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LT Barclay

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Sun Jul 20, 2025, 01:09 AM Jul 20

Need information I can trust- wife is on 3rd round of chemo wants to try invermectin [View all]

I'll try to keep this post short.
My wife:
Diagnosed with 2 types of breast cancer and CLL in 2019 when she was 53.
Double mastectomy and chemo.
Something wrong with chemo port causing 5 infections resulting in sepsis and endocarditis that destroyed aortic valve, requiring valve replacement and then pacemaker defibrillator.
First recurrence of cancer, requiring radiation and chemo.
Replacement of first heart valve due to stenosis from radiation.
We are now in second recurrence of cancer and third round of chemo. This is supposed to be more targeted, but has caused her severe diarhhea, leading to multiple UTIs, and then pleural effusion requiring more hospitalizations.
At this point the blunt way of putting things is the oncologist is saying it is either chemo or cancer.
My wife is being steered to invermectin by her sweet but wing-nut aunt because she is being destroyed by the chemo and feels she has no life as leaving the house is difficult.
I don't know what to say to her. Is there any harm to trying it?

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Is this a joke? NO! not Ivermectin. If I was in your wife's condition I would use marijuana. The internet has info in2herbs Jul 20 #1
I wish it was a joke. Her aunt is telling her that this will stop the cancer. LT Barclay Jul 20 #5
Did a quick search at national cancer institute Lifeafter70 Jul 20 #2
Sorry to hear that. My wife has been reading a book called "Chris Beat Cancer" but hasn't been able to realistically LT Barclay Jul 20 #6
There are so many cancer diets out there Lifeafter70 Jul 20 #10
very sorry for what she is going through Skittles Jul 20 #3
I agree, but she's at a desperate place LT Barclay Jul 20 #7
IP-6 PikaBlue Jul 20 #4
Thanks LT Barclay Jul 20 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author pbmus Jul 20 #9
Thanks. That is a good start and I'll have to dig more. I'm really skeptical because since Trump promoted it, there is LT Barclay Jul 20 #12
Thank you for posting this Lifeafter70 Jul 20 #14
so Skittles Jul 20 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author pbmus Jul 20 #16
yeah OK Skittles Jul 20 #17
Immuneothrapy trials Donman Jul 20 #11
I'm a PT and I realized I've been sitting on the sidelines too much as I believed what she's been experiencing are LT Barclay Jul 20 #13
What your wife needs from you right now, money cannot buy. Irish_Dem Jul 20 #18
Thanks. I'm very angry at work because I haven't been able to be there with her during appointments and even when I LT Barclay Jul 20 #19
The important thing is that she knows you have her back, and love her, support her. Irish_Dem Jul 21 #20
Fundamentally, ivermectin is for parasites Sparkly Wednesday #21
Thanks. I'm leery of it because it has achieved miracle cure status among the Trump followers and so any source LT Barclay Wednesday #22
Sugar Sparkly Monday #23
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