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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is typically a beatable cancer. (I’m a colon cancer survivor).
Get your colonoscopy. Follow your med team’s recommendations of gold standard treatment. [/quote]
He chose to treat the cancer “holistically” and tried “a bunch of different things”. 
It’s 100% his choice and decision. But others should not take a stage 3 colorectal cancer diagnosis as a death sentence. Statistically it’s a beatable cancer dx. 
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Wait what? He didn't treat it and he could have lived is that what you're saying? [/quote]

NP- This person is lying. He did go through regular treatment.[/quote]

Please show me the source for this because all I could find was that he would not disclose what treatment he was getting but that he said a vague "we have tried lots of things".  And I am not judging that decision to keep things as private as he could, but it absolutely changes the discussion about why his family might need multiple millions through a go fund me to help with his unpaid medical bills, his kids education, and to keep their home. [/quote]

He said  "If you've heard about it, I've probably touched on it," so it would be bizarre to assume he skipped the most common treatments.

In any case the discussion people want to have is really not about need but about whether they feel his widow and kids deserve the money: he didn't do the right treatments so they don't deserve money, they're too rich so don't deserve money, they didn't plan well enough so they don't deserve money...It's a terrible discussion because whether they get money or not hurts absolutely no one (you certainly don't have to donate!) and getting money will help these innocent kids who lost their dad.[/quote]

You know what?  I clicked on his GoFundMe and then clicked to show other medical GoFundMes and saw children who were intubated, or bald from chemo, whose go fund mes were under 10k dollars raised. If you only want to help healthy children who have lost their parents, there are hundreds and hundreds of those on their too, all with less than 10k raised.  If people want to help children who really, truly need help- start there.  Is my unsolicited advice. [/quote]

How much did YOU donate to them? Lead by example, otherwise go away.[/quote]

I donated nothing to anybody, I only donate to Go Fund Mes of people who I know. My advice was to people who are interested in donating to Go Fund Mes of strangers, such as the people who have donated millions towards a very successful actor's estate.  If someone doesn't have a problem with giving money to strangers through an online platform with their credit card, I'm just suggesting other avenues where they can help people who have MANY fewer resources.  If they care.  [/quote]

Just cheap words then. Nobody asked for your advice, they know how to spend their money. [/quote]

They sure do- they are spending it to give money to a household name famous actor's widow, to the tune of millions of dollars.  And that's their choice.  And it's not that I don't think his children deserve support and love.  It just makes me sick that people will think these specific children need their 20 dollars, and they will bypass other children on the exact same platform- one click away!!- who are homeless and hospitalized with terminal illness.  That's the state of our country.

And I donate plenty of money to people in need- both through local charities and organizations, and to individuals, directly, who are in my community.  I just do not like Go Fund Me, especially when people unfortunately can scam the system.  But if people like it and use it? Fine!  Great!  Maybe think to yourself if there are children who are SLIGHTLY more in need of that 20 dollars than these children.  I don't even think James himself would disagree with me on that point. [/quote]

Make sure you provide a dossier on all of these other children’s parents, including income, net worth, and general life choices. Otherwise you’re being disingenuous.[/quote]

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