Would I be overstepping my boundaries to try to help?!

"proven alternative treatments such as the cesium chloride/DMSO protocal." There is NO proven studies on that...I don't know where you've gotten your info from, but only the gullible and completely uniformed would believe that. You know what people REALLY don't want to hear?? They don't want to hear about treatments that haven't been tried on them. They don't want people coming up and saying, "have they tried this....?" Do drs know about this...?" If it's available and the person is a candidate, then it's been tried. They don't want the fact that they've run out of options driven home to them over and over. Your best bet is to be there for support and mind your own business.

I didn't state you were offensive, nor am I angry at you or anyone else. I'm speaking from my own personal experience and others that I know and have known. It is a very difficult and trying time when going through cancer. I actually made the same mistake you are thinking of making recently... My daughter is nanny for a young couple. The father is in his mid 30s. He's dying from bone cancer mets to brain. The drs in more than one hospital have tried all they can. The pneumonia that would normally kill a cancer victim has been cured twice. His wife and 5 year old son have been told he could live 2 hours to 2 days. That was 3 weeks ago...I asked my daughter just what you're contemplating. She stated that she's been told by the wife that she's had that treatment info shoved down their throats and they're really tired of hearing it. They've put his fate in God's hands and trust in the drs to keep him comfortable and if the only reason the folks have come to see him is to question the drs' ability, please just stay home. Each time someone mentions if this has been tried or have they asked the drs about this treatment, blah, blah, blah, it just drives home over and over that this man has been dying and will die, no matter what has been tried. So like I said, just be there as a comfort and don't try to play dr. It won't be appreciated.

Thank you Denise..

My friend April is correct and she forgot to mention she had brain cancer.
Once alternative treatments have been proven to work they are no longer alternative. There doctors are aware of what is available to their patients, but there is no way to know if they have discussed clinical trials with them. Brain tumors are dangerous, cancer or not and they often recur.
It is clear you care about this woman and I’m sure in her heart she knows it. Only you know what your relationship with her is like and what your boundaries are.

I am a cancer registrar.

Sweetie, that you even ask this question, proves how much you care. But diplomacy is the better part of valour. I would ask if they have considered or applied for a clinical trial through your National Institute of Health. The are 8,000 trials available.
http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/sea…

Good luck.

http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/sea…

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