Poor Coretta Scott King - what was she doing in Mexico

[question everything]

seeking alternative treatment? For a stroke? People usually go there for cancer treatment, I thought.

http://news.yahoo.com/fc/us/coretta_scott_king

Coretta Scott King Sought Care in Mexico
AP - Tue Jan 31, 4:29 PM ET

ROSARITO BEACH, Mexico - The Mexican clinic where Coretta Scott King died Tuesday is known for providing alternative treatments to patients with incurable diseases. King, 78, suffered a serious stroke and heart attack last year. It was not known what kind of treatment she had sought at the Santa Monica Institute in the beach resort of Rosarito, 16 miles south of San Diego. Family members and clinic employees would not release any information about her treatment.

[benburch]

1. Might have been stem cell therapy. nt

[MISSDem]

2. On NPR this morning they said

that she was there for alternative treatment for cancer.

[question everything]

7. Thank you. This explains it (nt)

[Sammy Pepys]

3. Steve McQueen did the same thing

Hopefully she didn't have the same doctor.

[thereismore]

4. I heard ovarian cancer. nt

[Kadie]

5. advanced ovarian cancer - link to article

snip...
The 78-year-old matriarch died Tuesday at an alternative medicine clinic in Mexico. Doctors at the clinic said King was battling advanced ovarian cancer when she arrived Thursday. They said the cause of death was respiratory failure

more...
http://www.kcra.com/news/6651805/detail.html

[merci_me]

6. Reported she had ovarian cancer

This morning's 11am news on Houston 2, reported she died of ovarian cancer.

http://www.click2houston.com/news/6651805/detail.html

[RubyDuby in GA]

8. She had cancer and was seeking treatment there

I believe it was ovarian cancer.

[sui generis]

9. yeah, didn't Steve McQueen go there for laetrile treatments

I just don't know that I would touch alternative treatment in Mexico with a ten foot pole.

I wonder if it really was "alternative treatment" or if it was an alternative treatment hospice or some form of assisted suicide? I certainly don't see any stigma with that, although it would be a little weird.

[roseBudd]

10. My brother the raw food freak just saw her at a retreat he was at in FL...

around Christmas. My nephew met her also.

[Warpy]

11. Our track record for treating advanced ovarian cancer is not

a good one. This was apparently a last ditch attempt at survival, if the grapevine is giving us the real story.

I sincerely hope they kept her comfortable. In any case, it's a beautiful setting in which to spend one's last days.