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The two persons from my family have reached to their destination of death by the disease of cancer. Both were the wives of my uncle. One got dead on the midnight of december 25th and the othe on the midnight of december 26th 2018. Now please guide me how Can I believe that cancer survivors are there in the world. I dont think so.
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Dont know any survivors myself, but, I think Cancer survivors will like this book. It provides therapy on how to best prevent themselves from getting other forms of the disease.
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In my humble opinion, we should have more of these survivors coming out. It may not be as easy, but if only few spoke out, it would be a major source of hope and resilience. We usually need to hear that someone else went through what we are going through and came out a winner. This then encourages us not to give up.
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This book can be very helpful to cancer survivors. I'm pretty sure that they will find this book very useful.
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I am not a Cancer survivor or a Cancer patient but I have family members who have died from Cancer. I find this book very helpful and informative for my personal use.
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I think it is really reassuring ,after going through a terrible experience to know that concerted efforts are underway to model better responses to the challenge.However i also admit that it depends on the attitude of the survivor ,some may in the least just fail to appreciate.
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The book is quite informative it will be helpful to cancer survivors on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
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sarahmarlowe wrote: 01 Jan 2019, 20:21 I am curious as to how cancer survivors react to this book. Do you feel like you are learning good information for health maintenance? Do you feel slighted because you would have liked to have known this information earlier? Do you feel attacked for sticking with mainstream treatments?
I myself am not a cancer survivor, however, I have asked three of my family members who are, and they said that they would like to have read this book earlier. They did enjoy the book and said they would recommend to any cancer patient.
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no idea but cancer is an epidemic disease. havent read the whole book yet
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Cancer is killing more people these days then AIDS and it is a sad case. I feel really bad for the people that are struggling with this nasty disease. There are people I know that have never smoked a day in their life but somehow get second hand smoke in their systems and have to live with lung cancer. Its a sad sad case. And not to even mention the food we eat, specialist say these processed foods have cancer in them. Im just in awe of over this nasty disease.
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I know someone who is very close to me, my dear Aunt who has luckily survived the danger of breast cancer. Based on my scanning ang preview of the book, I think that this is a great source of information and motivation for readers especially cancer survivors. I am definitely recommending this to mh Aunt.
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A friend of mine lost her dad to cancer but before he died, he underwent chemotherapy and they thought it was gone but it really wasn't. I can say reading this book would have given them hope but it wouldn't have taken away the pain.
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Well, now I am intrigued. I am a cancer survivor - several times: two breast cancers, one kidney cancer, and some skin cancers. With my first breast cancer in 1985, I did one out of four chemo treatments and refused the rest. I opted for no chemo after my second breast cancer in 2016. I may have to read this book to be able to avoid any more loss of body parts.
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I don't know any cancer patient but this book will be helpful to a patient that comes across it to live a healthy life
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I would've loved my dad to read this book. If only I'd found it earlier. Sadly he passed away from cancer on December 2018. I have recommended it to a few cancer survivors I met during the period my dad was in treatment, and to some patients that are still battling.

I think this book is encouraging to cancer survivors. Since there is still a chance cancer can come back in the first year after finishing treatment, this book helps people focus on living a healthier life. Choosing a cleaner diet and take better care of themselves, watching out for danger.
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