Posted on 09/13/2024 2:12:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Elle Macpherson has been warned by a cancer-survivor TV host her support for holistic treatments for the disease could end up leading to someone's death.
Supermodel Elle, 60, has been at the centre of a massive backlash from medics and cancer groups since she recently revealed she had been diagnosed with the disease seven years ago — but opted for alterative remedies after having a lumpectomy at the start of her treatment.
After Elle doubled down on her comments by giving a detailed interview to 60 Minutes Australia about her health fight, 70-year-old Australian TV presenter Kerri-Anne Kennedy — who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012 — hit out in an interview with The Australian: "I understand Elle did what she thought was good for her personally, but the very fact she has resisted any other medical treatment absolutely terrifies me.
"Without question, it will result in the future that somebody will take that line and feel confident enough to try and do it themselves naturally, and someone is going to die."
Kerri-Anne also slammed the 60 Minutes show that featured Elle for not giving a balanced enough counter-viewpoint to Elle's support for holistic medicine.
She went on: "I believe 60 Minutes was irresponsible by not having an oncologist who would give an alternative point of view.
"They should have absolutely gotten an oncologist who said, 'As an oncologist, I've seen this type of cancer and many other types of cancers in my 30-year career. People who have not followed the advice have died'."
Elle is in remission from cancer and told 60 Minutes she has always followed "natural" medicine, and said her choice to use it to fight her breast cancer was as "unconventional" as the "rest of her life".
The model went against the advice of 32 doctors by refusing chemotherapy after undergoing a lumpectomy for HER2 positive oestrogen receptive intraductal carcinoma.
She instead underwent eight months of intense therapy with a team of doctors in Phoenix, Arizona, all specialising in various holistic medicine disciplines.
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Some of the alternative treatments appear to be effective in treating cancer.
The first rule should be: don’t trust the pharmaceutical industry.
Another important principle is: don’t trust people who try to make things sound scary.
Do you mean it comes back worse if they had chemo/radiation, or other types of treatments?
I never was a crowd follower.
Don’t trust people who make money on what they are selling you.
All I know is I had AML and if I chose any of those alternative treatments , I’d be dead in 2 weeks max. When I hear about someone suggesting RSO for aggressive cancers like I had, I view it no different than handing them a gun to take themselves out. I feel that serious about because it’s true. I’m 9 years in remission. And I’ve been able to experience a lot in the 9 years God blessed me with via traditional treatment. That’s my experience -
I don’t need to talk about anyone else hypothetical situation.
My mom stayed in remission for 18 years.
That’s a long time.
Chemotherapy can kill you too.
Sounds reasonable, with qualifications.
1. Some people make money on treatments that work.
2. Any treatment will have a cost.
He didn't say, but I'm assuming if they're still around after the first bout of cancer that they had some kind of meds initially to make it to the second bout. To be honest I didn't ask him that question.
That’s bullshit. Many cancers are treatable to the point that people are 100% cured. Early stage prostate cancer is virtually 100% curable.
Yes, This Guy met Elle at a New York airport in 1990.
No, she was not, and is not, guilty.
Thank you! I had one of the most fastest acting & aggressive cancers. Hit like a brick.
The first treatment alone was 24 hours around the clock for a week straight.
I watched my tumor markers cut in 1/2 in a couple days. At the end of the week, they had me in remission. I continued treatment to maintain remission. It’s been 9 years from acute myeloid leukemia flt3 mutation. Plus had a donor stem cell transplant. Traditional treatment is not easy - but, it works ( for the most part). I agree some don’t respond, but those are the exception - not the norm.
Cancer is one big money maker.
True.
I don’t expect someone to give the stuff away.
However, when there’s that kind of salesmanship going on, my BS meter kicks into high gear.
Specifically what did I write that is false?
I guarantee you something, FRiend: You. Will. Die.
When you sit in a room with your wife and hear that she has a 5% chance of living 5 years you become a fan of big pharma really fast.
Holistic stuff is fine. But it isn’t going to kill what is killing you.
To each his own..I’ll take Elle anyway 🤣
“I know few who did chemo/radiation that were free of cancer for long.”
I had chemo for a cancer that at the time had a 19% chance of survival. I was stage 3. That was 21 years ago. My friend had the same cancer and Dr. She had hers 28 years ago.
Chemo is not a picnic, but it is also not the worst thing I have been through in my life. It is a season. I am grateful for the 21 years since.
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