Carole O'Toole
1 Empowering and Respectful
This book offers the reader a factual, non-biased compilation of available complementary therapies. As a cancer survivor, she teaches us that when facing a cancer diagnosis and standard allopathic therapies, we can, no we must, be an active participant in assessing all the possible treatment paths as we make our decisions and choices in our path to healing. Not only do we hope to understand what is happening to us, we must take an active role in regaining our good health.
Ms. O'Toole teaches us that we must trust our selves and our abilities in this process. For when we do, we make the best possible decisions for our lives. This book is a wonderful guide for those facing treatment as well as their loved ones.
2 a gift
This book is such a gift, written with authority, clarity, and empathy. For anyone who wonders what to expect from different complementary therapies, this book is invaluable. For those facing decisions about maintaining health while fighting cancer, this book is a blessing. The author transforms her struggle to stay alive and maintain well-being into a resource for the rest of us.
3 Solid, well researched, and from the heart--indispensible!
As a bodywork practitioner presented with the dilemma of offering help and services to clients confronted with the trial of their lives, I had high expectations of this book. I wasn't disappointed. This book is solid, well researched, and substantive. I will recommend it without reservation to my clients. Not just clients facing cancer, but any client troubled by a chronic or acute physical condition or discomfort who seeks resources to improve their health and well-being. This takes effort, education, information, and resources. What this book offers is a structure and framework to evaluate "what's out there", and help a person to decide "Is this for me?" "Is this for me now, or later?"
What I especially appreciate is the author's emphasis on trusting your own intuition---and backing that up with succinct, well-organized information to facilitate rational decision-making in support of one's intuition. This book isn't just another nice book about a cancer experience; it's a well thought out resource to think through and make decisions on developing your complementary health care. Thank you, Carole O'Toole!
4 My favorite part of the book
I found the description of what to expect in a treatment session especially helpful. I just started chiropractic treatments recently and, even though I did not go to one of the practitioners listed in the guide, I still knew exactly what to expect and felt more comfortable starting treatment. Thanks you for relieving some anxiety!
5 Gives hope
This book describes many complementary alternatives to conventional breast cancer treatments. Having been through conventional treatment myself, these alternatives are NEVER presented by mainstream practitioners and it is a pity that many people never hear about these potentially effective options. This book is a must for anyone who is interested in saving their life.
6 A must have book for those facing cancer
Ms. O'Toole wrote a thorough, comprehensive guide to alternative ways to dealing with cancer, plus exploring traditional methods. It is very helpful when trying to wade through all the information out there.
7 Indispensable, and Long Overdue!
Everyone who has had it knows that fighting cancer is a multi-pronged attack. But where to turn? How to get the information when you are overwhelmed with treatments and decisions? This book is the long awaited answer. Extremely well-researched, and written from a survivor's standpoint with an oncologist's input, it lays out the options in readable, understandable terms. If there is one book that every cancer patient should read, this is it!
8 Healing Outside the Margins
It's going to happen to you...or someone you know. Cancer will be coming to your neighborhood, your school, your work space. This is the one book that solves the problem of what to do or what to say. I'm using this book as an offering in the form of love and support. Now I can do more than say I'm sorry.
The information Ms. O'Toole has so carefully gathered is put into perspective; this is not an book which advocates for the fringe. Each "modality" is thoughtfully presented, as well as the latest scientific research on its use and effectiveness. Lessening the sypmtoms of cancer therapy and cancer pain is vital to the work of fighting cancer. So let's get out there and do it!
