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scared 
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 Topic: Is Suzanne Somers a Fraud?Posted: Feb 22 2010 at 4:32am |
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I know she wrote a book about alternative treatments, but I have actually read an article that what she proposes will make cancer grow and increase. So, what gives?
Here is the link, the responses will be interesting. Dave
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Posted: Feb 22 2010 at 10:44am |
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I'm not a fan of Gerald Posner but that has nothing to do with my respect for his always thorough reporting of any subject he tackles. This is a devastating piece on Somers and since it's Posner and he links alot and has direct quotes, it's all the the more so.
Thanks Dave, information is the best kind of power.
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dx 7/08 TN 14x6.5x5.5 cm tumor
3 Lymph nodes involved, Taxol/Sunitab+AC, 5/09 dbl masectomy, path 2mm tumor removed, lymphs all clear, RAD 32 finished 9/11/09. 9/28 CT clear 10/18/10 CT clear |
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scared
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Posted: Feb 22 2010 at 11:15am |
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I posted a similar question on the Yahoo forum on cancer and here are some responses I got!
Enjoy! Number one: From an oncologist (retired) No, Dave. She cannot cause cancer. She can only increase the ignorance of the world. The woman is almost 64 years old. She has no real knowledge of medicine. I do suspect there are many uneducated people willing to believe her. That is a shame - but a fact of human nature. Ignorance seems to compound itself exponentially. The quote that cancer has always been a top killer / cause of death is wrong. 100 years ago, tuberculosis killed more people per 100,000 population than all types of cancer kill today. For thousands of years, infectious diseases have taken far more human lives than any other disease. We have more cancers now because we live longer. A benefit of antibiotics since WWII - but a cause of spiralling health care costs in 2010. Treating malignancies is ridiculously expensive - as you know better than anyone. Yet we bring many of them on ourselves by smoking cigarettes - the cause of at least 31% of all cancer deaths in the USA. Cigarettes are a much greater threat than Suzanne Somers. Source(s):MD medical oncologist Number two response (from a breast cancer survivor) and the question there was: "Can she cause cancer?" She can't cause cancer, no; but by her 'economy with the truth' she can increase the risk of people dying from cancer if they listen to her nonsense. She was treated with surgery and radiotherapy for a very early stage breast cancer. She now claims to have 'cured' her own breast cancer with alternative treatments, and makes a mint selling viamins and supplements which she claims will prevent and treat cancer. She makes a big noise about having refused chemo; but for a stage one, very small, er+ tumour treated with minimal surgery and 'belt and braces' radiotherapy, chemotherapy is very unlikely to have been recommended or offered. And all the vitamin pills and 'immune system boosting' stuff she's grown rich on didn't stop her from getting a serious case of disseminated coccidioidomycosis - her fantastic immune system allowed her to get a severe infection from a fungus that apparently almost killed her. And of course this queen of all things natural fills her face with botox and the like. She's making a fortune from exploiting people's fears and the desperation of vulnerable people; she had an early stage and therefore easily treated cancer, and used conventional methods to put it in remission and then lied about it; she's a charlatan and she's almost certainly putting lives in danger. But she can't actually cause cancer. Here is the third response: She is an advocate of hormone replacement therapy, actually advocating "bioidentical" hormones as safe and effective for women. Since HRT is generally not recommended for menopausal women, because it is linked to increased rates of breast cancer, I'm not sure you could characterize her advice as harmless. Here is a fourth response from a breast cancer survivor:NURSE Well Dave, I can understand where you're coming from but she cannot cause anyone to get cancer. She can however, make herself look like the ignorant person she is. Don't people realize that she herself used chemo for her cancer. Now she writes a book telling everyone to use holistic medicine or herbal medicine to "cure" their cancers. She's a farce. Because she is a celebrity, her book sells. Oh those poor suckers that buy into her bullsh--. She is not a medical person and never had any type of medical training. What gives her the right to preach a cure when she herself used conventional medicine but claimed her cure was because of herbs. Someday, someone will see that Suzanne is a joke. She is, in plain english, a liar, a fake and I have no respect for her. Don't buy into her lies. but she can't cause cancer. Good thing. A lot of people would die. Source(s):Breast cancer survivor. Edited by scared - Feb 22 2010 at 6:08pm |
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Posted: Feb 22 2010 at 11:28am |
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She's not a fraud, she's 'Chrissy'!!
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Posted: Feb 22 2010 at 2:57pm |
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my mother in law had a stage one er+ breast cancer in 1993--lumpectomy/axillary disection, tamoxifin was her treatment and she is still here today at the age of 84...she never followed suzanne's advice.
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Posted: Feb 22 2010 at 3:32pm |
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YIKES!
Somers is no stranger to boastful medical discoveries. Her last bestseller, 2006’s Ageless: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones, claimed to have discovered “the fountain of youth we've all been looking for,” through her daily regimen, which involves injecting human growth hormone and two vitamin B solutions, shooting an estrogen hormone into her vagina, rubbing estrogen cream into her arm and taking 60 supplements. (“She just might be a pioneer,” said Oprah, who hosted Somers on her show in January and then began Somers’ bioidentical hormone program.)
Disgusting
“It’s a hundred-year-old phenomenon,” says Dr. Parikh. “She’s selling hope in a jar, the idea that you can control all your destinies and stay healthy and young. Snake-oil salesmen did it all the time, but this time we have a celebrity hawking it. And there is a risk that it could be potentially dangerous. In the modern media, people like Somers thrive.” The difference now: with Knockout, many of Somers’ readers will die sooner if they make the wrong treatment choices. |
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IDC, 2.2 cm, Stage IIb,lumpectomy 1/30/09 ACx4,Tx4 36 rads
6/1/16 Local recurrence same breast, same spot 1.8cm Carb.4x every 3 wks, Taxol 12x once wk. Dbl Mast. PCR!! Reconstruction fail, NED! |
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Posted: Feb 22 2010 at 3:34pm |
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Hi Denise,
She is also known as "ditzy Chrissy". I am so thankful that I am not a celebrity. Man they seem to be willing to do anything to hang onto their celebrity status. It is so pathetic that we have our wonderful celebrity actors, athletes, musicians etc. as role models for children and society today. It is frightening..... Love, Lillie |
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Stage IIb,Gr3,2cm,BRCA- 6/06 L/Mast/w/SNB,1of3 Nodes+ 6/06 Axl. 9 nodes- 8/8 thru 11/15 Chemo (Clin-Trial) DD A/Cx4 -- DD taxol+gemzar x4 No Rads. No RECON - 11/2018-12 yrs NED |
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Posted: Feb 22 2010 at 6:57pm |
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Dave
I prefer to get my medical advise from my oncologist and breast surgeon, not Suzanne Somers. I feel sad for those that forgo conventional treatment in hopes of being cured by false promises. |
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DX IDC TNBC 6/09 age 49, Stage 1,Grade 3, 1.5cm,0/5Nodes,KI-67 48%,BRCA-,6/09bi-mx, recon, T/C X4(9/09)
11/10 Recur IM node, Gem,Carb,Iniparib 12/10,MRI NED 2/11,IMRT Radsx40,CT NED11/13,MRI NED3/15 |
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Posted: Feb 22 2010 at 7:55pm |
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Kelly, don't forget all the plastic surgery. Have you seen that woman's face lately? She looks like she's standing in a wind tunnel.
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Posted: Feb 22 2010 at 9:02pm |
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i thought it was because she used her thigh master/cheek master.
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Posted: Feb 23 2010 at 12:28pm |
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I cannot imagine the bad Karma she's racked up preying on vulnerable women, the harm she's caused. Shameful. |
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IDC, 2.2 cm, Stage IIb,lumpectomy 1/30/09 ACx4,Tx4 36 rads
6/1/16 Local recurrence same breast, same spot 1.8cm Carb.4x every 3 wks, Taxol 12x once wk. Dbl Mast. PCR!! Reconstruction fail, NED! |
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Posted: Feb 23 2010 at 6:02pm |
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Doesn't karma only matter in the "next life?" Somers' regimen makes her younger and younger, so I guess she doesn't ever have to worry about that! Only mere mortals like us need to worry about karma!
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DX: IDC/TNBC 11/08 5-cm Stage IIb Grade 3. Age 39. Double Mast 12/08 (prophy right) with tissue expanders . ACx4-Tx3. Suspicious IM node. 25 Rads. BRCA NEG.
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Posted: Feb 23 2010 at 6:25pm |
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I saw her on Larry King recently and I told my husband it would be a lot easier to take her seriously if her dress wasn't hiked up to behind. She's a fraud of the worst kind. She's taking advantage of desperate people and probably killing some in the process.
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Posted: Mar 08 2012 at 4:57pm |
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I was outraged after reading reviews on "Knockout" at amazon.com. I ran a search to find out if this was being discussed.
The only expertise Suzanne Somers can claim is her ability to sell just about anything. We're talking unquenchable greed that has consumed this woman. She's become wealthy by pawning everything from Thigh Masters to anything she can market with her celebrity. Crossing the line over to a subject as serious as cancer is preying on ignorance and innocent people who are gullible to her half-truths and brazen lies. It's truly sad. For me, infuriating. Edited by mindy555 - Mar 08 2012 at 5:07pm |
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Posted: Mar 08 2012 at 8:10pm |
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I totally agree, Mindy!! I used to like her when she was just an "actress." But when she turned to a "fitness zealot/pimp", my opinions changed.
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DX 7/5/11, TN Invas; Lump w/clear marg., 7/21/11; Stage 2A. Grade 3, 2.6 c; 0/6 nodes; TX 8/22/11 4DD E/C; 4Taxotere; Chemo ended 1/3/12; 33 Radiation Treatments, ended 3/15/12.
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Posted: Mar 08 2012 at 8:47pm |
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I bought her book with the lavender cover and read it. I learned a lot about inflamation and CRP testing and hormone panels that she suggested. If I had followed up with these tests I wonder what would have happened to? I got the RA but, inflamation testing is good for revealing future heart and cancer problems. Too bad I had no insurance at the time.
she is a bit of a sellout too. but look at her. still going and no chemo.!!!
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Posted: Mar 09 2012 at 3:21am |
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Karen,
Suzanne Somers had a very small ER+ tumor that could be treated with a lumpectomy and a hormone therapy med. Her case didn't require chemo. |
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Stage I IDC,TN,Grade 3 Grew to Stage IIa- No ev of node involve- BRCA1+ chondroid metaplasia Daughter also BRCA1+ Mass grew on Taxol FEC 6x better BMX 3/19/12 pCR NED BSO 6/2012 |
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Posted: Mar 09 2012 at 8:42am |
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In respect to the cancer that Suzanne Summers had and TRIPLE NEGATIVE Breast Cancer, She is a Fraud. I know several women who were able to have some surgery, reconstruction for some, radiation for some, but NO CHEMO..... They don't fall into the category of TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER. I can tell you that they and Suzanne Summers 'Don't Get It'.... God Bless, Lillie |
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Stage IIb,Gr3,2cm,BRCA- 6/06 L/Mast/w/SNB,1of3 Nodes+ 6/06 Axl. 9 nodes- 8/8 thru 11/15 Chemo (Clin-Trial) DD A/Cx4 -- DD taxol+gemzar x4 No Rads. No RECON - 11/2018-12 yrs NED |
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Posted: Mar 09 2012 at 11:07am |
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I have posted on her Facebook page , to correct misinformation. Too many of her fans are under the impression she did nothing for her breast cancer or that she just had surgery. She had surgery and radiation and her tumor was 2.2 close to her chest wall. She then changed her eating habits. Her way of dealing with her cancer seems to have worked for her but that doesn't mean it would work for someone else. I get irritated reading what people write about chemo and doctors and big pharma, that these treatments are all about lining the pockets of the medical community or drug companies and that Suzanne is so brave to go against conventional treatment, blah, blah. She never disabuses her fans of their mis informed opinions.
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Posted: Mar 09 2012 at 5:27pm |
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My same sentiments about Ms. Sumors. She never stops- in the name of $$$.
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