- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Watkins Publishing (15 Mar 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905857004
- ISBN-13: 978-1905857005
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.6 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 377,443 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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One in nine women in the United Kingdom will be affected by breast cancer. Currently they are offered a one-size-fits-all treatment approach that all too often falls fatally short. This book is a story of survival and an argument for change to both to the politics of healthcare and the way women everywhere live their lives. Janet Edwards has always been an advocate for a holistic lifestyle, but, in August 2001, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and a few short weeks later she was in hospital undergoing a mastectomy. Rushed into post-operative treatments, it was during her first round of chemotherapy that she began to realise that something wasn't right deep inside her body and started to question the treatment she was being offered. "Choosing to Heal" follows Janet as she searches for answers to her questions and battles back from cancer with the support of her friends, family and her husband. Offering advice on prevention and treatment, with a mixture of conventional and complimentary medicine, Janet provides a wake-up call to every woman that health is more than just the absence of disease and we should take charge of our own wellbeing. "We ignore this book at our peril" - Dr Rosy Daniel, BSc MBBCh, Intergrated Medicine Consultant and Founder of Health Creation, Bath.
About the Author
Janet Edwards is a musician, teacher, and composer whose performance career spans 30 years, from classical piano to musical theater to soul, rock, and pop. As a licensed practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, she has explored the subtle connections between mind and body, using them to inform her own work and her students' training as well as her healing from cancer. 'This is no flimsy, esoteric, alternative self-help manual.' - Maureen Lipman. 'This book will be a huge comfort and inspiration to those who read it' - Amanda Holden.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am about three quarters way through this book now. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in the same year as Janet Edwards and I underwent the standard CPB (Cut, poison, burn) treatment, totally unaware that I had any alternatives.
I have had horrendous expereiences with NHS hospitals since then both in my cancer treatement, (wrong diagnoses, wrong medication, mix up of my results with those of another patient) my reconstruction surgery (infected abscess which the staff then cross infected to my donor site and 6 months of trying to heal wounds which in the end I did myself and refused to visit the hospital or nurses for the dressings), and later an operation this year to drain fluid from my lungs (cancelled 3 times after I had been admitted to hospital and outright lies told by medical staff and a complaints system which refused to accept we had any complaint) and finding out the fluid was due to secondary breast cancer returning in my lungs and skeleton.
I am now actively trying to find a better method of dealing with my cancer as the original treatment obviously did not work.
Whilst janet Edwards' book is very informative and helpful in pointing you in the right directions for other forms of treatment, it is extremely frustrating to know that for most of us who just do not have the financial wherewithall to up sticks and on the immediate moment rent accommodation in Germany and then pay for the treatment which seems to be the life line, or to visit Mexico as another patient she describes does, that we are NOT being given the option to choose health and survive the breast cancer system.
So a more practical approach to the problem which all those diagnosed with breast cancer could follow, would be preferrable.
I have had horrendous expereiences with NHS hospitals since then both in my cancer treatement, (wrong diagnoses, wrong medication, mix up of my results with those of another patient) my reconstruction surgery (infected abscess which the staff then cross infected to my donor site and 6 months of trying to heal wounds which in the end I did myself and refused to visit the hospital or nurses for the dressings), and later an operation this year to drain fluid from my lungs (cancelled 3 times after I had been admitted to hospital and outright lies told by medical staff and a complaints system which refused to accept we had any complaint) and finding out the fluid was due to secondary breast cancer returning in my lungs and skeleton.
I am now actively trying to find a better method of dealing with my cancer as the original treatment obviously did not work.
Whilst janet Edwards' book is very informative and helpful in pointing you in the right directions for other forms of treatment, it is extremely frustrating to know that for most of us who just do not have the financial wherewithall to up sticks and on the immediate moment rent accommodation in Germany and then pay for the treatment which seems to be the life line, or to visit Mexico as another patient she describes does, that we are NOT being given the option to choose health and survive the breast cancer system.
So a more practical approach to the problem which all those diagnosed with breast cancer could follow, would be preferrable.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book when I was diagnosed with breast cancer - but didn't find it very helpful. It left me feeling guilty when I followed the conventional treatments instead of finding another path - whilst at the same time giving me huge doubts about the treatment I was going through. The treatment the author had instead of chemotherapy was so impractical for me that I found it difficult to relate to.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book changed my life. In part expose of the failings of the British Health system, personal story and guide to prevention. It will bring comfort to women going through breast cancer to know that they are not alone whilst it also calls for change in the system to better care for sufferers.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
choosing to heal
My daughter has got breast cancer and has just had her 2nd lot of Chemo. I am busy trying to read this book to find anything that might ease her journey. Read more
Published 3 months ago by liz
Everyone should know the alternative path.
This was a great read.
I have not experienced cancer myself but have lots of cancer in the family, so I have always been interested in the topic. Read more
I have not experienced cancer myself but have lots of cancer in the family, so I have always been interested in the topic. Read more
Published 21 months ago by KatrinN
Absolutely Invaluable
I read this book as my sister is currently undergoing breast cancer therapy with the NHS and I have felt truly horrified by the treatment she is undergoing. Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2009 by A. Nathan
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