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After her third cancer diagnosis in three years, Leigh Fortson was given few options by her doctors and little hope for a bright future. For weeks, she mourned the life she thought she was losing--until she was introduced to an idea that changed everything: our thoughts and emotions influence every cell in our body. This revelation gave her the hope that would begin her journey to becoming cancer-free and more joyful than she had ever been before.Embrace, Release, Heal shares her inspirational story and the fruits of her research in one empowering book. Created to help anyone whose life has been affected by cancer, this in-depth resource offers interviews with both allopathic and integrative medical experts; remarkable accounts from people who transcended "terminal cancer" and are now thriving, snapshots of progressive treatment techniques; and insights into other key factors that can affect well-being--including thoughts, emotions, and diet.… (more)
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My problem with the book, however, is it is obviously biased against conventional Western medicine. In places the author appeared very bitter in fact. I am afraid it might direct someone away from a simple cancer treatment that is proven to help. Not all of the treatments listed in this book work for everyone.
This book was first reviewed by me for the Amazon Vine Program.
I am not only a cancer patient but also an oncologist, a doctor who treats cancer patients. I have seen many curable patients over the years who chose a complementary treatment as an only treatment and came back wanting conventional treatment when it was too late. I have seen some who were cured, against all odds with unconventional therapy, but usually in combination with some form of conventional treatment. I have been through surgery, chemotherapy (which gave me a whole new definition of hell), and radiation therapy. I have also been treated with Qigong, meditation and other complementary treatments, which I will continue as a life long pursuit. My fight with cancer will never be over and these are the treatments I choose now.
Everyone has to make their own decisions regarding treatment and the important thing is that they have to feel comfortable with those decisions. There is no magic bullet and no treatment, be it Eastern, Western or other, is 100 percent effective. I choose to do everything I can to give me the best chance of keeping my cancer at bay. Others may not choose to try both forms of treatment, but I am afraid this book will push people who are on the fence away from treatment that might be able to cure to a treatment that might only be able to help. I do not think conventional medicine is the only option but it should not be discounted either, and I think that is what this book does.