National Cancer Survivor Day

National Cancer Survivors Day

This lens is about National Cancer Survivors Day®, an annual, worldwide Celebration of Life that is held in hundreds of communities throughout the United States, Canada, and other participating countries.

Participants unite in a symbolic event to show the world that life after a cancer diagnosis can be a reality.

In most areas, National Cancer Survivors Day is traditionally observed on the first Sunday in June, although this is not always possible due to scheduling conflicts and time differences. Celebrating its 19th year in 2006, NCSD is the world's largest and fastest-growing annual cancer survivor event.

National Caner Survivor Day

(National Cancer Survival Day is June 3, 2008)

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Who is a Cancer Survivor?

From Andrew Weil, M.D.

...conventional medicine identifies survivors as those who are in long-term recovery when, in fact, from the moment of diagnosis, everyone touched by cancer is in survival mode. This is true not only of patients, but also their caregivers, family members, and loved ones.

Survival begins as new cancer patients first confront the suspicion of the disease, and continues as they undergo the testing, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Their emotions can vary from fear to loneliness. There often is a sense of approaching mortality, and feelings that they've lost control over their lives, as well as confusion in interpreting medical information.

...therapies to complement your cancer treatment, you have wide choices.

* Meditation and Mind-Body Medicine: Explore mind-body techniques such as guided imagery, meditation, and energy medicine modalities such as Therapeutic Touch and Reiki.
* Stay Active: Regular exercise is an essential part of maintaining good health. Engage in gentle exercise (yoga is a good choice) as often as you can.
* Nutrition: Eat lots of fresh (organic, if possible) fruits and vegetables (consider juicing to increase serving size without feeling too full); drink several cups of green tea daily (for its cancer protective and antioxidant effects); and eat foods rich in Omega-3 fatty acids (walnuts, ground flaxseeds and cold-water fish such as wild Alaskan salmon and sardines). Always discuss changes in your diet with your physician.
* Seek Support: Join a support program for people with cancer. The inspiration and hope you'll find there is priceless.
* Have Faith: Don't underestimate the role of your spiritual being in the healing process.

You might also check into retreat centers for those living with cancer. Two that I recommend are Commonweal in Bolinas, Calif., which offers week-long cancer help programs, and the Sunstone Cancer Support Centers on the outskirts of Tucson, Ariz., which offers three- to five-day intensive healing retreats designed for adult survivors and their partners, caregivers, healthcare professionals, children and teens. (Some of the fellows at the University of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine serve on Sunstone's faculty; see their Web site at www.sunstonehealing.org for more information.)

I wish you the best, and encourage you to share your convictions with fellow survivors. Passion can be contagious and therapeutic!

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Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Cancer

The following books/CD's are either by Dr. Weil or recommended by him.

Dr. Weil is an internationally recognized expert on medicinal herbs, mind-body interactions and Integrative Medicine.

Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer

by Michael Lerner

Recommended by Dr Weil

Amazon Price: $26.95 (as of 10/11/2008)

Dr. Andrew Weil's Guide to Optimum Health: A Complete Course on How to Feel Better, Live Longer, and Enhance Your Health Naturally

by Andrew Weil

Amazon Price: $46.00 (as of 10/11/2008)

Eight Weeks to Optimum Health: A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body's Natural Healing Power

by Andrew Md Weil

I have this book in my library and refer to it often.

Amazon Price: (as of 10/11/2008)

Spontaneous Healing : How to Discover and Embrace Your Body's Natural Ability to Maintain and Heal Itself

by Andrew Weil

I have this book in my library and refer to it often.

Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 10/11/2008)

Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being

by Andrew Weil

Amazon Price: $18.45 (as of 10/11/2008)

Breathing: The Master Key to Self Healing (The Self Healing Series)

by Andrew Weil

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 10/11/2008)

Dr. Andrew Weil's Mindbody Toolkit: Experience Self Healing With Clinically Proven Techniques

by Andrew Weil

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 10/11/2008)

Natural Health, Natural Medicine: The Complete Guide to Wellness and Self-Care for Optimum Health

by Andrew Weil

Amazon Price: $11.20 (as of 10/11/2008)

Chinese Medicine & Cancer

Diet Treatment For Cancer:
Limit diet to quality, not quantity. Cancer cells will absorb the nutrition from food so a small diet of anti-cancer foods would be beneficial. The cancer cells reproduce faster than normal cells and they will die faster as well. A diet bringing in the minimal amount of calories to maintain the bodies metabolism is optimal.
-do not eat sugar
-become vegetarian (fish is the least harmful, make transition slowly)
-eat good quality protein - tofu, beans, eggs, nuts, mushrooms
-do not eat cold or bitter foods
-do not eat foods which create damp cold or damp heat

Other Areas For Treating Cancer:
Meditation: Imagine that the cancer is dissipating and dying. Imagine that you are surrounded by a white light which fights the cancer within.
Yoga
T'ai Chi
Qi Gong

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Resources

Arts For Healing: Arts for Healing provides free art support services to help individuals and families
cope with cancer.

Creative expression can open a direct line to peace, well being, and joy that cannot be tapped any other way.
Alternative Cancer Treatments: Cancer Decisions: helping patients choose the best alternative and conventional cancer treatments, specific to each diagnosis.
cancerdecisions.com: Cancer Decisions: helping patients choose the best alternative and conventional cancer treatments, specific to each diagnosis.
Cancer Support Center, Retreats, Support Groups, Sunstone in Tucson Arizona: Sunstone Retreats are recommended by Dr. Andrew Weil

Etheridge appeals for alternative to chemo

Breast cancer survivor Melissa Etheridge was left traumatised by the experience of undergoing chemotherapy, and has called on scientists to develop a kinder treatment.

The Bring Me Some Water singer, 44, is now cancer-free after 10 months battling the disease - but pities other sufferers who have to undergo the treatment.

Etheridge says: "The chemotherapy is the biggest trip. The medical community has to come up with something better. It hasn't changed in 30 years. It has got to change."
http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2005/08/06/story215029.asp

Celebrity Cancer Survivors

Melissa Etheridge: Lens about Melissa Etheridge with video clips and more.
Melissa Etheridge on Oprah: Rock 'n' roll star Melissa Etheridge returns to the spotlight after battling breast cancer to perform at the Grammys.
Melissa Etheridge: Melissa Etheridge's Fight for Her Life
At age 43, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Melissa says her journey brought her closer to hell than she's ever been. But Melissa proved she is a survivor: Just weeks after undergoing grueling chemotherapy, she emerged truly triumphant. Bald and beautiful, Melissa returned to the spotlight and performed at this year's Grammy Awards ceremony.
Frank Sinatra, Jr.: Frank Jr. thankfully received a "clean bill of health" from his doctor after a prostate cancer scare. Frank appeared on E.T. on February 10 to talk about his surgery and to urge men to have frequent prostate check-ups. There is a video clip of Frank's E.T. appearance here. We are extremely grateful for his early diagnosis and treatment and wish Frank a very speedy recovery. As Frank Jr. said, "I am so happy to become a member of that club of those people who call themselves cancer survivors."
Frank Sinatra Jr.'s Health Battle: FRANK SINATRA JR, the son of Ol' Blue Eyes himself, is a prostate cancer survivor, and he came to ET to talk about his positive medical experience -- and clean bill of health!
Hanging with Lance!: LANCE ARMSTRONG is on another fitness trail --
Sheryl Crow: Stars send their best to SHERYL CROW, who underwent surgery for breast cancer.
Olivia Newton-John: "Stronger Than Before": OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN is singing for a cause near and dear to her heart and we're in the studio with the Aussie entertainer!
Scott Hamilton's New Health Battle: Olympic skating champion SCOTT HAMILTON after his life-changing diagnosis.

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