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Don’t just leave us hanging! Would you mind listing some possible reasons to reject cancer treatment in favor of pseudoscience?

by maxaf 7y ago

cwzwarich 7y ago
Walter Isaacson quoted Steve Jobs as giving this reason: "I didn't want my body to be opened... I didn't want to be violated in that way." It's still not a good reason to avoid surgery, but it's also not a rejection of medical science.
- Ididntdothis 7y ago
  I have talked to cancer patients and treatment really violates people. You go through endless tests, get treatments with horrific side effects and basically are just treated like an object. I have heard several times that they wanted to stop treatment just because it was such a terrible experience physically and psychologically. Not sure how to do better but it’s understandable.
  - Balgair 7y ago
    It's a real pickle for practitioners, that is why consent is a HUGE deal with the medical field. ICU Psychosis is a 'good' example of what kinds of things can happen with patients undergoing lifesaving treatment. https://www.medicinenet.com/icu_psychosis/article.htm https://www.medicinenet.com/icu_psychosis/article.htm Here is a story about undergoing ICU Psychosis: https://icupsychosis.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-own-story.html https://icupsychosis.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-own-story.html Even in countries that have functional medical systems, medical treatment can be very de-humanizing. It's not something that may every go away, as medical practice fundamentally clashes with most people's idea of selfhood.
papermachete 7y ago
Not paying exorbitant fees to pump poison in your body that makes you wish you were dead anyway. Not giving your family false hope that you will get better while looking like a stepped-on prune. The humiliation of trying experimental, unproven treatments. At least with witch doctors, you'll keep your family somewhat calm and won't take a toll on your wallet. More inheritance for them.
egdod 7y ago
Plenty of people have opted out of the horrors of chemotherapy, choosing to die at home in relative comfort.

Don’t just leave us hanging! Would you mind listing some possible reasons to reject cancer treatment in favor of pseudoscience?

by maxaf 7y ago

Don’t just leave us hanging! Would you mind listing some possible reasons to reject cancer treatment in favor of pseudoscience?

cwzwarich 7y ago

Walter Isaacson quoted Steve Jobs as giving this reason: "I didn't want my body to be opened... I didn't want to be violated in that way." It's still not a good reason to avoid surgery, but it's also not a rejection of medical science.

Ididntdothis 7y ago
I have talked to cancer patients and treatment really violates people. You go through endless tests, get treatments with horrific side effects and basically are just treated like an object. I have heard several times that they wanted to stop treatment just because it was such a terrible experience physically and psychologically. Not sure how to do better but it’s understandable.
- Balgair 7y ago
  It's a real pickle for practitioners, that is why consent is a HUGE deal with the medical field. ICU Psychosis is a 'good' example of what kinds of things can happen with patients undergoing lifesaving treatment. https://www.medicinenet.com/icu_psychosis/article.htm https://www.medicinenet.com/icu_psychosis/article.htm Here is a story about undergoing ICU Psychosis: https://icupsychosis.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-own-story.html https://icupsychosis.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-own-story.html Even in countries that have functional medical systems, medical treatment can be very de-humanizing. It's not something that may every go away, as medical practice fundamentally clashes with most people's idea of selfhood.

papermachete 7y ago

Not paying exorbitant fees to pump poison in your body that makes you wish you were dead anyway. Not giving your family false hope that you will get better while looking like a stepped-on prune. The humiliation of trying experimental, unproven treatments. At least with witch doctors, you'll keep your family somewhat calm and won't take a toll on your wallet. More inheritance for them.

egdod 7y ago

Plenty of people have opted out of the horrors of chemotherapy, choosing to die at home in relative comfort.