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I didn't get all the details, but she was in the middle of a divorce, when she was diagnosed with cancer. She was scared of chemotherapy, and wasn't thinking straight (would you be thinking straight if you suddenly got hit with a cancer diagnosis?) so she went to the homeopath.
By the time she figured out the homeopathy wasn't working, it was too late - the cancer had spread, and she only lived another year. 
That's how these quacks work - they prey on the vulnerable, in the moments we all have when we can't make good judgments. It can happen to any of us.
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