Scott Adams decides to put off euthanasia

[Kali_Yuga13]

Not sure where to post this but since Scott Adams does political commentary I thought I'd put it here.

Scott Adams, the creator of the famous Dilbert office themed cartoon and author of books on his social commentary, philosophy and how to attain success shared a few months ago that he has advanced prostate cancer and didn't expect to make it through the summer.

On his podcast today he said that he's been put on a hormone blocker that has alleviated his pain and pushed out his life expectancy. He also shared that he had gone through all the preliminary steps to take advantage of "death with dignity" laws in the US and had panned to end his life today. Since he's feeing much better he's decided to stick around and share his positive outlook on life.

 

[avalon_]

This guy is an alt-right grifter, I would take evrrything he says with a gtain of salt. Especially the part about hormone blockers curing cancer.

See the 'political views' section of his wikipedia page.

 

[polm]

I don't know much about the guy but glad for him that he can go for VAD if needed. My dad got a good 3 years of quality on hormone blockers after his diagnosis, he ended up on palliative care and hospice, last 6 months in a lot of pain. I'm sure he would have chosen VAD but we're in uk where we won't let the dying die in peace.

 

[Kali_Yuga13]

Especially the part about hormone blockers curing cancer.

I wondered about that and how it would go over with some crowds given the association with other hot issues. A quick search got conformation from various esteemed sources that it's a valid cancer treatment. This one's from NIH

 

[TBONTB]

I don't know much about the guy but glad for him that he can go for VAD if needed. My dad got a good 3 years of quality on hormone blockers after his diagnosis, he ended up on palliative care and hospice, last 6 months in a lot of pain. I'm sure he would have chosen VAD but we're in uk where we won't let the dying die in peace.

Too bad UK doesn't offer VAD.

 

[avalon_]

I wondered about that and how it would go over with some crowds given the association with other hot issues. A quick search got conformation from various esteemed sources that it's a valid cancer treatment. This one's from NI

He says he had terminal camcer. Yet the source you mentioned states:

Most prostate cancers eventually stop responding to hormone therapy and become castration (or castrate) resistant.

Very dubios claim that doctors essentially tried to put him down when there were still trreatments left to try.

Also wdym by "some crowds"? Naturally I'm going to be sceptical when an anti-vaxxer claims some magic treatment healed him.

 

[Kali_Yuga13]

Very dubios claim that doctors essentially tried to put him down when there were still trreatments left to try.

Not really. Stage 4 cancer puts one under the palliative care umbrella. Under palliative care you can still do chemo or any number of possible treatments to treat pain and slow the disease with the caveat that no cure is expected. If two dr's sign off in agreement that you have less than six months to live, you can order the EoL cocktail and keep it at home but are not obligated to take it. This's what he said he did. He stated this was a first line treatment offered by his doctor which he initial declined to take initially. He also acknowledged the temporary effectiveness of this new course in treatment.

Also wdym by "some crowds"

Yes, some crowds. Scott has his critics on both sides. He's had a public falling out with an alternative care physician that treated him and when he disclosed to the public his cancer diagnosis he had to pin a statement to discourage endless suggestions to take ivermectin and fenben which is a protocol heavily pushed by those vehemently against vaccines and allopathic medicine in general. There are also people that interpret "hormone blockers" to say that he's decided to "turn trans".

Then we have people such as your self that consider him "alt-right" and an "anti-vaxer" for having some dissenting opinions. Scott advocated the covid vaccine and expressed some post-vax regret. That doesn't qualify as "anti-vax" imo. He has gone on no campaign to rally against vaccinations.

Personally I stand against your use of anti-semantic hate speech monikers.

 

[brokenspirited]

This guy is an alt-right grifter, I would take evrrything he says with a gtain of salt. Especially the part about hormone blockers curing cancer.

See the 'political views' section of his wikipedia page.

As if wikipedia was ever a reliable source of political information.