Dr. Redfern, I know that you have the patients' you see best interests in mind, I have no doubt…read morethat you are a great oncologist, and in no way have ulterior motives or the desire to be malevolent, but truly sir you need to step outside of the box and look at Europe's way of dealing & treating cancers, as I observed based on my primarily relevant to a customer experience.
However, based on my primarily relevant to a consumer experience, you appear to be just another chemo pushing MD, although good at what you do, during our office visit with you did not appear to be on board as to how chemo affects HIV/AIDS patients, their meds, their bodies, immune system.
Marty's meds would cease to work, his viral load would go into the millions, his T-Cells would drop to virtually nil, which could set him up for AIDS Defining Illnesses, such as Toxoplasmosis, Histoplasmosis, CMV Retinitis, KS etc.
Also, he'd then become resistant to any HIV & AIDS medications leaving him optionless to any course of treatment.
So, 28 years POZ for him & 30 years POZ for me, we BOTH have never been sick, so we don't plan on starting now, nor do we want to distort the studies we are in to help save others with our genes & immune system make up.
Based on my primarily relevant to a consumer experience, I found this out in your lobby office from the internet on my PA-C reference that I use for my patients:
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=how+chemotherapy+has+a+negative+effect+on+HIV+%26+AIDS+medications
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=How+chemotherapy+affects+HIV+%26+AIDS+medications&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart&sa=X&ei=5yXsU7_bEcPuoATyxIH4CA&ved=0CBsQgQMwAA
No surprise there, based on my primarily relevant to a consumer experience, you dismissed any other options, and attempted to [allegedly] use scare tactics in a passive aggressive way to bully Marty into treatment from that poison chemo, which kills more people, instead of the cancer based on my primarily relevant to a consumer experience in your office and in my practice as a PA-C.
So telling Marty & I:
"Oh just get through it, we've made adjustments for people with AIDS & HIV POZ patients before, radiation alone will only give you a 30% chance of survival."
"You realize, if the radiation alone doesn't work, we'd have to remove the rectum & you would have a colostomy bag for the rest of your life, so just do it & get it over with."
Odd, when you found I was a PA-C, you fumbled your words, and were not open to give me proof of anything you stated, or a study, when I was willing to get you studies proving I was right, that my medical groups saves lives without chemo.
We and ANY patient have the right to receive this information given to them, and you provided nothing to substantiate your medical expertise & guidance.
I'll give you this, you were honest, but not willing to just honor The Patients Bill of Rights item #6 http://www.springfieldmed.org/CommunityHealthCenterNetwork/YourRightsAsAPatient.aspx without your rhetoric.
Again, based on my primarily relevant to a customer experience, you appear trapped in the archaically & historical Western Medicine type of modality for this cancer.
So On MP's 3 Star scale of:
1) A Okay in a good way.
2) A-Okay.
3) Just A-Okay.
4) A-Okay in a Bad way.
#3 is fair, but again, based on my primarily relevant to a customer experience, I allege, not accuse you & others like [YOU] sir are in it for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll3uipTO-4A