The late Dr. Harold Benjamin, founder of The Wellness Community once stated: "Patients who participate in their fight for recovery along with their health care team, rather than acting as hopeless, helpless, passive victims of the illness, will improve the quality of their lives and may enhance the possibility of recovery."
In October we are flooded with pink ribbons for breast cancer awareness. At the Touched By Cancer Foundation, we recognize that a journey through cancer is much "bigger than pink."
Our founder, Lori Lober, Lori Lober was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer and given eighteen months to live in April 2000. In her book, Bigger Than Pink, Lori shares her determination when searching for an explanation for her intuitive feeling that things weren't right. The book follows her wellness journey as she searched for clinical trials and complementary therapies to help keep her body balanced while conventional medicine was doing its work.
She made the critical decision to find the best medical treatment the world had to offer and chose to actively participate in her wellness planning. Lori and her physicians developed a treatment plan, combining Western medicine with complementary therapies. Alongside her commitment to conventional medicine, she incorporated a nutrition plan, reflexology, Chinese herbs, acupuncture, colonics, and therapeutic massage.
Eight years after her initial diagnosis, Lori is a happy, thriving woman with and has completed her sixth year of “No Evidence of Disease.”She has shown that information, support and active participation can make all the difference. Having found her recovery combining Eastern and Western medicine, Lori is a source of hope and inspiration to those going through their own cancer journey.
Read about a new study about Acupuncture and Hot Flashes:
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5860508
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