Mum's Not Having Chemo
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Mum's Not Having Chemo is a blog about a woman named Gemma Bond's experience with cancer. In 2011, Bond was diagnosed with ovarian and uterine cancer.[1] Because of her belief in alternative medicine's effectiveness for cancer, she chose to use alternative treatments instead of chemotherapy. She did have a hysterectomy,[2] so she was merely taking a 36% increased chance of relapse and death.[3]
The blog is largely written by Laura, her daughter,[note 1] who addresses various topics, usually supportive of alternative medicine such as homeopathy,[4] pee therapy,[5] black salve, and medical astrology.[6]
The blog was updated weekly, and started from the cancer diagnosis. Quite naturally,[pun intended] she died, in 2016.[7]
External links
- The blog itself
- Two books were derived from the blog: "Mum's Not Having Chemo" (2013) and "You Can Say No Chemo" (2015)
- Daughter, Laura Bond, says she completed training with the "Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) in 2012".
Quack-Buster Dr Stephen Barrett does not think much of that "institute". - Mum’s not having Chemo – Increase in Alternative Medicine Cancer Deaths #1
- In 2016 Laura Bond created the "balanced baby" website where she recommends homeopathic treatments for infants[8] and the advice of a "naturopathic iridologist"[9]
Notes
- ↑ As one might expect from the name.
References
- ↑ Archive copy of About page of the blog (captured 7 Jul 2013).
- ↑ Archive copy of "www.mumsnothavingchemo.com/2011/06/a-test-post/"
- ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20619634
- ↑ A case of misdiagnosis or spontaneous remission
- ↑ Archive copy of "www.mumsnothavingchemo.com/2011/07/dr-burzynski".
- ↑ Archive copy of "www.mumsnothavingchemo.com/2013/05/medical-astrology"
- ↑ "Up with the Angels".
- ↑ Laura recommends "Viburcol": a pediatric homeopathic cure-all
- ↑ Seriously "naturopathic iridologist"