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Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by koonsolo »

Broken_Hippo wrote: post #120
koonsolo wrote: post #99

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I might get downvoted for this, so please do your own research first before just dismissing it. There is this cheap thing of Vitamin C injections staight into the blood. A cure that has been "well known" for centuries, but dismissed because oral intake studies weren't promising. I love science, but in studies where a lot of money is made or can be lost, there is so much manipulation going on it makes you sick. I'm ta…

Loads of money are made with chemo and cancer research. If Vitamin C injections really are better way to treat cancer, can you imagine how many billions will be lost? Do you think they are so stupid that they'd not immediately funnel the money into researching other diseases that aren't cancer? Or that this one thing is somehow a cure-all for all cancers? What do you think vaccines that prevent infections that can le…

First of all, you are trying to discredit me: I never said vaccines are bad, I never said it is a cure-all for all cancers.

To answer your other more sane questions:

Are governments influenced by companies? Certainly, especially in US.

Is research influenced by companies? Most definitely, sometimes researchers are even bribed.

So you doubt those sorts of claims on Vitamin C? Look into the research that was actually done.

I love science, and probably so do you. But I've already seen too much "science", where results of research was twisted just to be able to publish in a journal.

Don't dismiss me for some alternative medicine dude, I'm not. But I'm also old enough not to believe every fairy-tale that is told claiming to be "science". Especially not in fields where a lot of money goes around.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by Brakenshire »

koonsolo wrote: post #121
Broken_Hippo wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Loads of money are made with chemo and cancer research. If Vitamin C injections really are better way to treat cancer, can you imagine how many billions will be lost? Do you think they are so stupid that they'd not immediately funnel the money into researching other diseases that aren't cancer? Or that this one thing is somehow a cure-all for all cancers? What do you think vaccines that prevent infections that can le…

First of all, you are trying to discredit me: I never said vaccines are bad, I never said it is a cure-all for all cancers. To answer your other more sane questions: Are governments influenced by companies? Certainly, especially in US. Is research influenced by companies? Most definitely, sometimes researchers are even bribed. So you doubt those sorts of claims on Vitamin C? Look into the research that was actually d…

> I never said it is a cure-all for all cancers.

> There is this cheap thing of Vitamin C injections staight into the blood. A cure that has been "well known" for centuries

Maybe it will be beneficial. It's not going to be a cure, though, it will be something for specific case profiles, and to be combined with other treatments. There are studies which are there, and they say 'no clear evidence', 'may slow the growth', or 'potentially important'. You are talking as if it's going to be a replacement for oncology, and are getting downvoted correspondingly.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by fb03 »

andreasgonewild wrote: post #69
fb03 wrote: post #63

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Maybe he could eat only fruit while reading Hacker News Medical Doctors from a reading nook or abode. Mind over matter, bro.

Can't be that easy, right? Has to involve nasty chemicals, radiation and flesh-cutting if it's going to work. Because, erm, that's what the profiteering psychos running this world are saying. Is that the best you're capable of? Have you actually seen people in cancer "treatment"? What about your brain, what are you using it for instead?

Thank you for this amusing reply. You really believe all this :-)

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by mmargerum »

koonsolo wrote: post #115
coldtea wrote: post #113

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Unless you have any reason to suspect the delivery mechanism affects anything significant, this is exactly the same...

In this case, the vitamin C amounts need to be really high. Your body can't handle those amounts from oral intake. Listen, you don't have to take my word for it. Just look up the little research that is done on it, and make sure you make a distinction between oral intake and injections.

I'm not condoning it as a cure, but you can absorb large amounts of vitamin C orally if you combine it with a lecithin. It's called liposomal Vitamin C.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by gt2 »

ada1981 wrote: post #22
damnfine wrote: post #5

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Agreed. First thing I thought when I read that. To anyone reading, there is no OK amount of bleeding there, excepting some aggressive tp, and even that can lead to issues. If you have this issue, it is not likely cancer, but many of the causes are deadly if not addressed. Please see a doc.

Fuck. For what seems like years I occasionally have some bright red blood on the TP and occasionally the toilet is red. I don't know why I never thought to go to a doctor. I figured it was from hemorrhoids or something. Generally though, I don't get sick, unless of course I have been and just ignored it. The last several years I was working to develop a workable "cure" for bipolar (Which it seems I have, but which to…

Can you comment more about the cure for bipolar disorder?

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by corobo »

koonsolo wrote: post #99
Xeoncross wrote: post #6

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> Last ditch effort was an experimental drug... he's the only one alive I assume it wasn't the drug then but some other factor that was either missed or underestimated in his actual recovery. Wish more of these missing-pieces were known.

I might get downvoted for this, so please do your own research first before just dismissing it. There is this cheap thing of Vitamin C injections staight into the blood. A cure that has been "well known" for centuries, but dismissed because oral intake studies weren't promising. I love science, but in studies where a lot of money is made or can be lost, there is so much manipulation going on it makes you sick. I'm ta…

You really need to bring citations into an argument if you're going to say vitamin c injections can cure cancer.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by perilunar »

wahern wrote: post #83
lgessler wrote: post #21

With much sensitivity to the physical and emotional turmoil the author must be experiencing right now, I disagree with his advice: > Stop just assuming you have a full lifetime to do whatever it is you dream of doing. Rare and catastrophic events like this that can severely shorten your life are ones you should not plan for. If they occur, that's very unfortunate, and maybe you'll still have a contingency plan that c…

Rare and catastrophic events like this that can severely shorten your life are ones you should not plan for. If you have dependents one should at least think about purchasing term life insurance. It's relatively cheap because the risk is small. OTOH, because medical science has become so good at extending life, it's an even better idea to purchase disability insurance. That's something I still keep meaning to do. But…

Just BTW, but the author of the article is in Australia, and we don't really have employer-sponsored health/life/disability insurance here.
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