Anyone else having trouble with Amanda Lewis and her positions on treating breast cancer?

[Anonymous]

That is really sad. It is terrible that bad decisions can lead to death.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s brave of her to share her story and help others avoid making the same mistakes. She made a colossally bad decision. I’m sympathetic. It’s easy to say she’s just stupid. But many people are distrustful of our medical system for valid reasons, and then they can become highly susceptible to people peddling “alternatives” and it’s really sad. I really try not to judge. I have experienced bad doctors and unnecessary treatments enough times that I can understand why some people lose trust entirely. Unfortunately, flawed system or not, you cannot mess around with cancer. She is paying a very high price.

Well said. She is brave for telling her story and admitting her mistake, so others can learn. I wish she wasn’t attacked this way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That is really sad. It is terrible that bad decisions can lead to death.

Why is that sad? The only part that seems sad is that she was able to have a kid before the cancer kills her.

[Anonymous]

Love Ananda and this is terrible news. I hope she changes her mind, can conventional treatment help with Stage 4 BC? Hopefully at the very least it would prolong her life some more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is really sad. It is terrible that bad decisions can lead to death.

Why is that sad? The only part that seems sad is that she was able to have a kid before the cancer kills her.

Because she is a human being. Geez. She made bad decisions. I wish that didn’t mean death for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love Ananda and this is terrible news. I hope she changes her mind, can conventional treatment help with Stage 4 BC? Hopefully at the very least it would prolong her life some more.

Stage 4 is terminal. What frustrates me is that she sort of now admits she made a mistake but then reverts to doubling down on the social media PR nonsense and claims she’s now ‘thriving’. She is not thriving, she is dying, and as someone who people watch and listen to, it is frustrating that she continues to promote misinformation about a deadly disease.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:… she refused a mastectomy. After years of refusing mammograms.


‘My plan at first was to get out excessive toxins in my body. I felt like my body is intelligent, I know that to be true. Our bodies are brilliantly made,” she said. “I decided to keep my tumor and try to work it out of my body a different way.”’

She progressed to stage 4 cancer - incurable- but now insists she’s ‘thriving’

This sort of nonsense infuriates me.

Woo takes a lot of people in. It's really sad.

When I had pre-eclampsia and had to be hospitalized for a week before I could deliver my baby I had some woman on my birth board telling me if I just ate the Brewer's Diet all would be well. She was having a "home birth" in a hotel room somewhere.

Ugh.
Yeah, despite having a family history of breast cancer, she refused mammograms for years, and even now is still implying they are not safe. WHAT. THE. F@CK.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:… she refused a mastectomy. After years of refusing mammograms.


‘My plan at first was to get out excessive toxins in my body. I felt like my body is intelligent, I know that to be true. Our bodies are brilliantly made,” she said. “I decided to keep my tumor and try to work it out of my body a different way.”’

She progressed to stage 4 cancer - incurable- but now insists she’s ‘thriving’

This sort of nonsense infuriates me.

You don't need to take what she did or said personal actually.

[Anonymous]

Uh you miss the point. She is a celebrity and people listen to celebrities unfortunately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love Ananda and this is terrible news. I hope she changes her mind, can conventional treatment help with Stage 4 BC? Hopefully at the very least it would prolong her life some more.

Stage 4 is terminal. What frustrates me is that she sort of now admits she made a mistake but then reverts to doubling down on the social media PR nonsense and claims she’s now ‘thriving’. She is not thriving, she is dying, and as someone who people watch and listen to, it is frustrating that she continues to promote misinformation about a deadly disease.

It sounds like she’s doing some conventional treatments now so perhaps she’s not “dying.” Stage 4 does not always mean imminent death, even if terminally ill.

[Anonymous]

At least get her name right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:… she refused a mastectomy. After years of refusing mammograms.


‘My plan at first was to get out excessive toxins in my body. I felt like my body is intelligent, I know that to be true. Our bodies are brilliantly made,” she said. “I decided to keep my tumor and try to work it out of my body a different way.”’

She progressed to stage 4 cancer - incurable- but now insists she’s ‘thriving’

This sort of nonsense infuriates me.

Woo takes a lot of people in. It's really sad.

When I had pre-eclampsia and had to be hospitalized for a week before I could deliver my baby I had some woman on my birth board telling me if I just ate the Brewer's Diet all would be well. She was having a "home birth" in a hotel room somewhere.

Ugh.
Yeah, despite having a family history of breast cancer, she refused mammograms for years, and even now is still implying they are not safe. WHAT. THE. F@CK.

I only glanced at this news, but think I saw that her stance grew out of seeing her mother suffer from BC in spite of mammograms, etc. Implied that she followed the woo because conventional medicine didn’t help her mom.

It’s sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love Ananda and this is terrible news. I hope she changes her mind, can conventional treatment help with Stage 4 BC? Hopefully at the very least it would prolong her life some more.

Stage 4 is terminal. What frustrates me is that she sort of now admits she made a mistake but then reverts to doubling down on the social media PR nonsense and claims she’s now ‘thriving’. She is not thriving, she is dying, and as someone who people watch and listen to, it is frustrating that she continues to promote misinformation about a deadly disease.

It sounds like she’s doing some conventional treatments now so perhaps she’s not “dying.” Stage 4 does not always mean imminent death, even if terminally ill.

Stage 4 is terminal. No one said imminently but there is no cure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love Ananda and this is terrible news. I hope she changes her mind, can conventional treatment help with Stage 4 BC? Hopefully at the very least it would prolong her life some more.

Stage 4 is terminal. What frustrates me is that she sort of now admits she made a mistake but then reverts to doubling down on the social media PR nonsense and claims she’s now ‘thriving’. She is not thriving, she is dying, and as someone who people watch and listen to, it is frustrating that she continues to promote misinformation about a deadly disease.

It sounds like she’s doing some conventional treatments now so perhaps she’s not “dying.” Stage 4 does not always mean imminent death, even if terminally ill.

Stage 4 is terminal. No one said imminently but there is no cure.

Everyone is terminal. It's always just a matter of time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:… she refused a mastectomy. After years of refusing mammograms.


‘My plan at first was to get out excessive toxins in my body. I felt like my body is intelligent, I know that to be true. Our bodies are brilliantly made,” she said. “I decided to keep my tumor and try to work it out of my body a different way.”’

She progressed to stage 4 cancer - incurable- but now insists she’s ‘thriving’

This sort of nonsense infuriates me.

Woo takes a lot of people in. It's really sad.

When I had pre-eclampsia and had to be hospitalized for a week before I could deliver my baby I had some woman on my birth board telling me if I just ate the Brewer's Diet all would be well. She was having a "home birth" in a hotel room somewhere.

Ugh.
Yeah, despite having a family history of breast cancer, she refused mammograms for years, and even now is still implying they are not safe. WHAT. THE. F@CK.

She is not. From the NYT article:
“ In a lengthy video, she implored women to get regular mammograms and not to make the same mistake she had by refusing mammograms out of fear of radiation exposure. She said that the amount of radiation she had been exposed to since discovering the tumor and seeking treatment was vastly more than what she would have experienced with regular mammograms.”