, citing some shit you read on the internet somewhere.
Live it. Then get back to us. On the upside you have all made me reconsider what an asshole I am on reddit sometimes. So if nothing else, maybe reading the comments on here that hit so close to home with me and my mothers fight for life, maybe that one positive will make coming to this thread worth it.
And to the AMA, thanks for your time and comments. Keep the faith and no matter how many days you have, live them all to the fullest.
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