SC - OT, OOP, Chemo (Was poison in peach pits)

Wed Mar 28 08:44:09 PST 2001

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In a message dated 3/28/01 9:02:11 AM US Mountain Standard Time, 
CorwynWdwd at aol.com writes:

> While I'm sorry for the loss of your friend, and please don't take what I'm 
> about to say the wrong way. That said, the way you've told the story I'd 
> say 
> they killed him with the Chemo by assuming he wasn't doing anything else 
> while he wasn't coming in for that.
> 
> The whole idea of Chemo is to poison the cancer and hope that it dies 
> before 
> you do. Having seen the results (SEVERAL times), I won't say that they'll 
> never get their hands on me, but it would take a lot of persuasion.
> 
> Corwyn
> 

No, Corwyn, I wouldn't take the wrong way. There was  a little more to it 
than that. I skimmed. He had been on Chemo for several months...I believe the 
first two installments six weeks apart. Then, during the respite before the 
third trial, he decided to take himself out of the program. He went to 
Mexico. The Chemo was not really working, he believed...and this was his 
fifth bout in eight years. He was looking for miracles, and went to Mexico to 
get one. The docs had said they weren't sure the chemo would save him this 
time. So....he goes to Mexico, has the "washing" and came back. It was the 
first time in a long time he had appeitite, etc. He went out drinking to 
celebrate. With other friends. One of them had a car accident that he was a 
passenger with, and he was unconcious when they got him to hospital. He woke, 
and they got his brief history, and then they sedated him again for surgery 
to repair some broken bones. Chemo patients have fragile bones. For some 
reason, they decided he should go ahead with chemo that he was scheduled 
for...and he hadn't mentioned being in Mexico. Less than 48 hours into 
treatment he had massive allergic reaction and died. His parents hadn't been 
notified as they were out of town. So they came back to find him passed away. 
He was 20, almost 21... Had been with cancer since 13. The parents sued, and 
the hospital settled, and issued the warning as part of the settlement. There 
was also the fact that he was 20...not 21....and they shouldn't have 
proceeded with *anything* without the parents permission other than the 
emergency surgery because of his being a minor. But basically, it changed the 
rules of procedure at the hospital, which, ultimately, would be a good thing 
for others.

Lars

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<HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ff80c0">In a message dated 3/28/01 9:02:11 AM US Mountain Standard Time, 
 CorwynWdwd at aol.com writes:
 
 
 <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">While I'm sorry for the loss of your friend, and please don't take what I'm 
 about to say the wrong way. That said, the way you've told the story I'd 
 say 
 they killed him with the Chemo by assuming he wasn't doing anything else 
 while he wasn't coming in for that.
 
 The whole idea of Chemo is to poison the cancer and hope that it dies 
 before 
 you do. Having seen the results (SEVERAL times), I won't say that they'll 
 never get their hands on me, but it would take a lot of persuasion.
 
 Corwyn
 </BLOCKQUOTE>
 
 No, Corwyn, I wouldn't take the wrong way. There was  a little more to it 
 than that. I skimmed. He had been on Chemo for several months...I believe the 
 first two installments six weeks apart. Then, during the respite before the 
 third trial, he decided to take himself out of the program. He went to 
 Mexico. The Chemo was not really working, he believed...and this was his 
 fifth bout in eight years. He was looking for miracles, and went to Mexico to 
 get one. The docs had said they weren't sure the chemo would save him this 
 time. So....he goes to Mexico, has the "washing" and came back. It was the 
 first time in a long time he had appeitite, etc. He went out drinking to 
 celebrate. With other friends. One of them had a car accident that he was a 
 passenger with, and he was unconcious when they got him to hospital. He woke, 
 and they got his brief history, and then they sedated him again for surgery 
 to repair some broken bones. Chemo patients have fragile bones. For some 
 reason, they decided he should go ahead with chemo that he was scheduled 
 for...and he hadn't mentioned being in Mexico. Less than 48 hours into 
 treatment he had massive allergic reaction and died. His parents hadn't been 
 notified as they were out of town. So they came back to find him passed away. 
 He was 20, almost 21... Had been with cancer since 13. The parents sued, and 
 the hospital settled, and issued the warning as part of the settlement. There 
 was also the fact that he was 20...not 21....and they shouldn't have 
 proceeded with *anything* without the parents permission other than the 
 emergency surgery because of his being a minor. But basically, it changed the 
 rules of procedure at the hospital, which, ultimately, would be a good thing 
 for others.
 
 Lars</HTML>

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