Cancer Recovery Guide: 15 Alternative and Complementary Strategies for Restoring Health [Paperback]

Jonathan Chamberlain (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2008

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.

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'Mr. Chamberlain has a voice that is at once humble and powerful... He speaks from the heart, but clearly wants you to use your head. Good combination.' - DOCTOR YOURSELF NEWSLETTER

About the Author

JONATHAN CHAMBERLAIN was brought up in Ireland and Hong Kong, where he lived for many years working as a teacher and writer. His previous works include Cancer: The Complete Recovery Guide, and his website on cancer-related issues is www.fightingcancer.com. He has also written Chinese Gods, An Introduction to Chinese Folk Religion and King Hui, the man who owned all the opium in Hong Kong. Jonathan is also the founder of two charities: The Hong Kong Down Syndrome Association and Mental Handicap Network China Ltd.

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Clairview Books (March 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1905570147
• ISBN-13: 978-1905570140
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #965,410 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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 wrote Chinese Gods; I didn't know about the alternative approaches to cancer so I wrote Cancer: The Complete Recovery Guide. King Hui was an exploration into the life of a Chinese playboy and Wordjazz for Stevie 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 a blog at www.cancerfighter.wordpress.com

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars essential overview of alternative therapies for cancer, March 27, 2008

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Jonathan Chamberlain (uk) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cancer Recovery Guide: 15 Alternative and Complementary Strategies for Restoring Health (Paperback)

Let me declare my interest. I am the author of this book. I wrote it because I believe the information is important. My wife died as much from her orthodox treatments as from the cancer itself - but how could we have avoided doing the orthodox treatments? This book explains very clearly why the orthodox treatments are problematic. It also explains why many of the so-called alternative and complementary approaches make sense. The problem for many people is that 'alternative' cancer therapies have been stigmatised with a sort of new-age label. I can tell you I am not at all new-agey. All the therapies mentioned in this book are rooted in good science and/or in credible personal experience. This book contains stories of more than a dozen people who have recovered from cancer using alternative therapies. If you have cancer, or if you know someone who has cancer, then this should be one of the books you should read. It is the companion volume to the much more detailed book Cancer: The Complete Recovery Guide, details of which can be found on my Fighting Cancer website

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is just SUPERB!!!!, September 26, 2009

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This review is from: Cancer Recovery Guide: 15 Alternative and Complementary Strategies for Restoring Health (Paperback)

I have just been blown away by this book. There are so many things in this book that can be started right away. I have read this book and now am rereading it and taking notes. The really GREAT thing to me about the info in this book, is its simplicity. It is VERY readable, yet also very informative. It easily explains the various types of things you can do to fight cancer (such as, cut off the cancer cell's blood supply, induce it to destroy its cells (which it is currently NOT doing, and why it is there), etc. Much of the info is stuff you can start NOW! Such as, STOP all forms of sugar and sweeteners (except for fruit and stevia). Drink some apple cider vinegar daily (which I was planning on doing anyway). There are also easily obtainable herbs and supplements (which are my preferred route--I have VERY great successes with herbs).

I actually came in here to order the COMPLETE Recovery Guide, as I had ordered this version (more abbreviated) first. When I pulled up the book to order, I also saw this one, and saw it had only one review (and that was the author's)! So I decided I had to let ya'll know how fantastic this book is, before I even order my other one.

This book is very real and down to earth. There are many different cures given, so you can kind of choose your cocktail. I was already leaning toward Essiac (which is in the book), but I had NO IDEA that the wonderful herb Aloe was also effective in many ways, so I will be adding that. I also didn't know that vitamins C and D and Folic Acid, and trace minerals were very effective. I will also be adding them, as well as a few others I don't remember off the top of my head (my notes are in the other room)! WAIT!!! The green barley pills sounded like a winner! (Be sure to check those!)

I am also going to try the Imaging (Steve Murray) and several healing/toning CDs, to go with the diet I will be using. Eating the proper foods (and maybe even more importantly NOT eating the improper foods, is probably the most important thing. (What I have they said was PRE cancer, so I'm hoping all this will blow it off the map!)

I have to thank the author for this wonderful book. I have been looking and looking for information on what I need to do. Of course the advice of the doctors is to basically wait until it turns INTO cancer (sigh)! (But of course, THAT is when they start making their real money, isn't it!!!) It's great having all this really good info in one easy to find place.

I also have to say I enjoy the stories he has in there by people who overcame their cancer (NOT people who were barely alive a few years later) and what they did. He also provides numerous websites where you can research all these things yourself.

This book is not large, and is easy to comprehensively cover in a weekend. I also very much recommend the book, Outsmart Your Cancer (Tanya Pierce). (It's the first book I found that actually covered the condition that I have, which is NOT readily accessible anywhere.)

I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone with cancer, precancer, or people who wish to prevent cancer. I would recommend getting this book first, as it is very easy to digest, and gives you ways you can get started immediately!