Approximately two years after my book “Cottage Cheese and Cancer; and Other Things Your Doctor Does Not Tell You” was published, a friend of mine, a lady perhaps in her sixties who was active but on oxygen, told me there was a spot on her lung that had been diagnosed as cancer.
Those of you who have read my book know that doctors often give Rituxan as part of the chemo treatment. The doctors generally supply the patient with a pamphlet which explains the dangers of Rituxan. The pamphlet I received explained that many people had a reaction to Rituxan, some even to death. The doctors know this, because the pharmaceutical sales people tell them. Apparently the pharmaceutical sales people do not tell the doctors that the only people who have ever died from Rituxan are elderly women who have a respiratory illness at the time of treatment. I write this because my pamphlet did not go into that detail; I discovered that bit of information due to my contacts and individual research.
When my friend told me of her cancer diagnoses I explained all of the above information. However, she had not even read the information the doctor had given her. I do not know if she even read the information. However, she did have the first chemo treatment the following Monday. She died the following Thursday.
It has been said that no one is going to consider managing your money as important as yourself. I feel you must consider managing your health with even more importance.
