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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
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A Salute to a Great Cancer War Veteran, May 9, 2000
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This review is from: A Cancer Battle Plan (Mass Market Paperback)
If you've ever wondered why cancer has somehow taken hold in your life or in that of someone close to you, you will find some surprising common sense theories here with some common sense strategies on how to get healthy again. A friend gave me this book early on in my uphill cancer fight and I finally felt "armed" and ready to wage war, instead of helpless and at the mercy of allopathic medicine's limited range of therapies (and few natural ones.) It's not a criticism of modern oncology techniques-this book lists ways to AUGMENT them with some simple common sense, supplementation of various kinds (detailed nutrition & vitamin regimens, spirituality, family support, etc..) and a belief in positive outlook/outcome. The most educational aspect of this book was that it taught me so much about our horrid American/Western diet and how much is has likely contributed to all kinds of diseases...including cancer. When 1 in 3 of us will experience cancer during our lifetimes, it can't hurt to consider the points that Mrs. Frähm highlights that not only speak to the ways our natural immune system becomes vulnerable, but how to strengthen this unrivaled form of chemotherapy.This book should appeal, in particular, to the active/critical patient or family who wants to explore the realm of natural cancer fighters that-unlike traditional oncology-work to get the body back in balance vs. kill the cancer at ALL COSTS. Mrs. Frähm not only takes you through her personal battles and how she arrived at her system, but explains in simple terms how these things work. I'm grateful beyond belief that a thoughtful friend passed along a copy of this powerful book and it's the first one I name when asked what book I'd recommend for a newly-diagnosed cancer patient. It's a hard-core, disciplined outline for those who believe in making some serious lifestyle changes in order to better their odds of keeping cancer from taking hold or ever coming back. At the same time, it doesn't claim to be the cancer gospel-anyone who claims to have THE cancer answer or THE cure is either disillusioned or a flat-out liar...thankfully, Mrs. Frähm doesn't attempt to do that.I appreciated her candor and personal courage during her difficult cancer fight and the specific things she shared in her personal nutritional regimen that I, too, incorporated that made me a much stronger cancer patient. I'm not only a smarter soldier in my own cancer war but I feel like I have a hold on the arsenal of natural weapons that my cancer enemy doesn't like. I have Mrs. Frähm-and the friend who gave me this powerful book-to thank for that.Just know this book isn't for everyone-especially those who are wary of anything their doctor doesn't rubber stamp with approval. But some of us didn't have the luxury of such enlightened, infallible oncologists and Mrs. Frähm just shows the reader some natural, alternative ways to bolster our immune systems & fight cancer without destroying ourselves in the process. And if your cancer situation is beginning to look a little bleak, this may well point you in some directions that no one else will tell you about. It's a shame that her 'Battle Plan' is only well-known within the cancer survivor community when it contains so many sound principles. If you're in the 'battle' against the Big C, it's difficult to NOT become a smarter soldier with this book. I only wish I had known about some of these principles years ago as I might not have even been diagnosed with cancer to begin with.p.s. As far as how Mrs. Frähm is doing today? I don't personally know...but given the fact that she only had 2 months to live- many years ago, mind you- after her "last" medical option expired and failed, whatever time she cultivated beyond that is due to the gifts of a higher power and a determined woman who took some brave steps to meet her enemy head-on.
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44 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Necessary education for cancer patient, February 17, 2004
This review is from: A Cancer Battle Plan (Mass Market Paperback)
I am 44. I had an emergency colectomy, to remove tumor, and have grade-c colon cancer. THis means that there is no visible tumor spread beyond that removed, but > 50% of the removed lymph nodes tested + for cancer cells. Dr.'s prognosis is 50%-60% 5-year survival. Chemo is recomended, but will only improve the survival rate by 3-8%. I do know that there will be a small but significant % in my situation will that will survive 30+ years. THis book clearly endorses surgery, chemo, and/or radiation to stop advanced cancer. THe question is what next? I have three young children. Should I do nothing and just hope that I fall on the + side of stats? Or do I take aggressive action to try and put my self in the positive side? Choose for yourself. As for me, I will fight with all of my strength to beat this. I am a believer, and my ultimate hope is in God, but he gave me a mind to think, and a strong will to fight and live. TO that end, I ask, can a good detox program followed by a healthy nutritious diet possibly be harmful? I think not. Is the potential harm from follow-up chemo worth only 3-8% increase in 5-year survival? I am still praying and thinking about this one. I may forgo the chemo, but only after many consultations with the oncologist. I don't dismiss the imortance of the medical establishment, neither did Anne. I find the diet to be a bit too radical, and am reading other books ("Juice FOr Life") that allow some fish and poultry in the meals, along with more reasonable food mixing, and more cooked foods. However, the other books seem to align with the this one regarding cleansing and juice recomendations, and emphasis on raw fruits and veggies. I don't look forward to the juice fast cleansing, but honestly, can it hurt? Might it help? I see this as a no-lose situation for me. OThers may have different situation. But in any case, take control of your desease. Fight. Seek the Lord. Do not surrender hope. To respond to a new review, the problem with a natural approach to fighting cancer is that it can not be verified using the "scientific method". That is, individual components of the problem/solution can not be verified. THe problem/solution has to be viewed from a macro perspective. The suggestion that the American diet is responsible is valid when one looks at cancer rates of Japanese, before and after they adapt the American diet. However, unless individual food items can be proven to cause cancer, the medical community will not accept the evidence. The theory, however, is that the total American diet of dead poisened food, is responsible for the failure of the body to fight cancer (specifically due to reduced liver function). Seeing cancer as a system failure, rather than a local disease is orthoganal to the medical establishemt, and therefore, a program of detox, + disciplined nutrition + specific supliments, while reasonable, will not even get consideration, regardless of its results. I am a cancer patient, not an "expert". I am trying to understand my disease, and am not willing to simply hope that my doctors can treat it. I will insist that they provide compelling data for any recomended procedure. I will weigh the risks/benefits carefully. I will also consider reasonable "alternatives".
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42 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
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This book's author has died of her cancer, December 28, 2003
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This review is from: A Cancer Battle Plan (Mass Market Paperback)
When my own cancer was deemed incurable, I reached eagerly for this book and attempted to do many of the things it said. Recently, I bought the sequel to this book, A Cancer Battle Plan Sourcebook, and in it, Ann Frahm's husband, Dave, reveals that Ann died of her cancer. I am estimating this happened between 1998, when the first book came out, and 2000, when the second book came out. In the second book he explains what happened, that they just couldn't clear up all her immunity problems and the cancer came back and took over. When I found out she died, I felt very let down, but on the other hand, Ann lived about 10 years fter she was sent home to die, so I guess it is however you choose to see the glass, half full or empty. I think it is only right, though, to let potential readers of this book know that Ann died. She also lived longer than anyone expected. Make your own decisions about the efficacy of her program and your quality of life if you follow program (with the frequent juicing, supplements, enemas and on and on and on) with that in mind. But if you are anything like me, you keep on doing stuff like this because you don't have anything else to keep trying to do. May God help all of us with cancer, because we surely need it.
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