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Jeremy Poynton's avatar

Healthcare for my wife and I involves avoiding the NHS and our GPs if at all possible.

That given my wife was given a 6 to 9 months to live with bone cancer in December; we had both been on the Carnivore diet for some 18 months - eat and cook with only animal produce; in extremis, as my beautiful wife was, beef only (actually, not a problem!); we added in a, shall we say, "off piste" herbal medication producing astounding results for some.

My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017. Chemo was hell, and massively delayed as she left hospital with Sepsis; on emergency admittance she discharged herself thanks to a vile and malevolent nurse who terrified her and horrified me. God bless the McMillan nurses who flew to our rescue on the Monday. Chemo hugely delayed as a result, and we both believe that the cancer had already spread and that the Chemo made it worse - it destroys your Mitochondria, ergo your immunity, to ... cure you.

June just past, another scan - cancer stopped in its tracks. Oncologist astounded.

The NHS made no contribution to any of this. We found out later that only ONE in TEN breast cancer sufferers respond to Chemo; we were not told this at the time. Nor were we told that there is a blood test that can tell whether the Chemo is effective. Now done by the NHS, but they could have told us and we could have done it privately. The Sepsis which left a suppurating wound where my wife's right breast had been for weeks could have been fixed quickly with a special vacuum dressing, withheld until it was clear antibiotics and whatever were making no difference, because of the cost. £100 per diem. Quite how much the effect of this delay cost God knows.

So my wife refused further Chemo.

And is alive.

Doctors thrive on disease.

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Tim Lundeen's avatar

We need to look upstream of the healthcare system. The true drivers of good health are a non-toxic environment, nutritious non-toxic food, and connection to nature and other healthy people. Better "healthcare" is just a bandaid.

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