Question everything before diving in.

 Question Everything Before Diving In

Hi guys — here’s an excerpt I shared recently on a cannabis oil success stories page, and I wanted to expand on it here. It’s something that’s been on my heart for a long time.

The dairy industry uses silver to prevent bacteria growth in milk jugs. Meanwhile, in places like Flint, Michigan, people are still waiting for clean water. When Brad mentioned structured silver to doctors, we were told not to use it — in case it might contain heavy metals. But they had no issue giving him liquid platinum.

One of his oncology doctors even said, to our faces, that holistic therapies “do nothing” and claimed that their “sticky buns and ice cream” approach worked better than a healthy diet. That moment stuck with me.

I’ve been disgusted by some of what I’ve witnessed — particularly at one of the so-called “Top 15 Comprehensive Cancer Centers” in the country. Even when it’s well known that chemotherapy is only reliably curative for a few types of cancer — childhood leukemia, some forms of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and testicular cancer — patients with other diagnoses are often steered through the same aggressive regimens, even when the odds are unclear.

There’s a test available in Germany called a chemotherapy sensitivity test, which can indicate whether a specific chemo drug is likely to help a particular patient. In the U.S., this test isn’t standard — and many patients go through months of harsh treatment without ever knowing whether it had a chance to work.

If you’re wondering why this test isn’t offered more often, consider this: If a test reveals that chemo won’t be effective, there’s no profit to be made.

We learned firsthand that many hospitals stay afloat financially because of the oncology departments. There’s little financial incentive to support healing through less invasive, patient-guided approaches — especially if they can’t be patented or monetized.

Brad was doing okay — stable — when he was switched to a newer chemotherapy drug called Irinotecan. It’s not FDA-approved for his type of cancer, but we weren’t told that at the time. We later found out it’s an immune-suppressing drug known to cause severe diarrhea — in part because of its sorbitol content, a sugar alcohol.

After just one infusion — which cost nearly $12,000 — Brad was severely dehydrated and back in the hospital the next day.

Looking back, I believe he would have lived longer had he not received that drug. His immune system and lymph glands were never the same afterward. What made it worse is that the same doctor who had helped us navigate earlier stages of treatment told us later that he was “just a consultant.” I wish he had said that from the beginning.

I’m not here to tell anyone what to do — but I hope this story encourages someone to pause and ask questions before diving in. At the very least, you deserve transparency.

💬 “If a treatment can’t be questioned, it can’t be trusted.”

Please share this if it resonates. It comes from my heart. I know I’m just one drop in the ocean… but the tide is turning.