Terry Thompson’s Blog

Yesterday’s post regarding 13-year-old Daniel Hauser who refused chemo brought to mind a very similar case a couple of years ago.  Remember Abraham Cherrix, the 16-year-old who also went to court in 2006 to fight for his right to opt out of chemo treatments?  Like Hauser, he also had lymphatic Hodgkin’s disease.  Initial therapy had left Cherrix bald, racked with fevers, and so weak he couldn’t walk.  He and his parents agreed to discontinue the conventional treatments and choose the Hoxey natural therapy not legal in the U.S., but used routinely in Mexico.  At that point, the social agency took the family to court, accused them of medical neglect, and requested that the boy be forced to undergo chemo and radiation.  The highly visible court case resulted in a judicial compromise that allowed the Cherrixes to forgo chemo if they would consent to treatment by an integrative oncologist which included radiation therapy concurrently with natural innovative immunotherapy.  Supplements were used to bolster the immune system.  So, why did all the news media stop reporting on the case at that point?  Have you heard any more about Abraham Cherrix?  Probably not.

Well, Abraham is about to celebrate his 19th birthday next week.  He is completely cancer free!  No chemo, reduced radiation, and an aggressive protocol of immune system strengthening allowed his body to fight the disease virtually by itself.  Granted, the radiation was probably key to the remission, but the complementary natural therapy allowed less dependence on it and no further reliance on chemo.  Plus, the case spawned a state law named after Cherrix that gives Virginia teenagers and their parents the right to refuse doctor-recommended treatments for life-threatening ailments.

If our country had the right mind-set about cancer treatment, families like the Hausers and the Cherrixes would not have to suffer such excruciating upheavals to avoid exclusive conventional treatment and to find integrative oncologists.  Integrative therapy should be the rule in America rather than the exception.  It is proven, it is legal, and it works.  We must move in the integrative direction and move quickly.  Please get on board. 

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