Posted on 06/10/2019 5:59:55 AM PDT by Kaslin
I wish him health and long life, but we won’t know for a while how effective it ended up being
He is Canadian. Why isn’t he getting free treatment in Canada? Or is he?
I’ve seen too many times where a person has an “extraordinary recovery” but soon the cancer is coming back strong. The patient often gets worn from the type of chemo they’re receiving and cannot do it much longer.
No doubt there are a few cancers we’ve had success against. Hopefully we’ll have success in Alex’s battle too.
It’s a testament to God.
Once He decides that your number is up
medical science is pretty much powerless.
My wife was just diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. But by God’s grace it was caught at stage 1, and the surgeon is really confident we have a shot.
It has altered our perspective on everything, and we fall helpless into God’s hands for help. There is the good in it.
If you can write a six figure check for care... it works. Testimony from a friend whose daughter died of cancer, while her cousin’s wife is still alive because he wrote that check.
Same type of cancer, same stage.
Prayers for you both.
I am glad it is working for him. It is a testament to our CAPITALIST health care system. If we lived under government healthcare, he’d be dead already because innovation wouldn’t have happened and some death panel would have judged him too old and too far gone for treatment.
The best care doesn’t always do it. The brother of a friend of mine was a surgeon at one of the top hospitals in the country.
He got Bugatti treatment, far better than Cadillac or even Rolls Royce, yet he didn’t survive.
I believe that treatment is a highly educated roll of the dice and I also believe that attitude plays a huge part.
The wife of a friend of mine lost her battle last year. In my eyes, she won, she fought and held it at bay for almost 25 years. They are not rich people.
“If you can write a six figure check for care... it works. “
Steve Jobs died from this type and he was WAY wealthier than AT.
It’s a testament to God.
Once He decides that your number is up
medical science is pretty much powerless.
You said it! Prayers, like the ones Alex himself acknowledged, are powerful too. I prefer to think that’s the turning point.....God 1 Man 0
I'm so sorry to hear about your wife having cancer. How did they catch it so early?
Finding it that early is rare, isn't it? Yes, it must have been by God's grace.
A friend of mine recently died from it three months after diagnosis. She was fine, going camping, etc. until one day had pain that wouldn’t go away. Three months later she’s dead.
True.. but did he or did he not receive better care, thus increase his chance of survival?
In other words, if you cannot afford the 10k dollar treatment, does that decrease your likelihood of survival.
I bet he’s glad he didn’t take Michael Moore’s advice and go to Cuba for treatment.
Jobs had a rare type of pancreatic cancer that, if caught early, can be totally eradicated. He chose to go for unconventional treatment for 9 months after his diagnosis, and that likely affected his outcome. The more common type of pancreatic cancer is deadly. Prayers for all who have it.
We have a great health care system, it is true. It really is too late to say he has “recovered,” though.
I’ll take “US private sector healthcare for $500” you lucky socialist bastard Alex.
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