- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Element (4 April 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007195214
- ISBN-13: 978-0007195213
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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A truly inspirational cancer survivor’s story of an ordinary woman who decided to have a child even though doctors had told her she probably wouldn’t survive to raise her. Having twice defeated breast cancer, Irish Bernadette truly found her calling and now helps others win back their health, inspiring them to live life to the very fullest.
An inspiring story of an ordinary woman's spirited fight against all odds. After defeating breast cancer the first time, when she miscarried a baby, Bernadette Bohan's doctor told her: 'You've got more than most. You have a girl and a boy, so go home and live your life.' Yet twelve years later a little miracle happened and Bernadette got pregnant. In spite of a massive chance she'd have a recurrence, Bernadette held her nerve, trusted in God that everything would be OK and gave birth to a healthy baby girl. Five years later, Bernadette's cancer returned. Once again she survived. This time she created a lifestyle which she vows saved her life.
After her amazing survival, Bernadette's fame grew through friends and family passing her story on. And this ordinary wife and mother found her own special calling. Soon her living room was packed with people wanting to learn how to be healthy. Now Bernadette is a favourite and powerful talk show guest and lecturer.
About the Author
An ordinary woman from Dublin who defeated breast cancer twice, and became a well-known talk show guest and lecturer, Bernadette currently resides in Malahide.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I couldn't put this book down - anyone that has been touched by Cancer should read this, it not only makes you aware of what you can do to help yourself when sick or in recovery, but also how a "perfectly" healthy person can change their habits in order to lower the risk of Cancer developing in the first place. This book doesn't lecture, it's a beautifully written, honest, sad and true account of how one woman and her family dealt with the harsh realities that they faced and what Bernadette did to increase her chances of living a healthy and happy life whilst dealing with Cancer and the years after.
Her youthful and glowing looks due to her dietry habits should be enough inspiation in itself!
Her youthful and glowing looks due to her dietry habits should be enough inspiation in itself!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Bernadette Bohan's book truly captured me. She writes about her life and her battle against cancer in a moving way. Always keen to tell us how people around her - including her family - felt, it gives a full picture of cancer and of the support and love that carried Bernadette. Reading the story of cancer and treatments from an insider's point of view really opened my eyes to what cancer patients go through and the strength they show throughout their treatment.
Definetely the most important part of this book is her truly simple, easy to follow "Change Simply" plan of 4 steps she took to better health. She explains in such simple terms that give you courage that everybody can do it! She says, if a wife and mother of 3 on chemotherapy can do it - who can't! And it's true, her recommendations are much more applicable to my busy life than anything I have read before in diet and nutrition guides.
In very simple words she explains what she does to stay healthy without being patronising. And best of all, she lists resources at the very end of her book. So, all I need to do now is pick myself up, ring up a few people and go to the next Health Food Shop - and away I am on her Change Simply plan.
A truly capturing book that I flew through, full of real love, life and experience, and very good ideas on how to improve your life s i m p l y and effectively! I thoroughly recommend it.
Definetely the most important part of this book is her truly simple, easy to follow "Change Simply" plan of 4 steps she took to better health. She explains in such simple terms that give you courage that everybody can do it! She says, if a wife and mother of 3 on chemotherapy can do it - who can't! And it's true, her recommendations are much more applicable to my busy life than anything I have read before in diet and nutrition guides.
In very simple words she explains what she does to stay healthy without being patronising. And best of all, she lists resources at the very end of her book. So, all I need to do now is pick myself up, ring up a few people and go to the next Health Food Shop - and away I am on her Change Simply plan.
A truly capturing book that I flew through, full of real love, life and experience, and very good ideas on how to improve your life s i m p l y and effectively! I thoroughly recommend it.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A fantastic book, Bernadette's courage and honesty shine through. This is a touching and humbling story of an Irish woman's battle with cancer. Openly written, by the end you almost feel that you know her and her family. I could not put this book down and I cannot wait to start to make some of the simple changes that Bernie recommends.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Life changing
I happened to come across this book by chance. My mother had breast cancer a number of years ago and has been in fine health since so I don't see myself as someone who has been... Read more
Published on 30 Sep 2009 by Sylvia Lee
Amazing story of one womans amazing courage
I was given this book as a gift, and it took me a while to pick it up as I thought it would upset me reading it.
My only wish is that I had picked it up quicker. Read more
My only wish is that I had picked it up quicker. Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2008 by Ms. Y. L. Flaws
Feel ten years younger and full of life
This book has inspired me to change my life for the better. Since reading 'The Choice' and following Bernadette's advice I have lost 2 stone and restored my body to the weight I... Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2006 by Mrs. Carolyn Thomas
Bernadette Bohan's The Choice
Couldn't put it down - read over two nights. Made me laugh and cry. Unlike the other detox/diet popular books on the market, Bernadette also covers harmful chemicals in addition to... Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2006 by B. Courtney
A touching and well told story
I really enjoyed reading this story which was told from the heart. It made me stop and think about how this illness affects people and it was inspirational to read Bernadette's... Read more
Published on 13 Jun 2005 by Karen Kennedy
Hope & Positivity
Bernadette Bohan's book "The Choice" is powerful message of hope and inspiration after having being diagnosed with cancer not once but twice. Read more
Published on 16 April 2005 by "david502"
uplifting
I read this book on a flight home and cried and laughed through
the journey. It was a very moving account of a very courageous
woman who challenged the norm and simply... Read more
the journey. It was a very moving account of a very courageous
woman who challenged the norm and simply... Read more
Published on 15 April 2005 by Rachel Genocchi
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