If Only I Had Known: Integrative and Alternative Paths to Recovery from Breast Cancer - Softcover

Mayers, Aviva

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1525546775 ISBN 13: 9781525546778

Publisher: FriesenPress, 2019

Synopsis

Aviva Mayers was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. Like millions of
women throughout the world, she initially agreed to a conventional treatment
out of fear and confusion. But she began to question those choices as the
treatment progressed. Following her treatment she took herself on a journey
to learn about gentler, less invasive treatments outside of conventional
medicine. Aviva attributes her current state of good health to the integrative
and alternative paths she ultimately followed.
This is a book about options... options for treatment, management
and prevention of breast cancer outside of mainstream medicine. It is
the result of the journey that Aviva took back to health, and many of her
choices outside of mainstream medicine are discussed here. The book includes
interviews with patients who followed a path to recovery, much of which they
attribute to alternative treatments. And it includes interviews with a range of
health care practitioners working with patients with breast or other cancers.
The professionals share their thoughts on mainstream treatments, discuss
integrative and alternative interventions that can help with recovery, and in
some cases even replace conventional treatments. The book also offers advice
on how to prevent breast cancer in the first place or how to avoid a recurrence.
If Only I Had Known is essential reading for anyone diagnosed with breast
cancer. It provides a unique perspective on treatments that your doctor may
not tell you about. Knowing about these options could improve your life both
physically and psychologically. The information contained here is also relevant
to people suffering from other cancers, since many of the same inflammatory
processes may contribute to their cancers.

About this title

About the Author

Aviva Mayers, MSW., is a psychoanalyst and has worked as a clinical social worker in hospitals in several countries. She lived and worked in Canada, the U.K., the U.S. and Norway where she pursued post graduate studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, while also teaching and working in private practice. She now lives in Toronto where she treats individuals and couples in her private practice. Her experience with breast cancer has taught her that if we take responsibility for our own health by informing ourselves and employing interventions that make sense to us, we can improve our health and transform our lives.

Edition details

• Publisher: FriesenPress
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1525546775
• ISBN 13: 9781525546778
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216