Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds

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But shouldn’t we consider making these kinds of changes anyway? Why wait until we get cancer? Why not be proactive now? The premise is fascinating: there are real people whose medically diagnosed cancer disappeared with no known medical reason, so let's study them and try to figure out what happened. Where the book falls short, for me, is how the investigation does not actually look for scientifically supported reasons for recovery, but instead relies almost entirely on each person's opinion on what they think caused their cancer to go away. Kelly Turner: I think that before my research these cases were just sitting there, and no one was doing anything with them because they didn’t know what to do with them. That’s where I was sort of blessed to not be a medical doctor. I approached this as a psychotherapist. My master’s degree is in psychotherapy and counseling, and so I said, “Oh, so doctors don’t know why the people are getting well? So, let’s ask the person why they got well. Let’s go straight to the source and ask these people who were sent home on hospice to die, why they think it turned around. Kelly Turner: Let’s hope. For me it’s another way to tell the radical remission story. Some people read books about cancer. Other people won’t touch that, but they’ll go see a movie with their favorite actors in it, and if all they know is that it’s about healing, then maybe they’ll go see it, and then they’ll learn about this phenomenon of radical remission. It’s really just about trying to tell the radical remission story in a different way. From her research she found 75 factors could account for the healing. Nine of these factors occurred with the greatest frequency. Her book outlines these nine factors, which are:

Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds

In 2012, I suffered a spinal cord injury, fell into a semi coma, and when I regained consciousness, was told I may not walk again. Certainly not to even think about it for a year or two. In hindsight, I think that was a code for “you’ll never walk again” due to the research I did based on the (no) progress I had made within the first six weeks. Not to mention a couple of doctors who actually implied that I wouldn’t walk again. However, within six months, I was walking with a cane, and though I still may not walk smoothly, I am at least walking without the need for a cane (truth be told, walking with a cane is easier for me, but it’s just such a hassle to carry one around all the time).The people who I interviewed were just using a word that researchers don’t like [“intuition”]. But, again, I’m trained in both qualitative and quantitative methods, and when you’re using qualitative methods, it’s most respectful to use the words that your subjects are using. So, that’s why I don’t call it “spontaneous remission,” because none of them call it that. They were actually really angry about it being labeled like that because they said, “This wasn’t spontaneous. I worked really hard to get here. It took me a year and a half to go from hospice to well.” This is an awesome book that is simple and well-written. The stories are very inspiring and the principles are easy to apply to one's life. For me there was nothing in the book that I did not already know; however, the stories definitely inspired me to bump up my game. Since the tumor in my colon was too large to remove without having to wear a permanent ostomy bag, I immediately applied the principles in this book to my life in addition to taking the vitamins to shrink the tumor and vitamins and tea to jump-start my immune system. After three months I successfully shrunk the tumor to the point where my doctor could remove it. All the cancer was removed, and I only had to wear a temporary ostomy bag till the wound healed. For the rest of my life I will continue to apply the principles of this book and continue taking the vitamins and tea (although in much lower doses) so that the cancer does not return. I highly recommend this book to anyone having to deal with cancer themselves or with a loved one. --------------------------- If your interests lie in learning more about medical intuitive's with clairvoyant abilities who can read your energy fields and guide your healing journey.

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Her account cites many examples of people who pursued non-standard therapies and beat cancer. One of the most moving is the case of Shin Terayama, a kidney cancer patient who was released to go home because there was no possibility of remission. He claims to have cured himself through a combination of breath work, a simplified diet, fasting, purified water, and sending love to his cancerous tumors. He was cancer free for over 25 years. In another example, Nancy’s doctor recommended a standard therapy of full mastectomy, radiation and tamoxifen. She chose instead a regime of diet, exercise, herbs, emotional spiritual and energy treatments. She was still cancer-free 18 years later.

Despite the fact I am not completely satisfied with the detailing of her research method and the extent to which she ruled out other possible cures, I would still recommend this book. I think many of the suggestions included in the nine factors that could account for the healing are good ones—I think they open up cancer patients to new possibilities. Another thing I wasn't fond of was the author's decision to soften the outlandishness of John of God's healing methods by using carefully chosen words. Though many online articles refer to him succinctly as a "psychic surgeon", the author described John of God as having "the ability to leave his body and go into a trance, thereby allowing the spirit of a higher being to enter his body and perform energetic healing work." (p. 237) Kelly Turner: That was the one factor that was the most embarrassing for me to have to put in my dissertation. I was embarrassed because it’s not a scientific topic. I could spin all of the other factors into a term that was somewhat acceptable by Western medicine, right? Like “social support.” I specifically use that word –“social support”– because I didn’t want to call it “being open to receiving love,” which is how my research subjects described it. This book was mentioned by a friend who was diagnosed with glioblastoma brain cancer. Facing a bleak prognosis, she refused to resign herself to fate and has committed herself to defying the odds. This is not the type of book I usually read, however, when faced with the possibility of imminent death, I can understand the desire to grasp at all possible sources of hope, and I was intrigued. It became the focus of her PhD thesis at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Turner's research involved a year-long trip to 10 countries to interview 50 holistic healers and scores of cancer survivors about healing techniques. Since that time, she has analyzed more than 1000 cases of spontaneous remission and written a book: Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds. Dr. Turner prefers the term "radical remission" because typically there is nothing spontaneous about these unusual cures. Most patients were actively doing something to facilitate healing.