(Tip: make sure you right click on these links and open them in a new tab or window,
so you can come back here again.)
Cancer Information Support Society (Australia) http://www.ciss.org.au/
Website with heaps of articles and information, (print) Newsletter, and support.
Telephone: [Australia] (02) 9906 2189The principles of CISS are: We should learn to accept responsibility for our own health.The therapy should be wholistic, considering the whole body, mind, and spirit. The therapy should do no harm.
Cancer Support Western Australia -- http://www.cancersupportwa.org.au/
‘Providing cancer information, online support, promoting wellness and healing.’Has a free email newsletter and research library.
The Gawler Foundation -- http://www.gawler.org/
Information rich website, with many services, including retreats and courses, offered at the centre.Tel: [Australia] (03) 5967 1730
Breast Cancer Choices -- http://www.breastcancerchoices.org/
Innovative research and patient advocacy. This site has some excellent FAQ pages on subjects such as biopsies, surgery, plus well-documented evidence-based information on innovative and alternative therapies.
The Amazon email discussion group –http://www.breastcancerchoices.org/charter.html
This mailing list has been active since 1996. It was created for those who have breast cancer and are exploring non-standard treatments. ‘Amazon is a safe and supportive forum for women to discuss treatments they are interested in learning about.’
The Breast Cancer Think Tank discussion group --http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/breastcancerthinktank/
-- created to explore evidence and concepts that come up in the world of breast cancer research, aiming ‘to report new findings and review old information with the spirit of challenge and debate.’
The Cochrane Collaboration -- http://www.cochrane.org/
An international organisation for reviewing evidence-based medicine. The Cochrane Collaboration aims to ‘improv[e] healthcare decision-making globally, through systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions, published in The Cochrane Library.’
Cancer Decisions: The Moss Reports -- http://www.ralphmoss.com/
The website of Ralph Moss, the author of numerous books and reports examining the evidence for the latest conventional, alternative and experimental cancer treatments. Free newsletter and vast library of print and audio materials, plus services including phone consultations and up to date reports on treatments for specific cancer types.
Prevent Cancer Coalition -- http://www.preventcancer.com/
Chaired by Samuel Epstein, the Cancer Prevention Coalition’s goal is ‘to reduce escalating cancer rates through a comprehensive strategy of outreach, public education, advocacy, and public policy initiatives to establish prevention as the nation's foremost cancer policy.’
From Maddie's bedside reading -- some classics:
Breast Cancer: What you should know (but may not be told) about prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Steve Austin and Cathy Hitchcock.
Patient No More: the Politics of Breast Cancer. Sharon Batt
Questioning Chemotherapy : A Critique of the Use of Toxic Drugs in the Treatment of Cancer. Ralph Moss.
The Politics of Cancer Revisited. Samuel Epstein.
Should I Be Tested for Cancer?: Maybe Not and Here's Why. Gilbert H. Welch.
The Alchemy of Illness. Kat Duff
The Cancer Journals (1980) Audre Lorde.
You Can Conquer Cancer: Prevention and Management. Ian Gawler.
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2 comments:
I've never 'posted' anything on a blogg page before but feel compelled to do so having read an excerpt of the Art of Peace in the Wellness Magazine published by the CSA (Cancer Support Association). Maddie, in the excerpt, could be me! And the journey continues as I nurture my body & get those little cancer cells to realise they aren't actually doing me any favours & that, despite their own ideas, my body doesn't actually need them! Maddie's right...it's not a war...it's about realisation of love...love for self! By the way, do you think that at med school, all specialists are issued with a bag of 'tools of the trade' labelled 'comments to use to patients who don't conform'? over the past 2 years i've seen dozens of specialists; whats interesting is the similarity in the comments they use to try & pull the rug from under your feet & knock you off balance...theres a whole arsenol of comments...seriously though, two years down the line, knowing what i now know, i wouldn't have made any different choices to those i've already made in terms of healing...nature really is powerful! Karen
Hi Karen, I am so glad you did decide to post your first blog comment here. And I’m delighted that Maddie’s story has struck a chord, and to hear that you are doing so well.
When I was creating Maddie I decided that she doesn’t have to be representative in any way, she just has to be realistic.. and if there is *one* person out there who has responded this peacefully(and this rationally) to a cancer diagnosis, then she is realistic. So your story has lifted my spirits enormously, in more ways than one.
I’d love to hear some samples of the kind of comments you get from specialists, and from family and friends. (Or if anyone else has some to add here.)
And perhaps any suggestions as to your favourite reply.
Warm best wishes to you in your healing.
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