heh. My sister recently sent me an email with a little grumbling about how awfully "Western Medicine" was. I am perfectly willing to believe that other cultures may have herbal remedies that can help prevent cancer and can certainly help with things like soothing mucous membranes (I've used slippery elm periodically for that in recovering from radiation). I drink green tea. I add flax seed oil to fresh squeezed juice and pour it through my PEG.

But as far as I'm concerned it's only because of Western Medicine that I'm still around today, none of these other things had the power to cure me. I don't have too many problems with Western medicine, except that it's not really fully accessible to too many people in the world.

Nelie

SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"