Can you help me spread awareness that chemo kills you before the cancer does?

@PlumBerries in my dads case it [b]was [/b]the chemo. It did something to the tumor and caused some anomalous reaction. When he died they took the tumor from him and were going to use it to research the cancer and the chemo, to see why this chemo altered the cancer in that manner.

[c=#7700B2]sorry to hear that about your father. In my dad's case, the chemo saved his life after he was given a very slim chance of living for more then a year. he has been in remission for about 8 years now[/c]

@PlumBerries I'm very happy that you still have your dad with you. As I said, in my dads case, it was an anomalous reaction. I had cancer. Had no chemo, because I refused it. It was so soon after my dad died and the chemo terrified me. I just told them, I have kids. I won't die. I'm guessing the hysterectomy worked, because I'm still here. My doctors were surprised. They said I absolutely needed treatment or I'd die. I was still traumatized over the loss of my dad, and just refused. I went home to finish raising my kids. I'm still doing it.

[c=#7700B2]that's amazing in your case and I'm truly glad you are doing well and you are still there for your kids[/c]

@Serenitree oh my gosh. I'm so glad to hear a real story of someone that realized chemo could kill you and actually surprised the doctors. I'm writing a book with a section about this subject. Is it OK if I mention your story?

@PlumBerries Yup. My youngest was just two months old when he died. She is now a grandmother and I am around to enjoy my great granddaughter.

@Motleycrue667 I don't mind. You don't know my name, so it will just be anecdotal. Nothing you can verify. I can't prove anything to you, so you just have to take it on faith. Are you willing to put in your book, something you can't verify?

[c=#7700B2]obviously when you look at it chemo could take lives. it is poison after all and kills blood cells. but I'm sure it has saved so so many more lives compared to the small percentage that it has done more harm then good[/c]

It seems about 50/50. Just going by all the stories and paying attention to situations more closely these last 6 years

@PlumBerries I've been asked by doctors if refusing treatment is what I'm willing to risk. My answer is always the same. If I can't heal myself, then I will die. I do take medication for the odd illness, but I've defeated cancer twice with just surgery and will power or luck. One was cervical cancer and the other was just a skin cancer. They removed the lesion and sent me home. I've been fine since. No relapses.

@Motleycrue667 [c=#7700B2]I highly doubt it is 50/50, maybe it seems that way to you if you have been out there searching for such cases.. I'm not doubting one bit that chemo could harm people more and doesn't help others at all in certain cases but I don't understand how you could come up with the assumption that chemo kills people just as much as it helps people. that would be like a 50/50 survival rate on chemo and well I just don't believe that at all... again I'm not doubting you on the harms of chemo but I'm talking about the extent of the harm it could potentially do compared to how many people it has saved[/c]