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Rosie,
You mentioned mistletoe...I know Suzanne Sommers
like so many who are taking mistletoe and the alternative route, have a long list of CAM therapies, too. It boggles the mind to read what Sommers claims she takes for supps daily, in her latest books.
I've also been looking into the alternatives, as I'm on Herceptin with lung
mets which have disappeared for the second time with Navelbine/Herceptin this time.. I've had 15+ years
of chronic immune illness before bc diagnosis in 2002. Misdiagnosed for several years and very ill, I read much about diseases and treatments.I don't have a medical background, but as a long term "professional" patient looking for a career change every day, just a few suggestions:
Have you read the
Gerson therapy by the late Dr. Gerson
or the latest book by his daughter Charlotte Gerson,
or the Anne Frahm story,
or Surviving Cancer by Margie Levine,(mesthelioma),
and Greg Anderson's book "50 essential things to do when
the doctor says it's cancer"?
These books and the survivors stories give me hope and inspiration and methods to take control of my health. All of these people survived 5-20 plus years after being told there was nothing more to do conventionally for their cancers, many were give only weeks to live, failing prior therapies.
There is a common thread in the stories, primarily nutrition and exercise, meditation, resulting in improved quality of life, using very specific and labor intensive methodologies.
Another book on my shelf, "Breast Cancer Beyond Convention
The world's foremost authorities on complementary and alternative medicine offer advice on healing" 2002
15 chapters from researchers, naturopaths, social workers, pharmacist,
and MD's including Susan Love, Keith Block.
Regards.
Susan M (PA)
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