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what are the options for cancer patients until Sg?

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Discuss. Umm, may I request no 'u die your biz'. This we reserve for other threads.

Mainly like to discuss on treatment methods, costs and support.

Thanks for any valuable ideas and thoughts.
 
Sorry thread title shud be in sg and not until sg. Paiseh paiseh.
 
There are few option.
1. Rich>>> have many choice treatment in private hospital/oversea
2. Middle class>> morgage house/property
3. Poor>> no money >>> better stay in jail by commit theft and prison will bear for medical cost


Or short cut >>> suicide.
 
Bro these is what I found on net.....Hope you are not a victim......

Treatment
Cancer is treated with surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy or biological therapy. Patients are often treated by a team of specialists, which may include, among others, a medical oncologist (doctor trained in cancer treatment), surgeon, radiation oncologist (doctor trained in radiotherapy). The doctors may decide to use one or a combination of methods to treat the cancer. The choice of treatment depends on the type, location, stage of cancer, the patient's age and general health, and other factors.

Some patients take part in a clinical trial (research study) using new treatment methods designed to improve cancer treatment.

Surgery
Surgery is the local treatment to remove the tumour. Tissue around the tumour and nearby lymph nodes may also be removed during the operation. There may be pain after surgery for the first few days but this can be controlled by medication. It is also common for patients to feel tired or weak for a while. The length of time it takes to recover varies from patient to patient.

Radiation Therapy

In radiotherapy, high-energy rays are used to kill cancer cells and stop them from growing and dividing. Like surgery, radiotherapy is a local treatment; it can affect cancer cells only in the treated area. Radiotherapy is usually given on an outpatient basis, 5 days a week, for several weeks. Patients are not radioactive during or after treatment.

The most common side effects are tiredness, skin reactions such as rash or redness, and loss of appetite. Radiation therapy may also cause a temporary lowering of the white blood cell count, cells that help protect the body against infection. The side effects are usually temporary, developing gradually over the weeks of the treatment, and improving gradually after treatment is completed.

Chemotherapy
Treatment with medicines to kill cancer cells is called chemotherapy. Most of these medications are injected into a vein or a muscle. The medicines flow through the bloodstream to nearly every part of the body, damaging cells that are rapidly dividing and growing. Normal cells that are rapidly dividing and growing, such as white blood cells, will also be affected by chemotherapy. Because cancer cells are often more immature and fragile than normal cells, chemotherapy affects cancer cells more than they do normal healthy cells.

Chemotherapy is generally given in cycles: a treatment period is normally followed by a rest period, then another treatment period, and so on. Most chemotherapy can be given on an outpatient basis.

The specific medicine or combination recommended, as well as the frequency of the treatment, depend on a number of things - the kind of cancer, its location, height and weight, how quickly the healthy normal cells recover from the treatment. Anticancer medication affects all cells that grow rapidly: cancer cells, white and red blood cells, hair and cells which line the digestive tract such as the mouth and intestines. As a result, patients may experience side effects, such as nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, mouth sores or tiredness. Medication will usually be prescribed to minimise these side effects. These side effects go away after treatment stops.

Hormone therapy
Some types of cancer, for example, breast cancer and prostate cancer, depend on hormones to grow. For this reason, doctors may recommend therapy that prevents cancer cells from getting or using the hormones they need. Sometimes, the patient has surgery to remove the organs (like the ovaries or testes) that make the hormones. Or drugs are used to stop hormone production or change the way the hormones work.

Hormone therapy may cause nausea, swelling of the limbs or weight gain through water retention. In women, there may be irregular periods and vaginal dryness. In men, there may be impotence or loss of sexual desire.

Biological Therapy
Biological therapy, also called immunotherapy, uses the body's own immune system to fight infection and disease or protect the body from some of the side effects of other forms of treatment. Monoclonal antibodies, interferon, interleukin-2, and colony-stimulating factors such as GM-CSF and G-CSF, are forms of biological therapy.

These treatments often cause temporary flu-like symptoms such as fever and chills, muscle aches and weakness, loss of appetite and diarrhoea.
 
What are the surviving rate for a 65 years old woman with leukemia ?
 
if i would to get cancer, i take out all my saving and spend it on holiday and stuffs.
i am not giving a cent to the stupid doctors for miracle cure even when chances are bad.
it is time to go. it is time to go.

Discuss. Umm, may I request no 'u die your biz'. This we reserve for other threads.

Mainly like to discuss on treatment methods, costs and support.

Thanks for any valuable ideas and thoughts.
 
Can consume soursop, if you can find. Or drive to Johor to buy. To get the leaves, gotta go to soursop plantation.

Sabah snake grass can be purchased from some places in Peesai. Tapioca is sold in some wet wet markets. Apricot seeds, don't know where to get. Ganja, go to Thailand.

The above are some naturopathic suggestions.

Good luck.

Cheers!
 
All options are nothing but to enrich the so called specialist and medical companies. Once u get cancer and got treatment and it goes into remission got high chance it comes back,,,but got extremes lah,,if u rich and can get the best treatment,,u can live like pinky,,,but pinky disappears very often,,,no sight and no sound,,,so guess where is Pinky,,

on the other extreme,,u got Ong Teng Cheong,,went for treatment,,live abit longer than went very fast...

to me its easy,,,death is part of life,,no point prolonging agony...or drink more soursop juice,,might help...For me, i wont go for all these treatments,,no point having life but ending up poor,,,might as well go with a bang....than die slowly and painfully...
 
Discuss. Umm, may I request no 'u die your biz'. This we reserve for other threads.

Mainly like to discuss on treatment methods, costs and support.

Thanks for any valuable ideas and thoughts.

Depending on the types of cancer.
For lung cancer, stage 4, can only go for targeted drug treatment.
Surgery not an option, as both lungs affected. Can prolong only. Live one day at a time.
Tarceva, very expensive. S$100/tablet.
Must take everyday.
 
Sabah snake trá í effective. Must definitely change diet. Look into quality of life. Else you just exist and not living your life. Everyone goes one way or another. Live your live while you can.
 
Guys, not me Lah. Knn, machiam I kena cancer like that. Just trying to find out more Lah. And If possible, like to contribute a little on cancer awareness in sg. Something like website. Cheers!
 
Can consume soursop, if you can find. Or drive to Johor to buy. To get the leaves, gotta go to soursop plantation.

Sabah snake grass can be purchased from some places in Peesai. Tapioca is sold in some wet wet markets. Apricot seeds, don't know where to get. Ganja, go to Thailand.

The above are some naturopathic suggestions.

Good luck.

Cheers!

Bro I already do research on snake grass it's just a myth . http://upekah.blogspot.sg/2011/09/sabah-snake-grass-update.html?m=1
 
A good thread to raise more awareness about cancer.. My former senior colleague is now undergoing chemo treatment after he kena breast cancer.. And this former mentor of mine is a male..

2 old uncles in my block had lung cancer.. One died in 2011 while another died few weeks ago.. No opportunity for me to attend his wake as I outstation now..

I'm now smoking at least 2 packs a day.. At this rate I think I would kena lung cancer one day..
 
A good thread to raise more awareness about cancer.. My former senior colleague is now undergoing chemo treatment after he kena breast cancer.. And this former mentor of mine is a male..

2 old uncles in my block had lung cancer.. One died in 2011 while another died few weeks ago.. No opportunity for me to attend his wake as I outstation now..

I'm now smoking at least 2 packs a day.. At this rate I think I would kena lung cancer one day..

Do you smoke, while at home?.
Hopefully not, with the wife and kids around.

Have you tried quitting?
 
Discuss. Umm, may I request no 'u die your biz'. This we reserve for other threads.

Mainly like to discuss on treatment methods, costs and support.

Thanks for any valuable ideas and thoughts.

lianbeng asked: u prefer western medicine or traditional chinese medicine treatment? :D different approach leh!
 
Thanks for your feedback. I learnt of SSG from some cancer survivors at Kampong Senang (it's a Buddhist centre where they propagate healthy living via vegetarian diet). I myself am no medical guru but learn from people who went through or are going through it. I have to add that cancer remains relatively unknown to medical science as no treatment seems to work across the board. Even the cause of cancer has been attributed to so many things. I kind of sense it may be a wide spectrum of stuff that has been called cancer and hence no single treatment has been found effective. I've even been told by TCM practitioner that treatments exist in China that have high success rate, but have come across Singaporeans who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars travel to China only to die soon after. At a certain point of desperation, sufferers will believe anything anyone says. For them, prayers help. At the same time, I personally know a survivor who had no medical treatment (chemo, hormonal, or TCM) and survived (more than ten years since he was found to have kidney cancer), he got through only via strict diet control, and meditation. Until such time we understand cancer more, we may be able to approach it better. For now, it is hit or miss.

Cheers!

Bro I already do research on snake grass it's just a myth . http://upekah.blogspot.sg/2011/09/sabah-snake-grass-update.html?m=1
 
Healthy living is important. Whatever treatment is too late when it strike. No need be a vegetarian, take fruits juice n exercise regularly
 
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