[TigersEye]

My father was a doctor. He died from lung cancer in '86. Before that his cousin, who was his friend since childhood, died of cancer. Seeing what happened to his cousin, and as a doctor, he said he would never go through chemo-therapy and he didn't. He had surgery and radiation therapy and that was grueling enough.

He almost made it five years to the point where it would be unlikely to reoccur. It did though and he went through more radiation. Chemo-therapy would not have made a difference to the final outcome but it would have caused him tremendous suffering.

Under 0bamaCare will even adults have a choice about what they can and can't do?

[Vendome]

The situation here is that Rifqa is under age.

That point becomes moot next Tuesday as she will be 18 and can make her own decisions.

No Shaman can force her to do anything to bolster his standing among his flock and no government can force her into medical care.

Tough situation.

Sorry for your father. I have several friends who have died from cancer and many who are living with it.

There are no good choices for therapies and everyone of them found the cure worse than the pain.