Choosing your treatment – introduction (important decision)

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Choosing your treatment – introduction (important decision)
CHOOSING YOUR TREATMENT – INTRODUCTION (IMPORTANT DECISION)
If you've read this far, you are obviously keen to understand your disease. You are prepared to face the reality of being an adult person with a serious illness. You don't want to be treated like a helpless young child. You deserve and expect explanations.
That's great, as far as it goes. But I hope very much that you are not content to stop at that. I hope that you take it one step further, and use this understanding and knowledge as a stepping stone that enables you to make your own decisions. I can well imagine you are doubtful about taking this further step. Perhaps you're thinking: 'It's nice to understand what's happening, but surely it's easier and safer to leave the decisions to the experts'?
I know that's what you've been taught to believe. I know that's what you want to believe. But I also know that enormous numbers of cancer patients have suffered because they have believed it. I know that a great many cancer patients undergo unpleasant and pointless tests and treatments because they unquestioningly accept the decisions of experts—both medical doctors and other practitioners. I also know that it is extremely difficult for patients who do want to make their own decisions to get the necessary information. These are my reasons for writing this book. I don't want you to suffer in this way. I hope that by the end of this book you will understand why the decisions of experts are often not the best decisions for people with cancer. I hope you will believe that you are the best person to make decisions about yourself. I hope you will have enough confidence and understanding to ask the right questions and get the information you need to make the best decisions for you.
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