Cured of CC (Page 1 of 2)

Dear Neal and Cindy,
What a testimony to God's continuing power in the world today.  We truly believe in miracles and although Joe is not cancer free he has had 15 months of blessed time with hardly any symptoms having been diagnosed July 2006 with stage 4.  We are thankful for your miracle and imagine many cc  patients will be wanting to hear more about Dr. Canady. Praise God. Hope all continues to go well.  Mary Anne

Neill and Cindy..... A great testimony of faith , belief, and prayer.  Palsm 23 is a verse that I memorized in Sunday school 40 years or so ago.  I still recommend today for people to read it to find comfort. God Bless and continued health for you both.
Jeff G..
P.S.  As a sense of responsibility: All who reads information on this so caring site must understand the questions,general information, or links that others have kindly provided is information freely provided, for you to digest and to help you in making a more informed decision about your treatment.  There are many Hospitals, Cancer Centers, and Surgeons with great credentials. Bottom line is: It's the patient's choice/decision of where and whom.
Also, this particular discussion  title is "Cured of CC"  I pray that it is true; but taking another perspective I know  personally that cholangiocarcinoma can be undetectable for a period of time and can recur to about any part of your body.  Just one little seed can float around until it finds the enviornment it likes and attaches.  I'm not trying to put a damper on any one's miracle or hopes but only provide a friendly reminder on the nature of this disease. We all Pray and hope it reminds silent !!!
  God's Speed to you all !

FYI: I cannot comment on the acuracy of the following summary, but I thought I would post it on here since there's an ongoing discussion regarding Dr. Canady.  The comments provided below were found at the following website: http://www.aana.com/resources.aspx?ucNa … mp;id=2324

I will try and provide the actual case soon.

Canady v Providence Hospital
The case of Canady v Providence Hospital, 942 F. Supp. 11 (D.C., 1996) is a collection of the legal remedies that are often used to attack the denial or restriction of privileges. Jerome Canady, MD, a surgeon, met with the representatives of a hospital in the District of Columbia, indicating that he wanted to perform vascular and thoracic surgery, as well as general surgery. Over the next few months, Dr Canady met with a number of physicians associated with the hospital, discussing various types of procedures that he wished to perform but, when viewed in retrospect, not necessarily being guaranteed that he would be allowed to do so. He finally received a letter from the president of the hospital informing him of his provisional appointment to the staff, but the letter was silent as to privileges. When Dr Canady inquired what his privileges were, the president of the hospital responded verbally that as far as she knew he had been granted everything he applied for. However, the president of the hospital was not the person authorized to grant privileges.

Not long after Dr Canady began operating at the new hospital, things went rapidly downhill. Four months after he began performing operations at the hospital he was sent a letter stating that the hospital would not schedule a patient for thoracic surgery if Dr Canady was the private primary surgeon. As a result of problems he was having with the hospital, he reviewed his credentials file and discovered, for the first time, that he had not been given thoracic or vascular privileges.

Consequently, Dr Canady retained a lawyer and brought suit against the hospital. This resulted in a settlement in which both sides appeared to save face. The suit was withdrawn, Dr Canady's privileges were reinstated, and Dr Canady agreed to furnish a written second opinion for certain cases. However, it turned out that this did not resolve the matter. Misunderstandings continued about Dr Canady's compliance, and Dr Canady did not get satisfactory answers to questions about his privileges. Matters continued largely unresolved until winter when there was another incident in which another staff physician questioned Dr Canady's competence. A proceeding for "corrective action" was instituted, and the process ultimately resulted in the suspension of Dr Canady's privileges. Dr Canady's suit is a catalog of legal theories that a practitioner can use to challenge the actions of a hospital in denying privileges.

Legal remedies
The first legal theory is a claim that the action of the hospital is a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act: "Every contract...or conspiracy in restraint of trade...is declared to be illegal." (15 USC

truth4u - you make a lot of strong accusations about Dr. Canady - do you have any support for these claims?  For example, Neill came on here supporting Dr. Canady, and posted a link to a website describing his wife's experience with Dr. Canady.  A few of the others have shared their own experiences.  I have not had a personal experience with Dr. Canady, but I found an analysis of the legal theories involved in a case pertaining to Dr. Canady and posted that summary.  I think it is important to share all sides on the message boards - it gives the community here the opportunity to review as many details as possible so that he/she can make informed decisions regarding treatment.  Therefore, please post the support for your claims.  If you don't have any support, I imagine that the claims will fall flat and do more harm than good.

The message boards are evolving - I think what is most appropriate for this forum is to post information that can either be substantiated by outside sources, or is clearly an opinion.  I also think we need to refrain from asserting blanket claims without providing support.  Most importantly, I think everyone in this community should be respectful of each other's choices regarding treatment, and should refrain from telling each other that we're making a big mistake.  At the end of the day, each individual is making his/her own decision, and that decision is the right decision no matter if everyone else agrees/disagrees with the individual.  I would be interested in hearing additional opinions - to that end, I will start a thread on the Suggestions Forum, and look forward to seeing more comments.

Dear Truth4u,

What type of cancer did your dad have and how far was it extended? My dad is scheduled to have surgery with Dr Canady on the 14th and I take your accusations very seriously.

Best regards.

Katia

My family is also evaluating whether to take this route with Dr. Canady. 

One surgeon (a student of Dr. Jenkins at Lahey) said maybe, but Dr. Jenkins said no. 

We do intend to cover all the excellent questions Truth4u asks, if, by chance, we are told surgery is an option.

We will share our experiences as well.

Best wishes to all on this taxing journey,

Tam

Katia,

Yes he did have mris an dother tests. Yes he did explain but made it sound like it was so easy to to it an dwe were lucky to have found him and his skills.  He had had one surgery prior to him no radiation or chemo. I hope this helps. How old is your father? Does he have any medical conditions other than the cancer. My father was in surgery for a very long time after the fact people have told me that being under anesthesia for so long is not good also I always wonder why does he not hav e a team of surgeons helping him . At UPMC there are teams to have one surgeon in the operating room all that time -does that seem unsafe to you ??  Do you want to tell me about your father Nd his condition it is up to you . To me it seems like you r hesitant  you must trust instinct . I will tell u one thing by no means does he cure cancer there is no cure for cancer and if he found one he would be a billionaire.  Cutting it out does not cure things just delays things in this type of caner it always comes back if they even survive.

In my thought
Truth4u

Dear Katia,

I am sure you are scareed very natural feeling . My question to you is if others have told you it cannot be done why do you think  he can do it because he says he can . The other doctors have  moral obligation to not put your father through an ordeal . It may buy him some time but what condition will he be in . Canady has nothing to lose he makes money either way . I feel all this news hype on a local tv  show seems somewhat commercialized . How many other doctors do you see on tv promoting themselves. The first man that was origanally on tv I was recently told was no longer alive and lived in pain and with horrible wounds. I will no longer try to convince you to go an alternate route but I will be here if you need a friend

thrugh4u,
you are not fighting a losing battle at all.  In fact, you are bringing out an opinion causing us to think and evaluate a surgeon.  This is beneficial, as all of us are working towards the same goal:  awareness, hope and a cure for this cancer. 
Thanks for your input
Marions

Let me reinforce Marion's words - as a result of your courage to post we will be even more vigilant in our evaluation in the event my uncle is told he is a surgical canddate by Dr. Canady.

Thank you!

Cherryle,

How did what happen

There was a comment on here yesterday that DR Canady had been suspended and I had ask the person what happened. I see now that comment is gone?

This was the comment they made.
To those of you discussing Dr. Canady - he has been suspended as of 11/8/07.