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If this girl has read all about the treatments and looked up the stats about recurrence and survival rates and made an informed decision, I think she has every right to turn down the treatment being forced upon her.
I've read comments about this on other sites, and some people say that her type of non Hodgkin's disease is the most receptive to chemo and better chance of beating the disease than with other forms of cancer.
That said reading about chemo, sounds like a very horrible thing to endure with the side effects. I can't stand being nauseous and could only imagine how bad it must be.
We have had two similar cases here in Ontario in the last year. The cases were even a little more complicated as the kids in question were natives with full native status. They were also considerably younger.
Ontario girl can rely on traditional medicine to treat cancer ... was the decision of the courts.
The courts ruled in favour of the kids and their families that they could pursue any type of treatment they desired.
This makes me so angry! They've got her locked up in a hospital room & they're forcing her to undergo these treatments, like some medieval torture chamber. I've seen first hand what chemo can do to people. Thank heaven I'm over 18 because if I ever get cancer there's no way I'm allowing anyone to pump me full of that poison.
I've read comments about this on other sites, and some people say that her type of non Hodgkin's disease is the most receptive to chemo and better chance of beating the disease than with other forms of cancer.
That said reading about chemo, sounds like a very horrible thing to endure with the side effects. I can't stand being nauseous and could only imagine how bad it must be.
With treatment she has an 80% chance of survival iirc
I have read that the wonderful Cancer "cures" we see in children affect them sometimes bringing new ills five to ten years later as they mature. It is not really known if it is the body's reaction to the chemo or the Cancers themselves. It's something I read about in an alternative medical magazine but if I can find a link to a website I'll post it.
I do remember when I paid health insurance claims, that sometimes the kids who went through chemo and got better came back with new Cancers and illness in their late teens or twenties. In other words, they went out of remission more often than adults. This girl might be past that stage but who knows?
I don't think it's just the side effects of chemo that she wants to avoid, she just has rejected it as a treatment. Isn't that her right? How can they lock her up like she was a criminal and literally force these drugs through her body? That's the part that really is the most frightening in all of this. It isn't as if she were a little kid with neglectful parents. She is nearly of legal age to make her own decisions and apparently understands the consequences of her decision. If the State is allowed to get away with this, what else can they do?
I found this link to substantiate the stats of childhood Cancer survival rates and future complications. Given that this girl is not a child she is still young enough to possible suffer from some of these problems. In any case, it does go to show that while there is no denying that chemo and other treatments work, there can be a heavy price to pay for using them. And that could end in death just as not using them. It just gives the patient more time but with what kind of quality of life?
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