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Wealthy Americans Turning To Europe For Medical Treatment
theodp writes "Fox Sports' Jay Glazer reports that prior to undergoing recent neck surgery, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning flew to Europe for stem-cell therapy that's used overseas but not yet in the United States. Earlier this year, Fortune reported that prior to his liver transplant, Apple CEO Steve Jobs took an unpublicized flight to Switzerland to undergo an unusual radiological treatment which was not available in the U.S. Some Americans are willing to go abroad to seek what they can't find at home in hopes of improving — or saving — their lives, and health providers are eager to respond. 'It moves fast, this industry,' said the director of Medical Tours International in 2007. 'They think, 'Look at all these sick, rich patients.''"
You should give Reiki a chance. It's something you can do for yourself, definitely better than suggesting that it's bunk. Same possibly goes for chiropractors.
That being said, the implication that they're not really for life saving treatment would be correct. At most those two treatments would be helping quality of life, although, probably not that much when one is terminally ill.
Also, 2 years is an awful long time, the laws involving the right to die don't generally consider somebody to be allowed to take the option unless they have 6 months or less to live. Experimental surgery ought to be similarly marked, except possibly for investigative treatments.