A Great Book!

[Sundance4]

Kris Carr recommended this book during a Food Revolution Network interview. I bought it right after my MBC diagnosis. It has given me such hope! I feel like I have more control over my life now. I hope it helps others too!

Love this group💕

[nstonerocks]

Love Kris. Actually have the book but haven’t read it. Another item for my to do list

[Sundance4 in reply to nstonerocks]

I always feel more energized after reading from this book. It gives me concrete ideas and things I can do to take charge. Hope you like it.

[Barbteeth]

I’ve read this...not sure what to think of it...think I’ll have another look then decide

Barb xx

[Sundance4 in reply to Barbteeth]

👍🏼Let me know what you think!

[Bestbird]

I've read this book and although it's intriguing and hopeful, the therapies used have not been replicated in clinical trials. Therefore, evidence about whether they may be helpful for a broader population is currently lacking.

For information about approved MBC therapies in the US and internationally, as well as science-based research, you may wish to read "The Insider's Guide to Metastatic Brest Cancer," which is also available as a complimentary .pdf. If interested, visit insidersguidembc.com/about

[Barbteeth in reply to Bestbird]

I agree that the insiders guide is very good....factual and to the point

Barb xx

[Sundance4 in reply to Bestbird]

Thanks for the link. I will check it out!🌺

[Hidden]

Hi Sundance4!

Okay, I'm now going to buy/download this book! Will read it now, since I'm bored with what I'm reading at this moment, the reason why I'm toggling to this site

I've heard of the book over the years, but always glanced at the pile of books on my nightstand and chickened out!

But...

You've renewed my mostly dormant belief that our bodies (and minds) can really help sometimes. Not every time. But I've become convinced that there are things we can do and if the cancer is less aggressive than what we do, we can come out ahead.

A couple of points that I used to harp on, have pulled back on more recently:

My sister and I were diagnosed same time initially, more than 10 years ago, and then same time metastatic, over 5 years ago. We are two of about 90 women in a study out of U. of Wisconsin re: "outliers", aka "extreme survivors" I'm not especially extreme, but I hope to be, and I'm in the study because I'm related to my sister who has Triple Negative and IS truly extreme, i.e. she takes no treatment....nada....aside from getting a wedge of lung removed every couple of years due to mets there. I've bragged about her before, but will do it again...four weeks and two days after the last lung wedge she had removed, she completed the NYC marathon!

So what does she do that might account for this? She runs/jogs for over an hour a day. She doesn't eat meat, except for occasional fish that is locally caught (she lives on the Outer Banks in NC). What do I do, as if this compares? I went vegan after metastatic diagnosis, really for ethical reasons/wanting to die with a cleaner (less filthy? ) conscious. And while I don't really exercise (I try to, but I'm lazy) I am somehow "fit". I engage my muscles all day long, whether I'm slicing garlic or running upstairs to get something. I very deliberately eat foods that my sister (also a nutritionist) recommended for BC...garlic (I eat probably 4-5 cloves a day), onions, scallions, broccoli, kale, spinach, etc. This is sort of second nature to me, so I don't think much about it. But after scanning the reviews/interviews re: Kris Carr's book, I think I might be halfway there already. Will read the book because I do want to live....

I'll mention what's obvious, I think, which is that lifestyle changes only work at the margins. Some of us, unfortunately, have very aggressive cancers. Or reasons why these lifestyle changes can't work. I just want to avoid (not saying you were doing this...) any sense of shame/blame re: not being able to help control this awful disease. But I do think that there are some folks for whom adjusting the physiological environment can make a difference. I have renewed enthusiasm re: this, via your post!

Thanks!

Lynn

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

*conscience, not conscious *...I think this error was not spellcheck, ti was me!

[Sundance4 in reply to Hidden]

Hi Lynn,

Thanks to you and your sister for making the commitment to enroll in the outliers study to further research! I’m sure extra visits to the hospital are not fun. Did you read the post about the dentist from UK who is a super survivor of 3 different cancers? Very interesting. ☀️

[Hidden in reply to Sundance4]

Just read it!! Wow! And the study does not actually require us to go for any additional visits/tests...They got samples from our current hospitals (e.g. biopsy samples) and saliva, and we did surveys and interviews.

[13plus in reply to Sundance4]

Do you have the link to this post you mention? I’d be interested to read it thanks

[mariootsi]

Thank you for the info. Will check it out.

[Magsue]

I love this book! I read it a while back and was so inspired - I believe. When I get down - I read it over and over. There are miracle stories and I agree they are under reported!! Attitude is everything. Keep the faith and believe you will live a long life. The mind is so powerful. 🙏

[Have-faith]

Kelly Turner has a new book expected out soon called Radical Hope. It is a continuation of inspiring survival stories. Watch out for it! You will probably enjoy it if you like this one.