In Europe and the USA we have a 40-50 percent chance of getting cancer at some time in our lives. So what do you do if you are diagnosed with the disease? The harshness of orthodox treatments (surgery, radiation and chemotherapy) are well-known. Their use is widespread, but their results are not impressive. Faced with these options, informed patients are increasingly seeking out alternative or complementary strategies to take control of their own healing. This book provides an overview of them. Jonathan Chamberlain watched his wife suffer and eventually die - both from her cancer and from the direct effects of the orthodox treatments she had undergone. This experience led him on a journey in search of other methods of overcoming cancer. What he discovered stunned him. There are cures out there - dozens of them - many offering very good chances of recovery. In "Cancer Recovery Guide" Chamberlain presents 15 simple, practical strategies for becoming well again. These strategies are grouped in three families: those relating to the mind and the emotions (did you know stress makes cancers more aggressive?) ; those relating to the health of the whole body (cancer cannot survive in a tissue environment that is truly healthy); and, those that focus on directly attacking the cancer tumours. The personal stories cited throughout this book testify to the curative possibilities of the strategies presented.
I decided to be a writer at the age of 16 because Hemingway made it seem both fun and easy! How wrong can you be?
Now, many years later, writing is still the most interesting thing I do. My books are almost always a response to a problem of ignorance. I didn't know anything about Chinese folk religion but I wanted to know who the Gods were so I researched the subject and wrote Chinese Gods; then my wife was diagnosed with cancer and we tried to make sense of all the information that was coming our way. It was then I discovered the war of ideas about how best to deal with cancer. In our case we did what the doctors advised and that didn't help my wife. The alternative approaches to cancer seemed much more sensible so. again, I did the research and wrote a series of cancer books which have culminated in The Cancer Survivor's Bible (1 volume) and Cancer: The Complete Recovery Guide (the same information in 8 short books).
Then came King Hui, an exploration into the life of a Chinese playboy, kung fu fighter, wartime collaborator, peacetime spy, would-be criminal mastermind, and associate of triads (a fascinating, absolutely true account - a street life view of Hongkong, Macau and Canton.
I also wrote Wordjazz for Stevie as a celebration of the life of my profoundly handicapped daughter who brought meaning into my life. To see some very flattering reviews of these books go to www.blacksmithbooks.com. Also I have a website at www.fightingcancer.com and blogs at www.cancerfighter.wordpress.com and www.2ndhandbooklover.com
