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In Reply to: RE: I should have said... posted by JimL on July 02, 2007 at 19:52:23
I only wish I were more well-versed on the subject. I do know from conversations with him that a diagnosis was hampered by unusual symptoms not characteristic to any known cancer. He was treated in Germany for almost two years for what he was told was a bacterial infection. It would disappear, and then reoccur. Finally, he was properly diagnosed in the United States, but under New York law his condition was considered to be pre-existing, so his insurance wouldn't cover treatment. He returned to Germany because he couldn't afford private pay care. His family stood to lose everything. Although they agreed to treatment under the German system, German doctors did little. They gave him some chemotherapy, but no radiation. To make it worse, he had a doctor who convinced him to buy some tube amps on eBay, so they could be converted into tumor zappers. Garth didn't know how eBay worked, so I walked him through the process. I wanted to say something at that point, but already it was too late in the game. To make matters worse, my wife is a hospice nurse, so it was only a matter of time before I discovered that he could have worked the system here in a way to obtain proper treatment, but nothing could be done at that point because he was in the second stages of the disease. Garth had been screwed over by the medical systems of two countries that claim to have the best solution. Neither is perfect, though. It was hopeless, and although I know I shouldn't, I feel somehow responsible. I loved the guy like a brother, but my timing was all wrong. I couldn't help at all.
I've said a lot more than I meant to say, but this is a rough time.
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