Hi Summer, I read that book a couple of years ago and from what I remember it wasn't about acupuncture or meditation or anything like that. It was mainly about hormone imbalances particularly having too much estrogen and not enough progesterone, an imbalance which he said lead to BC, From what I can remember the book advocated the use of progesterone cream to redress the imbalance that is supposed to be common in many middle aged women. It also gave the usual healthy diet and avoid chemicals type advice.
No it didn't change the course of my treatment. As my cancer was progesterone positve as well as estrogen positive I was a bit dubious about adding more progesterone to my body. There could be something in what he is saying but I didn't feel it was something I wanted to experiment with.
I do think you're probably correct though in saying big pharmaceutical companies have a vested interest in not doing research on alternative treatments or as I prefer to think of them, complimentary treatments. And I agree that mainstream medicos have a very blinkered view of treatment. Based on a lot of reading (books and online) since my diagnosis I am convinced there are plenty of nutritional adjustments we can make to lessen our chance of a recurrance. However, my oncologist pretty much shuts down any efforts I have made to discuss these issues with her. But as Tonya said they can't know everything.
I do think however that once cancer has kicked off in our bodies the mainstream treatments are our best bet for recovery. Cancer is pernicious and insidious disease. As awful as it is, give me the chemo/surgery/radiation any day to get rid of the cancer.
