Just because your doctor tells you "You're going to die" 
doesn't mean you have to. 
Just because a doctor says "You're incurable"
doesn't necessarily make it so.  
And just because someone tells you
"there is nothing outside of conventional medicine that works against cancer"
doesn't mean there isn't! 


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"The first step to overcoming cancer
should never involve
having to survive
a doctor appointment!"
                             Pam Hoeppner

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"Doctor's orders!"

. . . is that where the whole thing started?

You realize, of course, there's a reason they weren't called "Doctor's suggestions." The stage was set from the beginning: Doctor's knew everything, we knew nothing. They were educated. We knew nothing. They were smart. Us? Not so much. Society not only wanted us of that mindset, doctors had their own special way of demanding we conform. You didn't question a doctor. If did you were put in your place. Some are still trying to operate that way today. But it wasn't all their fault--it was partly our own doing as passive patients. We found assurance in paying them to tell us what we didn't know. They were the experts. It took the away the need for us to be responsible for our own health, and decision making. "The doctor knows everything--and thank goodness he does. Otherwise I might have to make some effort and actually get involved."

Then came the dawning of "get a second opinion." And for getting one, you risked chastisement, reprimands and being ostracized. For decades a large percentage of the people were still reluctant to get a second opinion. And God forbid you question a doctor's protocol and be the recipient an "over the glasses" glare!

(And of course I'm not speaking of ALL doctors! There are many out there who treat the "whole person" and enthusiastically ENCOURAGE their patients to get involved with their health issues. But even now, they still seem to be more the exception than the rule. And you really do have to shop around, ask around, or go online to find the ones that aren't threatened by "class participation.")

Then in the late '60's and early '70's something started to happen. People started hearing about and talking about taking care of themselves. Books started becoming available in the 70's, like "Sugar Blues," by William Dufty, and "Let's Get Well" by Adelle Davis. And then there was also "World Without Cancer" by G. Edward Griffin, which was my own personal eye-opener to the realization that the last thing I would ever want to use against cancer was what consisted of the BIG THREE barbaric conventional treatments decades ago -- that to this day is STILL served up by the medical world as their only answer to cancer . . . "Try to kill the cancer before what we use against it kills the patient."

So, what was happening? People were no longer satisfied with the patient/doctor relationship of "You have a need? I have a drug." There had always been people who saw through that scenario, but what started out by becoming fashionable and even "trendy" at the time soon caught hold and took on a life all it's own. The American Public wanted to live in optimum health. A generation came along that took notice of what tole over-medication had taken on their grandparents and now their parents, and started opting for eating whole grains, instead of nutrient-stripped white bread, fresh vs. canned and frozen and "natural" vs. chemical laden, etc. etc. etc. And today things are in full swing. People are determined to not only get well, they intend to STAY well! And they are willing to spend whatever it takes in the way of natural foods, supplements and homeopathic remedies to side-step the chemical cocktail served up in most doctor's offices yet today.

And now with the "cancer dance" that is running rampantly "out-of-control," not only in our country, but around the world, we'd best think things through even more. We must become like our ancestors who were "gatherers." They needed to gather food and water for survival, we need to gather information. And just like them, we need to sift through it, sort it out, and decide what's palatable, safe and beneficial to us, and throw the rest out. And what scares me the most as I talk to people is that there are now doctors out there who are standing over people in pain, patients who desperately need understanding, optimum care and answers, and they're being told by doctors, "And if you are thinking about going home and surfing the Internet to research so-called "alternative treatments," don't even bother coming back here." Which is on the list of many reason as to why I chose to write a book, and decided to build this site. There's so much wrong with that picture that I can't even begin to tell you. Nobody needs to subject themselves to that type of treatment and if a doctor EVER gave me that ultimatum, he wouldn't need to worry about being "bothered" by me again. And my main reason for writing today is to give people a "head's up" and forewarn them that not all doctor's are "patient-user-friendly."

If I could go back, before I ever saw the oncologist I ended up FIRING--before I'd ever spend several hundred dollars to walk in his office, right when I made the appointment, I would have next paid his office a visit. I'd have walked in, approached the front desk and all in the same breath I would ask to speak to the doctor for one or maybe two minutes--OR someone who could speak for him, and answer a couple simple questions for me prior to my appointment. If he was with patients, I'd ask to wait to see him in-between. If none of the above was an option, I would then ask how open the doctor was to alternative treatments and working with patients in things they feel would be in their best interest throughout the process of their recovery. (At that point the assistant should breaking in saying, "Oh, Dr. Doctor encourages it!" THAT would be your first good sign you were in the right clinic.)

If I sensed I was ruffling feathers by even daring to ask a question like this, if I got the raised eye-brow look of "who do you think you are?"-- I'd probably then leave my number and ask for the doctor to call me. Then I'd wait to see if he did. And if and when he did I'd carefully take note of his tone and mannerism when we spoke. I'd listen closely to what he had to say when I asked him how he felt about incorporating alternative therapies if that was what I ended up deciding on. In other words, I'd do some "interviewing" of my own of him/her and their staff before I even got to the point of walking through the door with his name on it, and finding the doctor looming over me was someone I knew I could never work with, or would never want to put myself under the mantle of his particular brand of expertise.

Am I serious? You bet I am. If a doctor or doctor's office won't grant me the courtesy of providing me with that type of information and peace of mind, I'd be rethinking the appointment altogether. The battle I was facing was almost debilitating in and of itself. The frustration of dealing with an uncooperative, narrow-minded, know-it-all oncologist magnified the pain and stress-load of my diagnosis. And no doctor has a right to do that to a patient. Especially someone dealing with cancer.

More later, but I just felt the need to post this today. You're the patient. A doctor is in your employ. When you feel like the role is reversed, and you feel as though you have to answer to him, and your input is not valued, you just might be going to the wrong doctor.

To your good health!

Pam

 I Don't Care How Good it Looks
        She's NOT Doing Well
                 I Tell You! 


Then there was the woman on the Protocel Forum who told me she had been caring for her elderly grandmother who had been diagnosed with cancer and was using Protocel®.  The oncologist told the granddaughter she needed to think about calling Hospice in--her grandmother didn't have much time. 

The grandmother seemed to be doing well on Protocel® and, sure enough, the test results did not only show she was holding her own, but her grandmother even seemed to be improving.  Before she left the doctor's office that day, he inquired if she had called Hospice yet.  The granddaughter wanted to know why he thought it was so important that she call Hospice when her grandmother was not only in such good spirits, but was so strong for her age and now seemed to be doing so well according to the test results.  He said, "I've already told you.  You need to call Hospice, because your grandmother doesn't have much time." 

And the story didn't stop there.  This continued.  The grandmother kept getting better, was a picture of health and the doctor continued to warn the granddaughter that she'd better get things set up with Hospice.

I lost track of this story because that particular forum closed.  Some of this stuff would be quite hilarious if it weren't for how many people in that situation would have started going down hill because their doctor kept insisting they were, even though everything else said they weren't!  

                           
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                  See Dick Live
        See Doctor Eat Crow
              See Jane Smile

I was speaking with a woman the other day (well-known in Protocel® circles) that we'll call Jane. 

Jane has taken Protocel®  Formula 23 for years to control psoriasis.  If she stays on Protocel®  her skin is  clear.  If she stops - she breaks out.  (The effectiveness of Protocel® against psoriasis, and several other diseases there seems to be few answers for, has been known for decades.) 

Jane was sharing with me that her husband (who we'll call Dick) was diagnosed years ago with prostate cancer and was told he had only 2 years to live.   She said at the time he was diagnosed the doctor was fit to be tied that they chose to refuse conventional treatment to and go with using "Protocel®" instead.  So, she told me that she particularly enjoyed the page on my site called, "Can We Talk?" and what I had to say about doctors, " . . . because it is so true!" Adding--"But now that Dick has been prostate cancer-free for nine years, at least his doctor who was once so mean, rude and nasty is now actually calling it Protocel®  instead of 'witch's brew.'  So I guess some do eventually come around  even if it takes nine years.
    Whaddaya think, Pam?  Progress?"
                    
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