We lost another friend from cancer. Our friend David DiSilvestro passed away from complications of immunotherapy. He had surgery and radiation. The cancer was gone. He was perfectly fine and healthy. They were just doing this last immunotherapy to check for any other cancer that might be there. It killed him.
He has a 2 year old son and another baby on the way. She is 37 weeks pregnant. I can't even believe this happened. He was the bass player in our worship band and came to poker at our house. We were just starting to get to know them and then this tragedy. Why? He was such a great guy and now the kids will never know their father. He was 32 years old when he passed away. I've been sick to my stomach about this. Lots of tears shed.
My opinion is not popular but I believe chemotherapy and radiation kills more people than cancer. I think in 50 years we will look back and say "how could they do chemotherapy? didn't they realize it was killing everyone". It will be the same as we view bloodletting now. Of course it is all the doctors have and everyone is too afraid of medical malpractice to try something different.
RIP David.
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