More advice please - biggie this one.

[Green Aura]

I have a friend in the village, who had stomach cancer. Everyone thought it was gone, but recent investigations show an inoperable tumour. She's been told she's got a couple of months.

She's brilliant, seems to be upbeat and resigned to her fate, and she has agreed to having a short course of chemo (although I don't think anyone expects much from it).

The problem is - I have this thing - a Rife machine - which claims big successes with this type of thing. I've only ever used it on myself, with some success (not for terminal cancer, obviously). I have no idea whether it would help her, or even if I have the skills to use it properly for her. I do have all the information I need but no experience.

Do I tell her about it, give her the info I've got - which may get her and her families hopes up, possibly pointlessly. Or do I let her go to certain death knowing I have this thing which may, just may, do what it says it does.

Sorry folks, I like to pose these simple little problems. I really don't know what to do. I have decided to do nothing until she's had her chemo - I couldn't bare the thought of her cancelling it because my machine might be able to cure her.

[invisiblepiper]

I think if she is a good friend - tell her about it - and be honest about your reservations too.
Think what you would want if your situations were reversed - would you want to be told?
A tough question - but you will know what to do.

[Clara]

Having briefly looked it up, I'd say that it's best not mentioned. They seem to have been around for a long time and if there were any hope of it working they would be a lot better known.

If she's been given 2 months, I would say that it is now the time for acceptance and the opportunity to die a good death, not false hope.

I hope she passes well. Clara x.

[Silver Ether]

We have lots of thing availaible to help with many illnesses but sorry they just either don't tell us or won't let us have them necause they cost to much money ... so why the hell did they bother doing research in the first place ....

I have read a lot in the past about rife machines in the past ... give it a go... she has nothing to loose. If you don't give your friend the info you have you will be wondering for the rest of your life if it could have helped? if it doesn't at least you tried.

Oh what sort of ways have you used it if you dont mind me asking .. if you domind its ok ...

[Berti]

I would say, tell her about it and let HER decide if she wants to give it a go.
We all should others let decide about their own lives.........
Wishing you much courage and strength........it's not an easy thing to face and see your friend die.

berti

[Green Aura]

The main thing I used it for was my blood pressure - I was a whisker away from my doc insisting on medication, and as a consequence it was going up and up. Even my aromatherapy didn't get it down sufficiently (at least not on days when I had to go to for a BP check).

After one week using my machine it was right down. And even though I've not used it recently my BP has stayed lower than it was before - although I probably ought to do it occasionally.

Stupidly, when I had flu at christmas, I was too ill to think of it

[JulieSherris]

Maggie, I'd agree with Berti on this one - tell your friend about it & maybe suggest that she has a look online - keep YOUR info as short as you can & let her make her own decisions.
She needn't cancel any treatments with the hospital, but could add this to her schedule?

And when the time comes, I hope it's not too harrowing for her - or for her family & friends... and that includes you too.

[Rosendula]

I agree. Tell your friend and perhaps find some names of books and things that will help her make an informed choice. Tell her about your reservations, too. I agree that if you don't tell her you will spend the rest of your life wondering. If she says no, that's fine. I would certainly want to know if I was her.

I part-read a book recently. How to Stop Your Doctor Killing You by Vernon Coleman (he has a website, too, but I always get computer viruses when I try to read anything there). I borrowed it from the library and it makes a very interesting read, whether you believe the content or not.

[ocailleagh]

Speaking as a complementary therapist, after doing a little research on them I'd have to say that any benefit one would get from using a rife device would probably be placebo.
There are many radionics devices that seem to have some non-placebo beneficial effect, but the rife device doesn't seem to be one of them. From what I read it seems pretty much any contraption can be thrown together and passed off as one, and that sounds less than promising to me.
As many have said, at the end of the day, it would be your friend's decision to make, but to be honest I wouldn't even mention it, mostly because of the false hope angle.
There are a number of other energy based treatments you may care to suggest, but at this late stage the best anyone could hope for is that it would ease her passing, rather than stop it occurring. Which is still a good thing :-)