I will tell you my story in twenty-six segments, each short enough to read at one sitting (or during one relaxing bath). If you want to explore some of the resources I did, I have listed them at the end of each pertinent chapter. Some of the books I read after I was into my own healing program, but I included them because they confirmed my more intuitive approach, while adding new ideas of their own. Many of them have recipes to tempt you to begin your own healing journey.

Review and reader comments.

Suggested Reading

Gilda’s Disease Sharing Personal Experiences and a Medical Perspective on Ovarian Cancer by M. Steven Piver MD with Gene Wilder (Prometheus Books, 1996). If you want to know the medical side before you consider alternative therapies, read this straightforward but horrifying account, replete with statistics and medical jargon.

It’s Always Something by Gilda Radner (Avon Books, 1989). This book was too depressing to read when I first discovered my cancer, so I saved it until I was well on the way to recovery. It was still depressing then, not because Gilda died, but because she was so trusting in traditional medicine, and so non-assertive when it came to her own body. She died 31 months post diagnosis.

Nutrition: The Cancer Answer II by Maureen Kennedy Salaman (Stratford Publishing, 1996). I found Maureen’s approach quite uplifting and refreshing, with a good chapter on nutraceuticals and lots of recipes.

Options: The Alternative Cancer Therapy Book by Richard Walters (Avery Publishing Group, Inc., 1993). Overview of the more common alternative therapies, most of which have nutrition as a basis for building good health.

Reclaiming Our Health Exploding the Medical Myth and Embracing the Source of True Healing by John Robbins (HJ Kramer, 1996). A good introduction to natural healing, examining several topics in depth such as midwifery, attention deficit disorder, and cancer. Particularly good chapter on radiation and chemotherapy.

Spontaneous Healing: How to Discover and Enhance Your Body’s Natural Ability to Maintain and Heal Itself by Andrew Weil MD (Fawcett Columbine, 1995). Dr. Weil’s approach is direct and straightforward, and includes many case histories of successful "spontaneous" healings (which often involve much hard work!).

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The ABC's of 
Living Without Cancer

Table of Contents

Introduction. What it means to live without cancer, with pointers for reading this book – a personal journey of natural, holistic healing.

1. Attitude
Knowing that natural healing was possible helped me have a more positive attitude – which itself is an important aspect of natural healing.

2. Breathing
Intentional breathing and its importance in healing.

3. Cancer Support Groups
A way of dealing with your illness. Educational topics.

4. Death & Dying
Considering death in a different light, no matter what your views before cancer.

5. Eating, Cooking, & Diet
Proper food gives positive energy. Good nutrition helps balance you & rebuild your immune system.

6. Family & Friends 
An introduction to my family & friends. Creating new ones.

7. God
An atheist/humanist gets reacquainted with God.

8. Herbs
Useful medicinal plants.

9. Images
Suggestions for learning to live with the scars of cancer. Clothing options and other beauty tips.

10. Jokes & Humor
Humor is always good to have for healing.

11. Kissing & Hugging
Hugging is best at first, but kissing healthy people is good, too

12. Loving & Living
It helps to have someone to love, but more importantly, someone who loves you back through this difficult time of life.

13. Meditation
Mindfulness, letting go, ‘not doing,’ sensual awareness, and self-guided imagery for healing.

14. Nutraceuticals & Supplements
Particular foods helpful for rebuilding the immune system. Supplements I used to optimize my nutrition.

15. Openness
Bringing cancer out into the open helps destroy some of the myths, taboos, and erroneous views.

16. Pollution
What pollution is, and how to rid your body of toxic materials.

17. Quilts
Healing elements of creative endeavors.

18. Rest, Relaxation, & Sleep
Down time for your body. How I made myself a cave for healing.

19. Sex
Practical ‘exercises’ to try, with a little love thrown in.

20. Therapy
Alternatives to chemotherapy and radiation to help build the immune system and promote healing.

21. Unpaid & Paid Help
The difference between help and relatives.

22. Vacations
Treating yourself to recovery. Included are ideas for food while traveling, both short and long distances.

23. Walking and Water
Simple yoga stretches, and the importance of water & walking.

24. X-Rays, Blood Tests, & Doctors
Finding a medical team that will respect your body, mind, and spirit.

25. Your Quality of Life
How to figure out what you want after the  diagnosis of cancer, and how to speak up for yourself.

26. Zen
Intuition and devotion do mix.