Reaction to Connecticut Forcing Teen to Get Chemo

This is the article I'm reacting to!


Do I think it's wrong that the government has the idea that they can decide how someone fights for their life? Yes. The government needs to step the fuck off in situations like this. All this girl is going to feel like now is a damn lab rat which will not help her morale at all. But this is unfortunately the government we have raised. One that now thinks itself to play God.

It was her choice and her parents supported her decision, which is good in situations like this. What if they WERE wrong though? I do believe in modern medicine and agree with the doctor in this article. Unfortunately, I believe right now there is a huge movement that is ANTI pretty much anything modern medicine. And you see a lot of stories of people who beat cancer without chemo or surgery...good for fucking you bud. Not everyone can do it and I think it's even more wrong that these minority, "miracle" some are called, cases go out of their way to instill fear into people facing chemo.

Why would you fucking do that?!?! Someone should be able to view all of their options with all the facts without being terrified before they hear them. This holistic approach works for some, others it has not - i.e. Steve Jobs. They think they have the right to tell everyone to say NO to chemo. How bout everyone (government included) let people get the info from both sides and make the decision on their life themselves?

The fact that this girl has Hodgkin's Lymphoma and they wanted to use alternative treatment is terrifying to me personally. This type of cancer moves quickly and likes to spread literally everywhere. The whole reason that chemo works well with this is because you can't just pin point where it is or where it wants to go. You have to hit everywhere at once and in a way that actually kills and stops the cancer cells in their tracks. Doing yoga, eating completely organic and believing in rainbows unicorns does NOT guarantee nor can it pretend to live up to the sheer amount of people helped by chemo and modern medicine.

With love,
Nubby