Hi everyone, I too am newly diagnosed
This discussion was created from comments split from: Confussed and scared.
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"Thank you for thinking of me but I am happy to be guided by my medical team" is the polite version.
"If Vitamin C cured cancer don't you think I'd be getting it free from Medicare?" is the somewhat more plain speaking way to go.
Ffs, if she gets cancer I highly doubt she'll be turning her back on modern medicine to live on oranges, limes and kiwi fruit...
Two weeks after my diagnosis I was told to go vegan as it had cured a friend of a friend who'd had six weeks to live but was still alive three years later. I very politely but firmly said "My doctor has told me not to listen to stories like that" and literally walked away.
As for her accompanying you to radiotherapy, just tell her you wish to be private about it but would be happy to meet her for coffee/lunch afterwards one day... if you are!
"If Vitamin C cured cancer don't you think I'd be getting it free from Medicare?" is the somewhat more plain speaking way to go.
Ffs, if she gets cancer I highly doubt she'll be turning her back on modern medicine to live on oranges, limes and kiwi fruit...
Two weeks after my diagnosis I was told to go vegan as it had cured a friend of a friend who'd had six weeks to live but was still alive three years later. I very politely but firmly said "My doctor has told me not to listen to stories like that" and literally walked away.
As for her accompanying you to radiotherapy, just tell her you wish to be private about it but would be happy to meet her for coffee/lunch afterwards one day... if you are!