This is no different than covid, and people are going to die because they want to get their health advice from Facebook…sad
rickbb80 on
God gave me this tumor and I’m keeping it. /s
Photographer10101 on
EDIT: I looked her up and yeah, definite face palm/Darwin Award worthy.
“After her initial diagnosis, doctors recommended a double mastectomy. But, Lewis opted for a different route, relying on homeopathic remedies alongside medication, radiation, and lifestyle changes, such as improving her sleep and diet.”
>> “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,” Lewis explained.
>>“I decided to keep my tumor and try to work it out of my body a different way,” she shared. “Looking back on that, I go, ‘You know what? Maybe I should have.’ “
whyaremypantssoshort on
If people choose to die because of their own ignorance then who am I to judge.. Just kidding… what a fucking dunce…
In the video, Lewis explained that even though she has a family history of breast cancer, she refused regular mammograms, thinking the exposure to radiation was more dangerous – thinking, she admitted, she now regrets.
“I would have probably had 3 or 4 mammograms by the time they caught [the breast cancer]. Instead, I have had to have two PET scans so far. Guess how many mammograms worth of radiation a PET scan is worth? 30! So 60 mammograms. You do the math!” she said. “If I had done the mammograms from the time they were recommended, when I turned 40, they would have caught the tumor in my breast years before I caught it through my own breast exam, and they would have caught it at a place where the treatment of it would have been a little easier.”
Rakoru_Hiryuu on
Sounds about right for a MTV VJ lmfao
Knightseason on
What a fucking moron.
Orcacub on
Surgical removal -or at least de-bulking- is a great first step and a way to make other treatments, like chemo and rad., more likely to be effective. Opportunity missed so sad.
newcomer_l on
After she decided to keep her what now…?
Estoye on
No. No. No. You were supposed to keep your HUMOR
xtremepattycake on
Oh….is that how that works?
SavaRox on
I had a former coworker who got diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. She originally started with chemo but then didn’t like that the chemo was making her sick and would not get surgery done. She decided to go to the homeopathic route.
Yeah, she died last year.
RedLionFromVoltron on
So many Edgelords in here. She is going out saying she fucked up and encouraging early testing and listening to doctors.
So many people double down on their mistakes and she is owning it in the most embarrassing of circumstances, she should be given some credit for that. Her mistake is going to cost her life and instead of sitting at home she is actually trying to make a difference.
Winter_Departure3169 on
Just like Steve Jobs who had a tumor that was removable and had high chances of surviving it but since he apparently knew better than doctors decided to threat it naturaly. 9 months later when he finally listened to his wife it had spread already
WildRide1041 on
There’s a whole George Carlin bit about the sanctity of life and I break for advanced melanoma.
Save the tumors . . .😐😭💩
YetAnotherFaceless on
And she blamed this on nü metal, too.
Careless_Ad_2402 on
She sounds regretful for her choices – shame that her bad decisions are going to be most-likely fatal.
Briar-The-Bard on
This is what happens when people believe their own beliefs are as valid as science.
whoeve on
My mom went this route. She died of bone cancer.
ztigerx2 on
WTF
thehermit14 on
Whilst arguably poor decisions were made in ignoring the best advice of specialists and doctors, I, for one, hope she has a more positive outcome in this late stage.
I only wish anyone fighting cancer the best.
My mum beat leukaemia, only for her to fall foul of a severely compromised immune system. She died a few days after beating cancer from pneumonia.
Emd365 on
Let’s all sit around and call the dying cancer patient names now. Gross.
Full_Savage on
These comments are disgusting. Reddit is fucking cooked.
beauh44x on
Glad to be kept abreast of the situation
MikeDarsh on
Refused to get mammograms for years due to concerns about radiation (though I’m sure she probably took plenty of flights during that time). Later finds out she has cancer, and continues to ignore doctors on the best course of treatment.
Darwin Awards are so back!
Careful-Swimmer-2658 on
She’s a great example of modern western society where everybody’s opinion is considered valid no matter how stupid. The universe doesn’t give a fuck about your “feelings”.
This is exactly the mindset of a woman who ran a successful restaurant I worked for as a kid in the 80s in Cincinnati. She had cervical cancer. Doctors said a hysterectomy would cure her. Instead she decided to place crystals over her body in an attempt to treat her cancer. We saw her wither away to 90 lbs in an agonizing death. Wtf are the sane people warning these women?? Holistic treatments a are a fucking joke and a scam. If you want natural solutions, work with traditional medicine to work in concert with cancer ffs.
SalamanderPale1473 on
We sure she ain’t got corals growing off her frontal lobe? ‘Cause that’s a dumb move if I ever read one
Dev_Sniper on
Honestly? I think insurances should be like: if you get diagnosed with a serious illness you‘ve got 6 months to start the treatment. After 6 months you‘ll need to pay +X% of the treatment costs for every month you wait until starting treatment. With additional increases if the disease has progressed and is more difficult to treat.
Most diseases can be treated significantly easier and cheaper the earlier they‘re treated. Especially with cancer. Getting rid of early cancer is so much easier than getting rid of late stage cancer. It also requires way fewer medical professionals and those are always rare. So if people know about a serious disease and don‘t act on it they should have to pay for the wasted time and resources that wouldn‘t have been necessary if they had opted for treatment earlier. (Btw I‘ll limit this to countries where people can afford to start treatment immediately / soon after getting diagnosed. Obviously if they can‘t pay for the treatment punishing them by having them pay more would be stupid. This also doesn‘t apply to not getting treated sooner due to lack of resources. So really it just depends on the patient saying „hey, I want to get treated, tell me what I need to do, where I need to go and when I need to be there“)
fresh_water_sushi on
But did she try crystals? Maybe that would have fixed it /s
Chance_Airline_4861 on
All the thoughts and prayers on her socials will safe her
NovelConnect6249 on
My body is intelligent, it clearly isn’t.
Doc_tor_Bob on
 She earned all five
vagalumes on
Keeping it? Like a pet? Wtf is this?
anchorftw on
But did she try rubbing some ‘Tussin on it?
dickenschickens on
Refused mammogram to avoid radiation and wasn’t detected early
Refused mastectomy
Chose to remove toxins from her body instead of cancer treatment
Was surprised she destroyed to manage her cancer
NYK-94 on
I saw her on CNN earlier this week discussing her cancer. She sounds like one of those Gwyneth Paltrow/Alicia Silverstone anti-science wackos. She made some asinine comment about trying to get rid of her cancer by simply eating better and purging her body of toxins.
dan420 on
Honestly reminds me of Bob Marley. Dude basically had to have his toe removed to stay alive and said “no that’s against my religion.” Really dumb, but you almost have to admire the dedication.
puro_the_protogen67 on
Natural selection is still going strong
talie1791 on
Out here collecting tumours like Pokémons
emarvil on
Same strategy my SIL used. Now we talk about her in the past tense.
Famous_Suspect6330 on
Mindless-Pollution-1 on
I hope it works but really?
impliedhearer on
I’m so disappointed in my high school crush. She used to host a show called Teen Summit and would address contemporary issues. But apparently she doesn’t have the sense to trust her doctors.
Economy_Judge_5087 on
“You know what we call alternative medicine that’s been proved to work? Medicine.”
-Tim Minchin
Sad_Efficiency_3978 on
Man. This shit right here.
It took me a while to finally come to terms with it, but I think my brother likely didn’t survive his bone cancer because he also thought he was smarter.
The doctor recommended removing a substantial portion of his affected leg–he would still be able to use it, but he would have a permanently altered gait and likely not have enough strength to operate a clutch pedal. He loved to drive and driving a PRNDL would be unbearable.
As an alternative treatment they took less bone out than they wanted, and he went through more extensive chemo therapy using some pretty scary chemicals. He beat the bone cancer, but (I believe due to the stronger chemo as it was a known side effect) developed lymphoma that his body couldn’t fight.
I think he would have had a lot better chances if he had followed his doctors original course of treatment–at the time it had caused such a row he almost had to find a new doctor.
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This is no different than covid, and people are going to die because they want to get their health advice from Facebook…sad
God gave me this tumor and I’m keeping it. /s
EDIT: I looked her up and yeah, definite face palm/Darwin Award worthy.
“After her initial diagnosis, doctors recommended a double mastectomy. But, Lewis opted for a different route, relying on homeopathic remedies alongside medication, radiation, and lifestyle changes, such as improving her sleep and diet.”
Source https://www.bet.com/article/5dust0/ananda-lewis-cancer-spreads-after-forgoing-double-mastectomy-in-favor-of-alternative-treatments
I thought OP might be being a dick but…
>> “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,” Lewis explained.
>>“I decided to keep my tumor and try to work it out of my body a different way,” she shared. “Looking back on that, I go, ‘You know what? Maybe I should have.’ “
If people choose to die because of their own ignorance then who am I to judge.. Just kidding… what a fucking dunce…
Excerpt of article https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/heartbreaking-mtv-vj-ananda-lewis-185000084.html
In the video, Lewis explained that even though she has a family history of breast cancer, she refused regular mammograms, thinking the exposure to radiation was more dangerous – thinking, she admitted, she now regrets.
“I would have probably had 3 or 4 mammograms by the time they caught [the breast cancer]. Instead, I have had to have two PET scans so far. Guess how many mammograms worth of radiation a PET scan is worth? 30! So 60 mammograms. You do the math!” she said. “If I had done the mammograms from the time they were recommended, when I turned 40, they would have caught the tumor in my breast years before I caught it through my own breast exam, and they would have caught it at a place where the treatment of it would have been a little easier.”
Sounds about right for a MTV VJ lmfao
What a fucking moron.
Surgical removal -or at least de-bulking- is a great first step and a way to make other treatments, like chemo and rad., more likely to be effective. Opportunity missed so sad.
After she decided to keep her what now…?
No. No. No. You were supposed to keep your HUMOR
Oh….is that how that works?
I had a former coworker who got diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. She originally started with chemo but then didn’t like that the chemo was making her sick and would not get surgery done. She decided to go to the homeopathic route.
Yeah, she died last year.
So many Edgelords in here. She is going out saying she fucked up and encouraging early testing and listening to doctors.
So many people double down on their mistakes and she is owning it in the most embarrassing of circumstances, she should be given some credit for that. Her mistake is going to cost her life and instead of sitting at home she is actually trying to make a difference.
Just like Steve Jobs who had a tumor that was removable and had high chances of surviving it but since he apparently knew better than doctors decided to threat it naturaly. 9 months later when he finally listened to his wife it had spread already
There’s a whole George Carlin bit about the sanctity of life and I break for advanced melanoma.
Save the tumors . . .😐😭💩
And she blamed this on nü metal, too.
She sounds regretful for her choices – shame that her bad decisions are going to be most-likely fatal.
This is what happens when people believe their own beliefs are as valid as science.
My mom went this route. She died of bone cancer.
WTF
Whilst arguably poor decisions were made in ignoring the best advice of specialists and doctors, I, for one, hope she has a more positive outcome in this late stage.
I only wish anyone fighting cancer the best.
My mum beat leukaemia, only for her to fall foul of a severely compromised immune system. She died a few days after beating cancer from pneumonia.
Let’s all sit around and call the dying cancer patient names now. Gross.
These comments are disgusting. Reddit is fucking cooked.
Glad to be kept abreast of the situation
Refused to get mammograms for years due to concerns about radiation (though I’m sure she probably took plenty of flights during that time). Later finds out she has cancer, and continues to ignore doctors on the best course of treatment.
Darwin Awards are so back!
She’s a great example of modern western society where everybody’s opinion is considered valid no matter how stupid. The universe doesn’t give a fuck about your “feelings”.
https://people.com/ananda-lewis-breast-cancer-spread-stage-four-homeopathic-treatment-kept-tumor-8728407
This is exactly the mindset of a woman who ran a successful restaurant I worked for as a kid in the 80s in Cincinnati. She had cervical cancer. Doctors said a hysterectomy would cure her. Instead she decided to place crystals over her body in an attempt to treat her cancer. We saw her wither away to 90 lbs in an agonizing death. Wtf are the sane people warning these women?? Holistic treatments a are a fucking joke and a scam. If you want natural solutions, work with traditional medicine to work in concert with cancer ffs.
We sure she ain’t got corals growing off her frontal lobe? ‘Cause that’s a dumb move if I ever read one
Honestly? I think insurances should be like: if you get diagnosed with a serious illness you‘ve got 6 months to start the treatment. After 6 months you‘ll need to pay +X% of the treatment costs for every month you wait until starting treatment. With additional increases if the disease has progressed and is more difficult to treat.
Most diseases can be treated significantly easier and cheaper the earlier they‘re treated. Especially with cancer. Getting rid of early cancer is so much easier than getting rid of late stage cancer. It also requires way fewer medical professionals and those are always rare. So if people know about a serious disease and don‘t act on it they should have to pay for the wasted time and resources that wouldn‘t have been necessary if they had opted for treatment earlier. (Btw I‘ll limit this to countries where people can afford to start treatment immediately / soon after getting diagnosed. Obviously if they can‘t pay for the treatment punishing them by having them pay more would be stupid. This also doesn‘t apply to not getting treated sooner due to lack of resources. So really it just depends on the patient saying „hey, I want to get treated, tell me what I need to do, where I need to go and when I need to be there“)
But did she try crystals? Maybe that would have fixed it /s
All the thoughts and prayers on her socials will safe her
My body is intelligent, it clearly isn’t.
 She earned all five
Keeping it? Like a pet? Wtf is this?
But did she try rubbing some ‘Tussin on it?
Refused mammogram to avoid radiation and wasn’t detected early
Refused mastectomy
Chose to remove toxins from her body instead of cancer treatment
Was surprised she destroyed to manage her cancer
I saw her on CNN earlier this week discussing her cancer. She sounds like one of those Gwyneth Paltrow/Alicia Silverstone anti-science wackos. She made some asinine comment about trying to get rid of her cancer by simply eating better and purging her body of toxins.
Honestly reminds me of Bob Marley. Dude basically had to have his toe removed to stay alive and said “no that’s against my religion.” Really dumb, but you almost have to admire the dedication.
Natural selection is still going strong
Out here collecting tumours like Pokémons
Same strategy my SIL used. Now we talk about her in the past tense.
I hope it works but really?
I’m so disappointed in my high school crush. She used to host a show called Teen Summit and would address contemporary issues. But apparently she doesn’t have the sense to trust her doctors.
“You know what we call alternative medicine that’s been proved to work? Medicine.”
-Tim Minchin
Man. This shit right here.
It took me a while to finally come to terms with it, but I think my brother likely didn’t survive his bone cancer because he also thought he was smarter.
The doctor recommended removing a substantial portion of his affected leg–he would still be able to use it, but he would have a permanently altered gait and likely not have enough strength to operate a clutch pedal. He loved to drive and driving a PRNDL would be unbearable.
As an alternative treatment they took less bone out than they wanted, and he went through more extensive chemo therapy using some pretty scary chemicals. He beat the bone cancer, but (I believe due to the stronger chemo as it was a known side effect) developed lymphoma that his body couldn’t fight.
I think he would have had a lot better chances if he had followed his doctors original course of treatment–at the time it had caused such a row he almost had to find a new doctor.