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I've followed this and related studies closely and I'm glad people are finally receiving this breakthrough cancer care. But let this comment serve as a reminde

by joshmn 7y ago

I've followed this and related studies closely and I'm glad people are finally receiving this breakthrough cancer care. But let this comment serve as a reminder that medical professionals aren't necessarily "good" because they're in practice. They fail patients all the time. They're not up-to-date on the latest and greatest care; they've simply memorized the cliff notes assigned to them by their overseers.

AllegedAlec 7y ago
> But let this comment serve as a reminder that medical professionals aren't necessarily "good" because they're in practice. They fail patients all the time. They're not up-to-date on the latest and greatest care; they've simply memorized the cliff notes assigned to them by their overseers. You're a fucking moron. The reason for them not using these therapies is because they are unproven, and could very easily do much more harm than good.
- joshmn 7y ago
  Ask my mom how poorly her doctors informed her of all available treatment options at three hospitals. When I contacted Mayo Clinic asking for other options (when she was declared out of them) they had a long, long list. Ask my mom why she was given Lorazepam, Oxy, and Seroquel in an effort to manage her nicotine fits, even against FDA warnings (classified as most severe) which said it's very dangerous to administer all three together. They did it anyway, to my frail, sick, 60LB mother. The result? She almost went into respiratory arrest and was in a coma-like state for 48 hours. When I brought this to their attention they said they didn't know it was an issue. I could write a book about how frequently the system failed my mother. The medical system in the US isn't designed for care. Ask any medical professional what they think and they'll overwhelmingly agree. Unfortunately, you can't ask my mom because she died two weeks ago after suffering from PCNSL for 5 years. I spent the last 5 years of my life fighting her disease alongside her. I spent 69 of her last 75 days with her for at least 8 hours each day. I would hardly consider myself ill-informed. Instead, I would call you an ill-informed moron, and my mom would call you an duplicitous asshole.
  - dang 7y ago
    I'm sorry about your mom. That's incredibly difficult. Please don't react to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. I was reading this, appreciating how substantively you were reacting to a really unfair attack, until I crashed into that last sentence. Your comment would be much better, not to mention more dignified, without it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 7y ago
  Yikes. Attacking a fellow user like that will get you banned here. Would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and take the spirit of this site more to heart? Your comment would be just fine without that abusive attack.

by joshmn 7y ago

AllegedAlec 7y ago

> But let this comment serve as a reminder that medical professionals aren't necessarily "good" because they're in practice. They fail patients all the time. They're not up-to-date on the latest and greatest care; they've simply memorized the cliff notes assigned to them by their overseers. You're a fucking moron. The reason for them not using these therapies is because they are unproven, and could very easily do much more harm than good.

joshmn 7y ago
Ask my mom how poorly her doctors informed her of all available treatment options at three hospitals. When I contacted Mayo Clinic asking for other options (when she was declared out of them) they had a long, long list. Ask my mom why she was given Lorazepam, Oxy, and Seroquel in an effort to manage her nicotine fits, even against FDA warnings (classified as most severe) which said it's very dangerous to administer all three together. They did it anyway, to my frail, sick, 60LB mother. The result? She almost went into respiratory arrest and was in a coma-like state for 48 hours. When I brought this to their attention they said they didn't know it was an issue. I could write a book about how frequently the system failed my mother. The medical system in the US isn't designed for care. Ask any medical professional what they think and they'll overwhelmingly agree. Unfortunately, you can't ask my mom because she died two weeks ago after suffering from PCNSL for 5 years. I spent the last 5 years of my life fighting her disease alongside her. I spent 69 of her last 75 days with her for at least 8 hours each day. I would hardly consider myself ill-informed. Instead, I would call you an ill-informed moron, and my mom would call you an duplicitous asshole.
- dang 7y ago
  I'm sorry about your mom. That's incredibly difficult. Please don't react to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. I was reading this, appreciating how substantively you were reacting to a really unfair attack, until I crashed into that last sentence. Your comment would be much better, not to mention more dignified, without it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
dang 7y ago
Yikes. Attacking a fellow user like that will get you banned here. Would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and take the spirit of this site more to heart? Your comment would be just fine without that abusive attack.