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From: chrz@ihuxe.UUCP (Chrzanowski)
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Subject: Re: Chiropractors, pain in the back
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Date: Wed, 19-Mar-86 12:23:00 EST
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> Craig:  I am so happy that you posted this message about chiropractic
> practice.  You see, my son, (eldest age 32) suffered severe back pain
> and went to a chiropractor.  He received treatments (manipulation of
> the back, etc. plus massage thereapy) for a period of four to five months.
> This is nearly two years ago.  I told my son not to "mess around" with
> the chiropractor any longer...go see a good "bone man" which our family
> ...
> and found to have three (3) tumors on his lungs.  Biopsies were made
> on the tumors while Rick was in the hospital and the end of that
> week they did surgery on him.  Cancer!!!  It was diagnosed as
> extra-gonadal germinal cell carcinoma.  He underwent intensive
> chemotherrapy treatment consisting of repeated cycles of Cis-platinum,
> Lanoxin and Cytoxin.  You know medicine...the type of cancer cells
> my son has in his body originated in the lower groin, above the
> testicles...but the PAIN WAS IN THE BACK!!!!
> ...
> beloved first-born...There has been a recurrence of the cells growing
> again (his cancer is inoperable) 


Yes, chiropractors can be hazardous to your health...so can M.D.s
I went to an M.D. (internist) when I had swelling and pain in my
left testicle.  He prescribed tetracycline (i.e., treated it as
an infection) and told me to come back if the pain did not go
away.  Well, the pain did go away but ten months later I had...
PAIN IN MY BACK -- from a germ cell tumor that had metastasized.
Since then I've had surgery, chemo, radiation (I am now enjoying
my third full remission, but with the knowledge that it probably
won't last).

Most M.D.s I've spoken to say that (1) the "infection" I had 10 months
prior to diagnosis was almost certainly the cancer, and (2) this type
of cancer is misdiagnosed by M.D.s VERY OFTEN.

There are two points here.  One is that if you are a male aged 20 to 40
it might be a good idea to check for lumps in your testicles -- soaped
up in the shower, like women inspect their breasts.  If you have a
partially or fully undescended testicle then your risk is higher.  This
is the most common type of cancer in young males and is very curable (>90%)
when treated early.

Chiropractors ? Back pain ?? Indeed, some chiropractors claim to be able
to cure cancer.  Some M.D.s claim they can competently treat `most anything.
The medical profession is unable to police itself because the physician
who testifies against another becomes a pariah.  Tort law (sue the bastid !)
raises prices for everyone yet fails to pull the incompetent's medical
license.  Perhaps doctors (of medicine and chiropractic and ...) ought
to wear stickers, like the ones on used cars.  The used car sticker
lists defects and asserts to the accuracy of the odometer.  The doctor's
sticker would list, along with other consumer info, how many mistakes
he/she has buried.  The doctor who misdiagnosed me is still practicing:
maybe you will be his next mistake.