Comments on: Shut Up, Dr. Suzanne Somers & the Mainstream Media Who Glorify This Celeb Quack

By: Debra Trojan

Debra Trojan — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:18:38 +0000

Debbie, your’re the one that should “Shut Up!” Your ignorance is insuffurable. Read “Dr. Mary’s Monkey,” and educate yourself about the corruption in mainstream medicine–especially cancer treatments. If you can’t read well or have no patience for it (like most Americans) then at least go on Amazon.com and read the customer reviews of what the book is about. I’d advise others reading this post do the same.

By: JulieJ

JulieJ — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:12:13 +0000

I took part in a clinical trial dealing with the efficacy of three drugs rather than two to treat ovarian cancer. I have no regrets about it. Don’t sell chemo short.

By: JulieJ

JulieJ — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:06:37 +0000

Chemo is very effective. I know people who went for “alternative treatment” and now are in real danger of dying!

By: sharen paul

sharen paul — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:20:32 +0000

I have seen the negative effects of chemo, and I believe in many non-western treatments for disease. But, I agree – let’s get the facts DIRECTLY from doctors and researchers. NOT Suzanne Thighmaster Sommers. I remember a quote from her on some tv show “At this point, I am practically a doctor” she laughed. Great, so Suzanne, operate on your own relatives first – I want to see how it turns out.

And the ONLY reason she came out with her cancer story (which if you investigate – the facts and type of cancer she had is very vague…) was that one of the tabloids had photos of her leaving a plastic surgery center in Beverly Hills that specialized in liposuction – just weeks before she was to promote one of her diet and exercise books! CAUGHT!! She then went on Larry King’s show all teary-eyed and said that she had lipo because she felt all lumpy and had water weight after having radiology for breast cancer… (have you ever heard this before? And would a board certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon remove fat from someone that was a cancer patient and likely to lose weight?)

It was almost her best acting performance next to two seasons of “She’s the Sheriff”

By: MK750

MK750 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:39:36 +0000

JulieJ, That you are alive 8 years after Ovarian is a testimony to the efficacy of chemo in some cancers. You’ve survived one of the worst ones in terms of morbidity. G-d bless you. I think what is wrong here is the either/or approach. In non-cancerous situations certainly try alternatives. I had a similar experience to Ali-gater’s. I was told I had MS for almost 9 years. Well, “probable” MS. I even needed a wheelchair from time to time and could do nothing. Do you know that it was a simple dental problem and had the American dentists been willing to address the issues in affordable parts, I would not have suffered all that time? All I needed was to have some dead roots removed from a tooth that the crown broke off. We can’t explain the mechanics of it but I am symptom free. This is not a remission. This is the real deal. When I came to Israel, although the dentists prioritized some other work, they had no problem removing those roots and agreeing to work on a prosthetic later.
Ali, that is a horrible story about your step-father. I was all set to take the MS drugs myself then the nurse who came to train me to give the shot told me “you may have some trouble breathing after you’ve been taking it a while!” Uh, Hello! I have mild allergic asthma and sensitivities to almost ALL drugs. When I heard that I said forget it. You would not believe the hard-sell the drug company (which was funding my prescriptions) gave me. They kept calling me to let ‘just try it” and with every objection they lied and said that what was in their own literature wasn’t there about side effects. I had to threaten a restraining order to get them to stop calling.
DO NOT TAKE MONEY FROM DRUG COMPANIES, DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN “CLINICAL TRIALS” (THIS IS HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION) AND DO NOT BE INTIMIDATED.

WE have bene sold a bunch of lies by Big Pharma that we NEED meds. Listen to politicians. They always talk about “Seniors not having money, having to choose between food an their medication” I am a senior and I don’t take meds regularly.
I agree with Ali again. We’re all going to die and I would rather have a heart attack or stroke and go quickly “too soon”, because my cholesterol may be “too high” than live long enough to be uncomfortable, incoherent and grieving my family. I pray that neither will happen but that’s my preference if it comes down to that.

By: JulieJ

JulieJ — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:38:11 +0000

Farah did an alternative treatment in Germany. I suspect that had she done conventional treatment in America, she would still be alive. And I will say the same thing about Dominick Dunne. Sorry – I really do believe that chemo can perform miracles.

By: JulieJ

JulieJ — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:33:16 +0000

I had cancer and chemotherapy and it worked! I don’t like it when people knock chemo. Yes, there are side effects but they are manageable. I had ovarian cancer 8 years ago.

By: MK750

MK750 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:47:21 +0000

Debbie, that was a cheap shot about my memory. Play fair. Maybe eulogize was too strong a word but didn’t you say you loved her hair and her look when you were a teen?
No I’m not on any hormones, mine are quite adequate for my husband and me, thank you. As a doctor once said to me “what, you want to keep having periods?” Um, no. At 63 I prefer a few wrinkles. I coped with the other thing for over 40 years. That’s more than enough in one lifetime.

I do need to clarify something, however. Mom’s insights about prevention came when it was too late for her. She really regretted not taking better care of herself.

By: Ali-gater

Ali-gater — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:40:05 +0000

From my own experiences with a non-cancer medical issue…I went to the doctor for EIGHT YEARS trying to fix a feminine issue, they could do nothing for me. I went to acupuncture and was fixed in TWO MONTHS. This was about 4 years ago and I haven’t had a problem since. So I am not about to discount alternative medicine, but I don’t blindly believe in all of it either. Same with regular doctors. There is a middle ground, and room for the best of both, IMHO.

However, if I got cancer, I would not get chemo or even really try to fight it much because we all die, and I am not scared to die. I would not want my last months here on Earth to be miserable. Besides, I saw chemo kill my stepfather. He did not have cancer, he had MS and they gave him chemo as an experimental treatment (which they had no business doing since he was already weak and sick), and it weakened his immune system and he died. So I do not trust chemo, nor would I ever have it, but I respect other people’s choices WRT their medical treatments, as I hope they would respect mine.

As for Jenny McCarthy, I LOATHE that woman. She was a has-been nobody until she had her son, then she jumped on the autism awareness bandwagon to make herself relevant again. She uses her son to promote herself and get her name in the news, which I find absolutely despicable. I think the lowest circle of Hell is reserved for those like her, who exploit their children for their own gain. She makes me ill. Suzanne Somers? I have no opinion on her because I don’t really care to listen to anything she has to say.

By: ScottyDog

ScottyDog — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:59:39 +0000

You people that are defending Suzanne Somers make me laugh. There is a saying that a sucker is born everyday.

Do a little research on this whore that thinks she is a doctor. It was not long ago she was pushing sticking a hoover up your ass to cleanse the colon on the home shopping channel for a fee.

BTW-I think she renamed the procedure calling colonics sounds super high tech.

Before that she was hawking exercise equipment and after that her super duper make up and then there was the vitamins.

There is a word that describes her, snake oil salesman.