tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424910449116173147.post140732396340296461..comments2024-03-28T20:24:24.076+11:00Comments on Ian Gawler: Out on a Limb: Important information you really need to know – and shareDr. Ian Gawlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09967876186689507333noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424910449116173147.post-22059376921460166032015-07-27T15:51:50.348+10:002015-07-27T15:51:50.348+10:00It is good to know your mother is getting such a g...It is good to know your mother is getting such a good response. What is being discussed here is chemo late in life when cancer is far advanced; and even then, perhaps in some situations it will be useful.<br />Maybe the best way to put it is that instead of saying "Why wouldn't I have chemo?", the better question is "Why would I have it?". If there is a convincing answer Dr. Ian Gawlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09967876186689507333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424910449116173147.post-9695117367824397402015-07-27T11:56:32.586+10:002015-07-27T11:56:32.586+10:00Thanks, Ian.
John DooleyThanks, Ian.<br />John DooleyJohn Dooleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424910449116173147.post-87771908338823594352015-07-27T10:48:18.337+10:002015-07-27T10:48:18.337+10:00Hi Ian,
Elizabeth and I have noticed the same incl...Hi Ian,<br />Elizabeth and I have noticed the same inclination of some doctors. My father was doing well and was dying. I organised a discussion with his oncologist, wife and us present. I'd had a conversation with my father before the meeting during which he was emphatic that he wanted the chemo to stop when we discussed the then known reality: he was dying, the chemo would not stop this, heKen Mellorhttp://www.awakeningnetwork.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424910449116173147.post-14118344833659473982015-07-27T09:59:38.713+10:002015-07-27T09:59:38.713+10:00My aged mother is on her second round of chemo for...My aged mother is on her second round of chemo for metastatic cancer. The cancer was spreading fast and both times the chemo has killed most of it. I feel that the chemo is almost definitely prolonging her life by years although of course there are side effects. These simplistic assessments trying to work out what should or should not be done based largely on statistics don't work in real Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424910449116173147.post-52497051712097708882015-07-27T08:54:42.562+10:002015-07-27T08:54:42.562+10:00Hi Ian, I will be sharing this widely. Thank you f...Hi Ian, I will be sharing this widely. Thank you for bringing this research to my attention. Although I have only a small amount of experience with cancer, I have watched people close to me die after having palliative chemo. This is also an issue that has played on my mind since seeing that Four Corners episode, Buying Time. And the research now confirms my concerns. Thank you again and I look Jane Treleavenhttp://www.essentiallybeing.com.aunoreply@blogger.com