In addition to the terms and phrases in the title, you might recognize these additional phrases:
- Now I’m cancer free: you can be, too
- A miracle diet cured my cancer
- Your doctor doesn’t want to cure you, but WE do
- Drug companies don’t want a cure for cancer (hmmmm, that one may need further research)
- I smoked my way to being cancer free
- Our injection was 100% effective in curing cancer in mice
It must be true; it’s
on the Internet
I spend a lot of time (probably too much) browsing the
Internet for new and interesting information about cancer. Some of the terms and
phrases above are from actual advertisements for FDA approved medications.
It seems, from my less than comprehensive searches, that
there are thousands of absolutely true, guaranteed, time tested, and
anecdotally proven cures for cancer available for direct order on the Internet.
So why do I still have cancer?
Equal Opportunity
Internet
Anybody can advertise whatever they want about anything
(mostly) on the Internet and then ask for your money so you, too, can be cured (or
conned). There are many who are willing to pay to find out if these claims are
true. Maybe those herbs, special mixtures, supplements, diets, and magic beans
will actually cure me. But then I also know that truth in advertising is not
the norm on the Internet. What we do know is that by buying these products online
we are helping to improve the seller’s bank account, wherever it might be.
Why would we even look at these dubious, not very scientific,
and highly hyped “cures?” Maybe because many of the very official, very
expensive, scientifically tested, and approved meds we now take don’t keep us
alive much longer than if we didn’t take anything. Obviously there’s a living
to be made in the alternative treatment buy online world. But beware my friends.
Anything that sounds too good to be true….you know the rest.
Bottom Line
It’s hard to know who or what to trust in the high profile
cancer treatment world. I am sticking with my medical team for now. If
something on the Internet looks promising, I’ll ask my medical team first.
And I know there are some things I can do for myself. I have
been doing most of these things, actually, and I’m still alive so they must
work.
- Eat a healthy diet (you know what that means for you)
- Exercise moderately and often
- Manage your weight (get medical help if necessary)
- Manage your cholesterol and blood pressure (get medical help if necessary)
- Don’t smoke at all, period
- Don’t abuse alcohol (define abuse for yourself)
- Talk to your doctors and also listen to them. They probably have your best interests at heart. If they don’t, fire them.
Doing these things will very likely NOT cure your cancer, grow hair, or help
you win the lottery but you might feel a little stronger in your battle.
axman
