Gwen,

Wayne, Spoken like a true statesman.

You are a lot nicer about this then I.

I have some very strong feeling about this so here they are.

A little while after I was out of treatment, my doctors asked me to speak to a stage IV gentleman (like myself) who was absolutely convinced that the holistic healing was the way to go and the standard treatment(Phase II Clinical at the time) was the worst thing he could have done. Seems he had a friend in the vitamin business. Hmmmm

This is how I approached it since he was not listening to the doctors and they were getting very concern that his tumor/mets were continuing to grow (and they were):

I made a bet with him. The bet was this:
Give your plan a month at the latest (the doctors didn


SCC 1.6cm Right Tonsil 10/3/03, 1 Node 3cm, T1N2AM0, Tonsil Removed, Selective Neck Disection, 4 Wks Induction Chemo (Taxol,Cisplatin), 8 Weeks Chemo/Radiation (5FU,Hydroxyurea,Iressa), IMRT x 40, Treatment Complete 2/13/04.
41 Years Old At Diagnosis