People who use their celebrity platform to advance views on subjects that they are not qualified to speak about are very dangerous. I think that I am going to come out with a book on ACTING. I am quite sure that Ms. Somers can glean some usefulness from it's contents.

I almost died listening to her. Because of her claims, Suzanne Somers, and her touting of bio identical hormones to reduce cancers and prevent aging, I did fore go scientific treatments approved by the conventional system and tried alternative cures. My results? The type of breast cancer I had, was a very aggressive form which I did not know because I thought these alternative medicines and just praying would heal me, so I did not pursue lab testing. After a time it was getting larger and I could tell that the homeopathic stuff I was using and the bio hormones I was using were not working. Instead, the cancer spread to Stage 3C Breast Cancer. If I had waited much more, the cancer would have metastasized to the rest of my organs, bones or other areas or my body. I decided to go to traditional treatment, chemo, mastectomy, and radiation. I almost died listening to these people. So the answer to the question, "Is she causing more harm than good?" YES YES YES!!!!
and she never talks loudly about the fact that she had to have her uterus removed because of cancerous cells...If her stuff works so good, why did this happen??...her ideas are not safe. GOD HEALS THROUGH SCIENCE AND DOCTORS!! use wisdom not magic cures....the FDA is not a bad thing.

Ms. Somer has no medical training. Her book should be taken at face value. As the consumer we have a responsibility to research things we read. Remember when you were 5 years old and your mom told you not to believe everything you read? As a PA who works in infectious disease, I see patients who are taking "just this one herb" to fight their Hepatitis. The problem is that many herbs cause liver damage. But the person working in the health food store did not stress this to my patient. You must be aware of everything you put into your own body. You must be your own patient advocate. The FDA, the CDC, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the WHO, the American Cancer Society, the list goes on and on...these are reputable sources. But listening to an actress for medical advice is dangerous. Take the book for what it is, a life story of how she fought cancer.

Give me a break! WE are responsible for ourselves. To blame a celebrity for almost dying is ridiculous. Have a mind of your own and use common sense. EDUCATE yourself to make wise decisions about YOUR treatment. Freedom of book writing (speech)~remember that. Use your head!

Let me see, she's an actress. I never knew that actors were authorities on health and medicine. And here she is touting cures for disease with untested, un-researched studies to back them up.
I guess she hasn't gotten any offers to act lately and needs the money. Shame on you and every other celebrity who uses their clout to make money without care for the individuals they target!
I will never take her seriously or watch any show with her in it again...

The dumb blonde from a sitcom is offering medical advice...

As a medical provider, the worst information I can give a patient is that they have cancer. No matter who they are, they are afraid. Book such as this prey on those fears. It is said that someone wants to make money off of that fear. If she were only doing it to help people, there are plenty of forums she could use, but then she wouldn't make any money. When my patients ask me for sources of information, I tell them use the web sites that end in edu and be careful about the ones that end in org, and never use the ones that end in com for their medical knowledge.

This is the wonderful thing about a free nation!! If you ONLY take her word for cancer cure- you simply are a fool! Don't google it- REsearch it!! I do believe that she is ON to something but would I only take one person's word for it? NO!! That would make me very unwise! The comment that one person made that they ONLY took her advice and almost died, well... Honestly, when it comes to your own life, one might pay heed to more than one person's advice! :) Come on America! Get with the program! it is very simple- sleep right, eat right, keep your stress down and forgive!

My wife had stage 4 cancer(Breast, Bone, Lung) and I'm going to make a long story short. During our journey, we have lost 27 friends that have taken chemotherapy and all are dead. Most within 12 months of the treatment were dead, with some being in pretty good health before treatment. Of the 27, 17 died of some other complication not related to cancer. Let's get the facts straight folks, even though television is in the bad habit of always letting the public know, so and so is on chemotherapy like it's standard protocol, Chemotherapy is not and never will be the cure for cancer. To cut through the chase, my wife changed her diet completely, even to the point of not only eating all raw food (No Meat), but also drinking raw vegetables. Believe me after drinking raw brocolli and spinach juice for three years, chemo would sound like a good alternative treatment and that's the road everyone takes. Get to the clinic and get that chemo into you as quick as you can, that is what is embedded into every americans head in the United States, we love our spareribs and red bull and that has to continue. I once was close by a chemo room that was jammed packed with half dead patients and I overheard an oncologist tell a dying chemo sickened patient to just drink red bull or a monster if your energy level drops. Please, food for the cancer. I have yet to hear one oncologist suggest to us or any other patient to change their diet. Why change your diet when they have such an array of great cancer killing drugs, and yes radiation is so safe these days (Right). I have absolute positive SCIENTIFIC proof with my wifes PET SCAN and MRI she is cancer free from head to toe. The radiologist wrote on the report that my wife has responded well to her chemotherpy treatment and there is no signs of cancer. We have been laughing for years and showed it to at least 20 oncologist and they see no humor in it, because the truth of the matter is she has had no conventional treatment, NONE. The bottom line, Oncologist are no smarter than anyone that feels like writing a book. We have been kicked out of many clinics trying to help patients by giving them good nutritional information and it angers the Oncologist. If we stick to the foods that God put on this earth for us to eat at the beginning of life, our bodies would never get any kind of disease. IT IS THAT SIMPLE and to simple to believe. Good luck on your journey and please ask questions.......

Read Suzanne's book. She is interviewing doctors who are leaders in their fields, including oncologists. THEY are saying that the current oncology units are money makers and not curing anything. They are decreasing the quality of life for the majority of patients. Don't take anyone's word, including drug companies and Cancer Treatment Centers. Read the book.

Individuals should invest time and great thought into all of their treatment- not just cancer. We are so quick to jump through the hoops that traditional medicine tells us to, that we forget their are other options out there. Integrative medicine has been of great use to me. I have been lucky to have a great integrative specialist in our town. If you are unfamiliar with IM, this type of doctor uses traditional medicine along with alternative medicines. My personal doctor, chooses to use alternative first and only if a patient doesn't respond well, uses traditional medicine (or at least that has been my experience). I would agree, in part, with Jeff G's posting on nutrition. So many problems we have today can be reversed with dietary changes. The "problem" with this seems to be that they are not quick fixes. Our society wants to take a pill and be better now, not figure out which foods work best with your blood type. Anything that takes too much effort or thought just seems to fall by the wayside.

This is a book of interviews of doctors who are mavericks and experts in their fields. She didn't write a fiction novel - she compiled interviews and put them in a book.

I've had concurrent radiation and chemotherapy 'standard of care'. Chemo nearly killed me. When I expressed my concern to my oncologist - that I was loosing my hearing, my colon wasn't functioning anymore, the sores all through my system meant I couldn't eat he said I wasn't 'seeing the forest for the trees' - if I didn't finish 'his protocol' I wouldn't 'be here to worry about it.' I walked out and found another doctor.

At age 43 I had chemo induced menopause. I was in menopause for two years - none of my doctors wanted to help. I found a Functional D.O. who introduced me to bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) - in one week my hourly hot flashes stopped - in one month I was feeling like I had before the cancer.

As famous as Suzanne (and Oprah) are - no one can fight the big pharmaceuticals with all their money, their lobbyists, our doctors getting kickbacks for each chemo treatment from them and our FDA in their back pockets.

Suzanne is trying to use her notoriety to get the message out that we have options to the patented, expensive, risky, synthetic hormone & killing chemo drugs big pharmaceuticals shove down our throats.

Sadly in our 'free' country women don't have the options our European counterparts do when it comes to medical care options. They've always used BHRT and their doctors do chemo sensitivity testing before they poison an already weakened immune system for nothing more than making sure they practice 'standard of care.'

Although I believe that a healthy diet / lifestyle can help people with pretty much ANY disease they encounter, the claims that chemotherapy only kills people is RIDICULOUS. As a mother of a 6 year old with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, I have seen him go from looking like death on the day he was diagnosed to being a healthy, happy little boy. He is currently in his second year of chemo and has one more year to go. He is in total remission and has been since a month after they started his chemo. The continued chemotherapy is to ensure that the leukemia doesn't come back. I am absolutely GRATEFUL to the wonderful doctors and nurses he has encountered and for all the research that has happened in the advancement of Cancer treatment. They have helped me save my little boy. There were times he was a nauseated, and yes he briefly lost his hair... but we fought the nausea with medication and by getting him whatever he felt he could eat, even if it was the middle of the night... and his hair has grown back just as full and curly as it ever was. My mother was also saved from breast cancer by chemotherapy. No it wasn't easy... but we got through it, and she remained cancer free for the rest of her life (she passed years later due to complications from asthma and pneumonia). So to those who believe that the oncology units are "killing people" and "not curing anything", all I can say is I know what worked for my family. I SAW the doctors save my mother and now they're saving my son.

The cancer society is in bed with big Pharma and will never endorse nor approve or support any alternative non-patentable cure! Bob Barefoot and other like Kevin Trudeau have the right idea.

I wish all self-proclaimed experts would research their opinions! Years ago I became disenchanted with "the PRACTICE(?) of modern medicine". Im glad i did. I have lupus and pulmonary fibrosis. I am convinced if i were still allowing a primary care physician to care for me I would be dead by now. My diagnosis' have been over 5 years ago. My recent visit to my rheumatologist has given me a new outlook on alternative treatments. My rheumatologist has given me his blessing to continue with the treatments i have been doing for the last 5 years. He told me there was nothing i could done, with anything he could have offered that would have offered better results. And more than likely would have offered a much worse outlook. So who are the self proclaimed experts I spoke of. THE MEDICAL DOCTORS!!!!!!!!! I have had to fight tooth and nail just to find and keep a medical doctor that will oversee my condition without taking their advice on what should and should not be part of my treatment. These puffed up self righteous do gooders woan't even talk about alternative ideas. And do you know what the biggest suprise is? Most doctors in the medical profession have not even had any training in Nutrition. It is not part of the medical training they have to go through. How stupid is that? And finally, THIS IS TO GLENN, ABOVE POST. Actors my not be authorities on health and medicine, but neither are DOCTORS. Why do you think it is called the practice of medicine?

I think Suzanne Somers is a very courageous woman. I think that she is using her celebrity platform to educate and reach people who may otherwise die unnecessarily from cancer. I understand why she refused to take chemo, because, it does more harm than good. Most patients do not live through it. Ms. Somers survived cancer and based on her experience is qualified to o speak on the subject. I think that most of the qualified Doctors would never advise their patients to take products to build their immune systems after the immune system has been destroyed by the chemo. The Dr.'s and Cancer Societies would never advocate for alternative treatments, because they will not be paid. If I can take fish oil to control diabetes and cholesterol levels, why does the Dr. give me dangerous drugs with too many side affects to treat these illnesses. Dr.’s are no longer concerned about the health and welfare of their patient’s, but are more concerned with lining their pockets. The Dr.’s have gone into the pharmaceutical business, leaving their patient’s to look to alternatives. Jethro Kloss, author of Back to Eden, wrote a letter to the Cancer Institute back in the thirties (30’s) informing them of his work and how he was curing cancer in patient’s with alternative medicine and still no research has been done. God gave us the cures for cancer but there is no money in the cure.

I wish all self-proclaimed experts would research their opinions! Years ago I became disenchanted with "the PRACTICE(?) of modern medicine". Im glad i did. I have lupus and pulmonary fibrosis. I am convinced if i were still allowing a primary care physician to care for me I would be dead by now. My diagnosis' have been over 5 years ago. My recent visit to my rheumatologist has given me a new outlook on alternative treatments. My rheumatologist has given me his blessing to continue with the treatments i have been doing for the last 5 years. He told me there was nothing i could have done, with anything he could have offered that would have offered better results. And more than likely would have offered a much worse outlook. So who are the self proclaimed experts I spoke of. THE MEDICAL DOCTORS!!!!!!!!! I have had to fight tooth and nail just to find and keep a medical doctor that will oversee my condition without taking their advice on what should and should not be part of my treatment. These puffed up self righteous do gooders woan't even talk about alternative ideas. And do you know what the biggest suprise is? Most doctors in the medical profession have not even had any training in Nutrition. It is not part of the medical training they have to go through. How stupid is that? And finally, THIS IS TO GLENN, ABOVE POST. Actors my not be authorities on health and medicine, but neither are DOCTORS. Why do you think it is called the practice of medicine?

to ShelleyM:

I don't know how you went about following Somers' advice, but not getting lab tests does not seem like a smart thing to do. You at least want to know what you are dealing with. And also, from my own research on alternative healing, it is very hard to beat cancer this way on your own. You should have someone who is experienced in alternative medicine and macrobiotic diets to guide you through the process, because everyone is different in terms of what their body needs.

So please do NOT dismiss alternative medicine just because you didn't do it right. If you had tried to give yourself chemotherapy and it didn't work, you would be thinking the same thing about that. People need to wake up and realize that you are not going to beat cancer just by reading this ONE book. It's a great way to get the idea out there, but after you know about it, DO YOUR RESEARCH. Too many people today want to rely solely on someone else for their info and decisions. They are too lazy to do the research and work on their own.

Are you guys kidding, This is a women giving her perspective on how she overcame cancer.its your choice what you decide to do with your own health just because she has written a book does not mean you have to do as she has done. its the same when you go to the Dr he/she can advise you but the bottom line is you are in charge of your own destiny

My ex mother in law had breast cancer and did get chemo in which she was lifeless, deppressed and sick everyday. She did however change her diet during cancer to all raw fruit and veggie juices made in her juicer, the doctors told her that diet helped in saving her life, not the chemo. Processed foods and chemicals is what creates cancers. I very rarely serve my 3 children processed food, and god bless they are very rarely sick.

Folks, each one of us decides how healthy our life will be by our eating, and lifestyle habits. What works for Suzanne Sommers might not work for you. It's up to each one of us to know our bodies, and find what will work. Doctors seem to work for the pharmaceuticals, and push drugs on their patients that they know will not do anything. I experienced this personally when I worked in an Urgent Care facility and the attending physician refused to give me a cough medicine. His exact words were "that stuff doesn't work" I asked him why he prescribes it for his patients, and he said it was "protocol" As already posted in other comments, even life threatening conditions like cancer can be cured if we just stay away from the things that are causing the problem. My sister has diabetes and she controls it with a proper diet and exercise. She has never taken an injection of insulin, and her children already in their teens have never taken a single prescription of antibiotics. Despite what doctors claim, there are things we can do for OURSELVES to stay healthy. Drugs prescribed by doctors usually have worst side effects than helping with the problem they were prescribed for. Do some research on the medications being prescribed, and find a better and healthier lifestyle that will work for you. Stop blaming other people for the consequences of your bad decisions.

When are the American people going to wake up and understand that the medical doctors that treat cancer are just puppets for the pharmaceutical companies? My wife lost her battle to breast cancer two years ago and at the time of her diagnosis she was a stage 3 advanced with a tumor of 9cm. My wife believed in alternative avenues and was willing to do whatever would give her the best chance of survival to raise our 4 children. From the time she was diagnosed to the date of her surgery (approx. 4 weeks) she had shrunk the tumor to 6cm, WITHOUT CHEMO OR RADIATION. My wife was an ICU nurse for 25 years so she fully understood what she was dealing with. It was the day of her surgery that the first of three surgeons gave her the pre-op exam while mumbling the words “this can’t be” my wife just smiled and said “the tumor has shrunk, hasn’t it” The doctor said that maybe he had made a mistake when measuring the tumor from the MRI and called in two other doctors that had examined my wife when she was diagnosed, all three confirmed that she had shrunk the tumor from 9cm to 6cm. Not one of the doctors asked her how she did this; the comment was that they have never seen a tumor of this size get smaller prior to any treatments.

We will never see a CURE for cancer and anybody that believes that the pharmaceutical companies are truly trying to find one is sadly misled. What I believe the pharmaceutical companies are trying to come up with is a pill that you can take to prevent you from dying form cancer, much like they now have for AIDS patients. Just think about what a cure would do to the economy. Are our scientist so smart that they can split the atom, clone an animal, replace a heart, but too dumb to figure out how to cure cancer or for that matter even the common cold…..it’s all about the money! My wife’s oncologist had said to us that chemotherapy is larger than the oil industry in this country! I’ve been in sales my entire life and back in the 80’s I had been doing business with one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world during the construction of there new world corporate headquarters. While on site, I was introduced to one of the top scientist doing research on both cancer and AIDS. I asked him how far away are we to finding a cure to AIDS and cancer, his response nearly floored me. He said “there will never be a cure for cancer or AIDS, there’s no money in cures.” Little did I know just how much that statement would turn my world upside down 25 years later while I held my wife in my arms as she took her last breath.

Why is it that the medical doctors would like us to believe that with the later stage cancers, a 20 % survival rate past five years is a success, and we accept it! Why is it that 8 out of 10 in this category will not live past five years and 2 will go on to live a normal life? They all had the same treatments, and the doctors will look at this and call it a success!! When are we going to realize and study what the 20% that survive have with their immune system that’s different from the 80% that die? If it’s the chemo and radiation as the doctors would like us to believe that worked then why didn’t it work for the 80% who die. When a person is given the news that they have cancer it is usually followed up with what the treatment plan will be and the drugs that are suggested to use with all the side effects that the drugs will cause based on studies that the drug companies have performed on 100,000 people taking the drug, right down to a single percentage. That’s great, the drug companies have done their homework and you’ll not be surprised by any side effects.
What the doctors and the drug companies CAN”T tell, or give you, is what the people that have survived this God awful disease have done, besides the treatments to keep living. It’s not a cure, but it sure would have been nice to find out what the common denominator is amongst survivors besides the chemo and radiation treatments.

Are you kidding me? She like everyone else has a right to her opinion but my opinion is she has no idea what she is talking about. If you are so gullible to believe anything in this book you may as well send your money to Benny Hinn and the rest of those phony money sucking televangilists. Use your common sense and stay away from all of them. Seek qualified professionals and get more than 1 opinion.

To PJAK:
Ridiculous to excuse charlatans like suzanne somers to say that it's freedom of speech. It's irresponsible is what it is.

It is very dissapointing reading some of these comments. The American Cancer Society is in no way "in-bed" with pharmacies. The American Cancer Society is a non-profit organization that has funded billions of dollars in life saving research. The Society provides patient services and help for those who are in desperate need off support. The Society is here to help people going through a difficult time in their lives and provide much needed research.

Have you ever had a friend who exaggerated a story to aggrandize themselves or convince you of something? Read these comments and you'll see lots of those friends. Comments like "doctors getting kickbacks", "showed it to 20 oncologists". Please, isn't it difficult enough to see one or two doctors, much less 20 specialist in one field! Lots of nutcases inhabit these forums and everyone with opinions, "facts".

I was 46 yo & a 27 yo young woman (friend of a friend). Both diagnosed with breast cancer 5 years ago within a week of one another. I took my oncologists advice and did the chemo/radiation. the young woman had lost her mother 4 years earlier to this horrible disease. She was scared, afraid of chemo and losing her long beautiful hair, etc etc. She opted for ALTERNATIVE therapy & bio vitamin shots, and was buried last year at the age of 30. I am 52 still cancer free after 5 years. Do not listen to these people - you have only one life. Listen to your oncologist - not some ditsy actress out to make a buck. Believe me, I know the truth.

Jeff G - can I contact you? I have a personal interest in learning what your wife did (nutritionally, etc) that helped her overcome her cancer.

It is obvious that most or all of you have never experienced facing the fear of cancer yourselves. When you do, then you are qualified to tell me I am "ridiculous", "lazy", "didn't research enough" or "read ONE book", or "unforgiving" or "didn't do it right". You may view me and my experience a little differently and not judge me for my past mistakes and decisions that proved hurtful. I did have a holistic practitioner, (who refuses to return my calls now after several attempts to contact her with absolutely no hard feelings at all on my part, because I am and DO take responsibility for my decisions.) I read more than ONE book, searched and searched and searched desperately (to exhaustion) wanted and tried to believe in an alternative approach to the horrors of cancer. When you get cancer, have to face it, practically die from it, you let me know how it goes, OK? Love Shelley BTW: I am totally cancer free now...

Suzanne Sommers had stage 0 breast cancer. She had a
Lumpectomy and Radiation. She did not have to have Chemotherapy. She accepted conventional therapy. She may well have done chemo too had her cancer been found at a later stage. I have stage 111C and have followed conventional therapy, but welcome any new therapy that improves the quality of life.

First I would like to have Suzanne Sommers prove she ever had cancer or was it just a boob job she needed to cover for. Secondly, she is an actress and promotes many products for money. The book is just another way to make even more money. I have yet to hear of any good causes she supports for the benefits of any one else. Everything she does or promotes benefits her and her alone! I am a Breast cancer survivor (double mastectomy) as well as a thyroid cancer survivor. My husband has lung cancer with mets to his brain, adrenal glands and bones and he has survived the last 2 1/2 years since being diagnosed. We went with conventional treatments and so far we are both still alive. I firmly believe your attitude has a lot to do with survival! If what Suzanne tells us is true, why do people who have ate healthy all there lives still end up with cancer? Come on folks wake up! People who don't smoke get lung cancer. Men with no boobs get breast cancer.
We all need a reality check!!

cancer is a difficult and confounding disease.None of us is immune,not even doctors, I know i ve lost several colleagues to its various forms. Its difficult to believe that these unfortunates would accept their fate knowing that their colleagues and the dedicated researchers are just pretending to work. Are these people saving the "good stuff" for their own cures? Just a few facts...testicular cancer now 96% curable with appropriate chemotherapy. 15 years ago nearly uniformly fatal. Osteosarcoma affects young people ages 14-30 15 years ago 70% mortality now with improved surgical techniques and advances in chemotherapy,75-82% 5 year survival without amputation in a larger and larger percentage of patients. I m proud to be able to help despite the difficult course these patients often face but there is hope and knowledge is the key not hysteria.Unfortunately ignorance is often attractive because it promises an easy pathway it is seductive but costly.

I agree with the doctor from the American Cancer Society who said that he has no problem with alternative medicine if it's used wisely. Science does not have all the answers. Sometimes a positive mental attitude can do much more to help you fight cancer than a battery of chemotherapy. Nevertheless, some people with serious illnesses need aggressive therapy, which may include chemo.

In response to Linda Jones' comment that "Most people don't live through it" (Chemotherapy) -- what the hell? What do you base that comment on? You are wrong, wrong WRONG. I am a cancer survivor and have been cancer free on all my subsequent blood tests. Yes, the chemo was tedious and lengthy, but I'm glad that I followed my doctor's advice because I am alive today.

To concerned reader; The American Cancer Society is so in the pockets of the drug companies. Until you've gone through cancer treatments and asked the ACS for help and see the lack of response you'll get from them then don't comment, and if you do comment at least have the nerve to put your name to it. The ASC took in several hundred million last year and not a penny of that goes to help families in financial need. Just read the ACS booklet called Cure, they have a chapter that will tell you who to call for financial help and there advice, as printed in there booklet is, to have a family member or close friend sit down with you, put all your bills on the table and sort through the ones that are most important and pay whatever you can to those of most importance. You have no idea what cancer does to a family financially and the ACS could care less if you lose everything you own including the roof over your head. By the way, this is not just my opinion, my family experienced it first hand dealing with the ACS.

I honestly believe ( and to each their own) that every last bit of information that Suzanne Sommers is writing is correct..My late husband battled carcinoma of the testis for 13 years...the only time he got better was when he went to a naturapathic/homeopathic that taught him about nutrition and the proper vitamins and herbs to take to fight this monster...The Chemotherapy ravishes the body..killing everything in its path, it weakens the immune system so that the body can't fight off any infection never mind cancer. I don't believe that chemo works...it didn't for my late husband 5 or 6 different times that he had it..it's just poisoning the body..the cancer would always come back more aggresive than before...I wish he would of stayed with the homeopathic approach as it was the only time he gained his weight back and was in remission...sadly he didn't and I had to bury him...Suzanne is doing a world of good and people should listen.

First the Amercian cancer society and the AMA and the FDA will not find a cure for cancer it will put them all out of a job. Susanne in her latest book if you can read only points out the alternative Dr.s you may seek out for additional input and to if need compliment other treatments. Captain your own ship traditional medicine will not. It is only about the money and what the government has approved. My wife and i go to a holistic nurse practionier that will blow away any oncologist you want to send to debate her. All they teach in med school is how to administer drugs and guess who supports the med schools, thats right the drug companys. Good luck to you all she is not saying she is an expert or a dr. just bringing other alternatives to the un educated public and the medical folks don't like her. Well to bad she recovered and is free of cancer for 10 years so i would say thank you for all your research and we have choices.

My wife has had stage four lung cancer for well over two years now. She's alive for two main reasons. First, she has empowered herself by researching her condition to a depth people without a major medical condition would never understand, and yes that includes alternative treatments. Second, she works with her oncologists in forming a treatment plan. Not simply deferring to every opinion and decision her doctors make. She will not make a decision out of fear, although it’s a frightening condition. Keep an open and informed mind.

I have had cancer; once of the colon--treated by surgery and chemo: 7 yrs. no sign of recurrence.
Cancer of the breast--treated with surgury, chemo and radiation. Please people don't believe every idea of a celebrity that thinks that he/she is an expert. I am blessed to have caring surgeons and oncologists, I pray everyone will be so fortunate.

My dad was recently diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer, so I am very new to this cancer stuff. What exactly is alternative medicine? We have been giving my dad some coral calcium, along with his treatment plan with the oncologist(chemo and radition). He is soon going to be taking his second round of chemo and has yet to get sick, god willing he won't ever get sick.He gets tired, but the dr. gives him decadron(steriod med) and he gains his strength back and is fine, if anyone has any info, please share...

Judy W. - I was wondering if your lack of knowledge regarding the medical field is any relation to your ability to spell and use grammar?

Let's see... She had cancer. Now her tests show no evidence of a recurrence. For over 8 years. She hunts down information, publishes it, and a good percentage of those who try these protocols improve. So, the problem is? (cue crickets)
Anybody?

im a breast cancer survivor. ive had a lumpectomy and decided against radioation that can cause more serious problems like a heart attack within 3 yrs.. crumbling of the top of my rib cage on and off and scar tissue in my lungs.. just for ~ standard procedure ~ i also refused tamoxifen to take for 5 yrs. another stqandard procedure that can cause blood clots in your lung and legs, blindness, menapausal effects and uturine cancer.. among other lovely things..
i chose changing my lifestyle.. eating healthy organic foods with a purpose.. certqain foods that eliminate extra estrogen.. stay clear of soy which produces more estrogen ( another joke food bc its CHEAP ) soy lecithin is in everything which i think is a major cancer causing issue... its the bottom of the barrel crap that has all the pestisides and chemicals from the soy plant and they use is in everything.. read labels.. theres no reason except its cheap but they dont want to tell you how toxic it is!
other people have mentioned this and i totally agree.. what you eat is what is causing many diseases! all the processed sugars, hydronated oils.. and all the chemicals on top of chemicals in soda, candy, boxeed foods.. eat organic.. rid the antibiotic, hormone, pesticide ridden crap from your diet! exercise.. and rid stress and negativity as best you can. it cuts your risks way over half and then some! and i as well havent come across any kind of nutritional back up from any dr ive seen and i went to many for 20 second opinions! in the cancer center i was in for an appt they were serving soda and cakes for snacks! sugar.. processed sugar is cancers best friend! who the hell trains these idiots?

im a breast cancer survivor. ive had a lumpectomy and decided against radioation that can cause more serious problems like a heart attack within 3 yrs.. crumbling of the top of my rib cage on and off and scar tissue in my lungs.. just for ~ standard procedure ~ i also refused tamoxifen to take for 5 yrs. another stqandard procedure that can cause blood clots in your lung and legs, blindness, menapausal effects and uturine cancer.. among other lovely things..
i chose changing my lifestyle.. eating healthy organic foods with a purpose.. certqain foods that eliminate extra estrogen.. stay clear of soy which produces more estrogen ( another joke food bc its CHEAP ) soy lecithin is in everything which i think is a major cancer causing issue... its the bottom of the barrel crap that has all the pestisides and chemicals from the soy plant and they use is in everything.. read labels.. theres no reason except its cheap but they dont want to tell you how toxic it is!
other people have mentioned this and i totally agree.. what you eat is what is causing many diseases! all the processed sugars, hydronated oils.. and all the chemicals on top of chemicals in soda, candy, boxeed foods.. eat organic.. rid the antibiotic, hormone, pesticide ridden crap from your diet! exercise.. and rid stress and negativity as best you can. it cuts your risks way over half and then some! and i as well havent come across any kind of nutritional back up from any dr ive seen and i went to many for 20 second opinions! in the cancer center i was in for an appt they were serving soda and cakes for snacks! sugar.. processed sugar is cancers best friend! who the hell trains these idiots?

Suzanne Summers is courageous in her stand against cancer. Alternative therapies are just that, alternatives to poisioning your bodies with ineffective chemo drugs. All of her interviewees clearly stated that their methods do not work on everyone, especially those that already became poisioned by chemo. Big pharma controls the medical schools and most doctors, we all know that. Wake up and start taking control of your own lives and stop placing all your faith in the white coat establishment called Medicine. We should all applaude Suzanne for her drive and quit condemning her because of the character she portrayed on television. Why do we think that only medically endoctrinated individuals can give us hope, alternatives and continued happiness?

Suzanne Summers is courageous in her stand against cancer. Alternative therapies are just that, alternatives to poisioning your bodies with ineffective chemo drugs. All of her interviewees clearly stated that their methods do not work on everyone, especially those that already became poisioned by chemo. Big pharma controls the medical schools and most doctors, we all know that. Wake up and start taking control of your own lives and stop placing all your faith in the white coat establishment called Medicine. We should all applaude Suzanne for her drive and quit condemning her because of the character she portrayed on television. Why do we think that only medically endoctrinated individuals can give us hope, alternatives and continued happiness?

Suzanne Summers is courageous in her stand against cancer. Alternative therapies are just that, alternatives to poisioning your bodies with ineffective chemo drugs. All of her interviewees clearly stated that their methods do not work on everyone, especially those that already became poisioned by chemo. Big pharma controls the medical schools and most doctors, we all know that. Wake up and start taking control of your own lives and stop placing all your faith in the white coat establishment called Medicine. We should all applaude Suzanne for her drive and quit condemning her because of the character she portrayed on television. Why do we think that only medically endoctrinated individuals can give us hope, alternatives and continued happiness?

Suzanne Summers is courageous in her stand against cancer. Alternative therapies are just that, alternatives to poisioning your bodies with ineffective chemo drugs. All of her interviewees clearly stated that their methods do not work on everyone, especially those that already became poisioned by chemo. Big pharma controls the medical schools and most doctors, we all know that. Wake up and start taking control of your own lives and stop placing all your faith in the white coat establishment called Medicine. We should all applaude Suzanne for her drive and quit condemning her because of the character she portrayed on television. Why do we think that only medically endoctrinated individuals can give us hope, alternatives and continued happiness?

Suzanne Summers is courageous in her stand against cancer. Alternative therapies are just that, alternatives to poisioning your bodies with ineffective chemo drugs. All of her interviewees clearly stated that their methods do not work on everyone, especially those that already became poisioned by chemo. Big pharma controls the medical schools and most doctors, we all know that. Wake up and start taking control of your own lives and stop placing all your faith in the white coat establishment called Medicine. We should all applaude Suzanne for her drive and quit condemning her because of the character she portrayed on television. Why do we think that only medically endoctrinated individuals can give us hope, alternatives and continued happiness?

Suzanne Somers is courageous in her stand against cancer. Alternative therapies are just that, alternatives to poisioning your bodies with ineffective chemo drugs. All of her interviewees clearly stated that their methods do not work on everyone, especially those that already became poisioned by chemo. Big pharma controls the medical schools and most doctors, we all know that. Wake up and start taking control of your own lives and stop placing all your faith in the white coat establishment called Medicine. We should all applaude Suzanne for her drive and quit condemning her because of the character she portrayed on television. Why do we think that only medically endoctrinated individuals can give us hope, alternatives and continued happiness?

Cancer is big business fir the medical industry. Cures have been suppressed for years now.

I am a cancer patient who finds errors on both sides. The medical establishment is narrow minded and biased to their conventional training and methods; every specialist is only knowledgeable about a limited field on health aspects. The alternative medicine advocates lacks the scientific method of study that is necessary to support their arguments. My experience is that neither conventional medicine nor alternative medicine takes the time or the effort to connect the dots to the patient's concern. In the final analysis, the patient has to be an advocate for himself, has to ask many questions, educate himself/herself about his/her case and manage it. No one is going to look at you as a total person or look at your health needs as a whole other than yourself. This is why it is difficult and complex issue, you have to take control of your case.

I am a cancer patient who finds errors on both sides. The medical establishment is narrow minded and biased to their conventional training and methods; every specialist is only knowledgeable about a limited field on health aspects. The alternative medicine advocates lacks the scientific method of study that is necessary to support their arguments. My experience is that neither conventional medicine nor alternative medicine takes the time or the effort to connect the dots to the patient's concern. In the final analysis, the patient has to be an advocate for himself, has to ask many questions, educate himself/herself about his/her case and manage it. No one is going to look at you as a total person or look at your health needs as a whole other than yourself. This is why it is difficult and complex issue, you have to take control of your case.

The problem is not Suzanne Sommers. The problem is that people with a diagnosis of Cancer are willing to believe any self proclaimed "guru" that comes along instead of their own physician. The situation is a snake oil sellers made in heaven scenario and is ripe for fraud to take advantage of desperate people in a most unfortunate circumstance. If it wasn't Suzanne Sommers it would be 10 others with 10 other books claiming to be "experts". The charlatans have always found a rich harvest in the ills and diseases of other people, Ms. Sommers is merely harvesting a willing crop.

The problem is not Suzanne Sommers. The problem is that people with a diagnosis of Cancer are willing to believe any self proclaimed "guru" that comes along instead of their own physician. The situation is a snake oil sellers made in heaven scenario and is ripe for fraud to take advantage of desperate people in a most unfortunate circumstance. If it wasn't Suzanne Sommers it would be 10 others with 10 other books claiming to be "experts". The charlatans have always found a rich harvest in the ills and diseases of other people, Ms. Sommers is merely harvesting a willing crop.

Go Suzanne... Your book is nothing new but very
much appreciated for its facts, style of informing, and inspiration.
Taking responsibility for one's health and researching all modes of healing just makes basic
sense! It can take time but it is worth it!

When I started "standard of care" chemo (along with an agressive nutritional program under the care of a qualified naturopath, my oncologist told me honestly, he isn't going to cure me with chemo. Suzanne Somers' book is a series of interviews with board certified doctors; cancer specialists, not amateurs. She states what she would do, not what you should do. Why not read it before making assertions? If it weren't for integrative/holistic protocols, I would be dead. A tremendous decrease in the mortality rate over the past century? You know that's a lie. There has been at best a minor decreases in mortality in blood cancers in 50 years; lung and breast cancers are actually up, colon cancer slightly down. Check your statistics. Overall cancer rates are up 40% in most cases in the past 50 years. That's progress? I appreciate when celebrities use their power to get through to people. What I heard is that Suzanne was given a gag order BY OUR OWN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES if she continued to talk about holistic medicine nine years ago. Fortunately she has been brave enough to get back on the horse and write this book. God bless her!

EMMA C... This forum is for open free flowing opinions.. Is this your only complaint with my post? I dont puncuate well or spell correctly.. I have perhaps rattled you, im sorry.. but i stand by my convictions.. i am alive because of Grace and the ability to believe one group of self appointed know it alls don't know everything..

I have read most of the postings and appreciate everyones views. Cancer is a horrible disease that affects far too many people. Two years ago I was diagnosed with matastic (stage 4) colon cancer to the liver. I was 79lbs. (Normal wt. l05 lbs). I went through successful colon surgery followed by intense chemo treatment, of which I am still receiving. I am blessed to be at a world known cancer research facility, and believe that I am being treated by some of the best Dr's in their fields. I was told from the get go that chemo would NOT cure me, but that I would have more "time". The past 1 1/2 yrs have been a true blessing. I feel great and enjoy the life that God has given me. I have changed my diet some. I juice and take ph minerals and greens, and hope to do more. I do believe that there is NOT just ONE source of treatment and what I would say is that I agree with those who say, "take charge of your life and research available options, find what is best for you". Do what you can to live. I thank my Heavenly Father every day for all He has given me, and so I would say a spirit of thanksgiving is important as well as a positive attitude. Good luck to all of you who are fighting this dreaded disease or have a loved one who is.