In message <hobik.31$r55.24@fe127.usenetserver.com>, vernono wrote:
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> "D. C. Sessions" <dcs@lumbercartel.com> wrote in message
> news:2bpnl5-81g.ln1@news.lumbercartel.com...
>> In message <egaik.26$r55.20@fe127.usenetserver.com>, vernono wrote:
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>>> Don't trust anything, but Chemo works on many people.
>>> I think Tony Snow was totally wrong in total trust.
>>
>> The whole Tony Snow job starts with the (mistaken) notion
>> that his second round of treatment was anything remotely
>> like an attempt to cure him. The cancer was by then well
>> disseminated and inoperable. The chemotherapeutic agents
>> he was on were strictly to give him additional time to
>> enjoy life as much as possible before the end.
>>
>> In other words, you only fail if you don't meet the goals
>> you set -- and "cure" was not the goal of Tony's treatment.
>
> Do what?
It's called "palliation." Don't knock it until you've
tried doing without.
> He went along with the super Doctors. There is no indication that he
> realized that chemoseldom works OR that there were any other alternatives.
I realize that your "chemo seldom works" is hyperbole.
Obviously for many types of cancer (e.g. pediatric leukemias)
it works almost all of the time; in others such as Snow's
it's not intended to "work" in the sense of effecting a
remission.
ASSuming that Snow (who, as you point out, had plenty of
access to resources) was too stupid to find that out is
rather more of a reflection on you than on anyone else.
> If you have a 90+% chance of dying, it seems that one would have about ten
> opinions. He had resources and money.
And, interestingly enough, chose one that gave him a
couple of active years with, apparently, pretty decent
quality of life right up to the end.
| The brighter the stupid burns, the more |
| chance that someone will see the light. |
+- D. C. Sessions <dcs@lumbercartel.com> -+
