The Direction for a Person with Cancer

by Sandra Goodman

The book is avaialble from Positive Health Publications Ltd, 51 Queen Square, Bristol BS1 4LH at £7.99 plus £1 postage in the UK and £3 postage Rest of World.

The full text (some of the diagrams are missing) is available to read on this site at Cancer

     A diagnosis of cancer necessitates a totally unique and individual examination of all in a person’s life that is important to the restoration of health to that individual. Every person’s genetic and biochemical constitution is unique, as are his or her priorities in life and most valued relationships.
     There can never be any universal answer to all cancer patients. Some individuals are cured even though they make no dietary changes at all and submit to conventional medical treatment. Others go through all the conventional medical treatment and don’t survive. Some people make profound spiritual and psychological changes in their attitudes and live, while others who follow every conceivable path of nutritional, psychological and spiritual therapy, die. And, while living or dying is a very arbitrary assessment, quality of life is obviously of paramount importance to all of us who ultimately will die one day.
     The best and indeed only advice which can be proffered to cancer patients is to avail themselves of the best information pertaining to their condition – recommended types of treatments, prognosis based upon conventional treatments, nutritional, complementary treatment options and spiritual practices which accord with their heartfelt congruent beliefs and wishes. It is very important and vital, according to long-time experts like Dr Lawrence LeShan,¹ who has worked with cancer patients for some 35 years, to do what you want to do and what you feel is best for you. Personal accounts of those with experience with the Gerson and macrobiotic regimes make inspiring reading.^2,3
     There is a wealth of dietary and nutritional information which seems to protect against cancer and appears to help certain people’s cancer, however, there are no guarantees and insufficient evidence to know that a particular regime will help you. If you are the sort of person who hates to cook and would find paying attention to diet and nutrition a major hassle and intrusion, then there must be another way forward for you.
There are no prizes and no rules, except that you have choice.

References
1 LeShan L, Cancer as a Turning Point. Gateway Books. 1989-92
2 Bishop B, A Time To Heal. Keats. 1985.
3 Faulkner H, Against All Odds. Community Health Foundation. 1992.