I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

HL

I know how hard it is not to try to help  - when from experience we know what might be able to help.  But there is a mentality, that just can't hear anything but a certain way of approaching bc.  Tragic - I still remember reading David Servan Schrieber ( sp?) book Anti Cancer and learning so much about complimentary treatments.  But even he acknowledges that it IS complimentary - not excluding.

When that thread went to "us" and "them" - shortly after attacking scoot's tagline - you know it's a real brick wall.  tragic, but not much anyone can do about it....

Sunflowers .. I was just thinking the same thing.  It's a shame there is an 'us' versus 'them' mentality over there.  The full-on attack of Scoot was just plain ridiculous.  I hope that someone with advanced cancer and ILC would really listen to their oncologist.  There is no alternative treatment that cures cancer.  There is no cure for our disease.

Thinking you can cure those mutant cells with 'curcumin' and 'coffee enemas' is just sad.

I've given up trying to get any real information from the alternative forum.  We tried to discuss the 60 minutes segment on sugar last night, but that fell by the wayside with all the contentiousness going on.

Dinner is ready!  Mr. Tim made burgers.  Yum.

hugs to all,

Bren

We can only try - but it's getting harder

Rant over. Thank you for listening. :-)

One final aside: At least when we in this thread talk about politics we say so upfront.

I really did ask a legitimate question about sugar.  The answer was "HERE THEY COME..."

Ang, I thought that was directed at me and my comment?  

Scoot - I slapped them back.

New names, old friends.  

I think my  homeowner ship is sinking.  Bwahahahaha!

 susieq58 wrote:

"Scoot - I slapped them back."

What a nice attitude to display toward fellow members of a cancer support board. 

SunflowersMA wrote:

"But there is a mentality, that just can't hear anything but a certain way of approaching bc". 

Are you by any chance refering to people jumping into discussions of alternative treatments and insisting insisting that posters on an alternative thread have to do chemo?  The sentiment works in both directions.

Joy, I second what Athena said.  I have learned a lot from you...

In years past I got a lot of information about supplements and other things from the women ... Fancy comes to mind for one ... on those forums.  I think a lot of us have an interest in what is out there in the Alternative Medicine world.  But I don't go there anymore ...  a few are so immediately hostile and downright rude unless you are willing to automatically agree with and buy in to each and every thing out there.  It's more like a room full of hard sell salesmen than a discussion.  Which is too bad IMO. 

And Joy ... from what I've seen you try very hard to do the 'discussion' thing and look at all sides of things.  We need to clone you       

Athena ... thank you!  I picked my user name because the song White Rabbit is my favorite.  And then I got to googling and found out there are a lot of cute ... or cutesy, depending on your point of view ... pictures of white rabbits.  I just have some fun playing with them.

Good Afternoon Friends,

Just got back from getting a steroid shot for my allergies.  Sure hope it works.  The good news is I'm down another 5 lbs.

Joy ... Welcome .. it's lovely to see you here.  I read your posts and love what you have to say.

Gracie .. I remember Fancy too.  Edge has helped me a lot in the past as well.

Athena .. I do believe you're onto something.  Hadn't thought of old friends in some time.

Scoot .. Sorry your home is costing you so much right now.  Sometimes I get overwhelmed with all the responsibility and wish I was renting a little condo somewhere.  But then I'd miss all this land and privacy I have.  So it's a catch-22. 

Hugs to everyone,

Bren