| This article, along with others on this site, aims not to | | | | treatment program. Understand too that the medical |
| tell you what to do regarding your cancer diagnosis | | | | staff providing orthodox treatment will not be |
| but rather to provide helpful facts in order to better | | | | responsible for your alternative treatment. |
| help you decide how to treat your illness. Treatment | | | | Why combine the two types of treatment? Well |
| is one area where facts are so important. You, as | | | | some argue because you can. Both forms of |
| the patient, need as much information as possible in | | | | treatment are available, are legal and freely available |
| order to choose which treatment to accept. Some | | | | so why not use as many resources as possible in |
| people choose a combination of orthodox and | | | | your cancer battle? There are many who believe |
| alternative treatments. They claim that the two work | | | | healing by natural therapies is a proven way of |
| together to increase their chances of beating the | | | | fighting cancer. They argue that healing from within is |
| disease. | | | | true healing and has worked for many people. There |
| The three most common forms of orthodox | | | | may well be psychological benefits. Tackling your |
| treatment are surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. | | | | health on different fronts can give your confidence |
| It's possible for a patient to have one or more than | | | | and self-belief a boost. Everything counts in the war |
| one of these orthodox treatments. In the other | | | | on cancer. |
| treatment camp, we can discuss alternative and | | | | Some alternative treatments can assist not so much |
| complementary treatments although more and more | | | | in defeating the disease but in reducing the strain and |
| the distinction between these two is becoming | | | | suffering of side effects from orthodox treatments. |
| blurred. In this article any treatment which is not | | | | If chemotherapy is causing you to have digestive |
| described as orthodox is referred to as alternative | | | | trouble, drinking green tea may help relieve the |
| with every alternative here being considered | | | | symptoms of an upset stomach. In this case an |
| complementary to the orthodox treatment received. | | | | alternative treatment can indeed be complementary |
| There are many forms of alternative treatments | | | | to an orthodox treatment. |
| including diet, acupuncture, Tai Chi, acupuncture, | | | | It is true that some misguided people have |
| meditation and natural health supplements. | | | | recommended alternative treatments which |
| As an informed adult, it is your decision as to which | | | | apparently have no benefits at all and in fact give |
| treatments you receive. Of course listening to your | | | | cancer sufferers false hope. But there have also |
| oncologist and other medical professionals is | | | | been people who have pushed a theory which was |
| important, but having asked as many relevant | | | | once ridiculed but has since become widely accepted. |
| questions as you can, you then elect to have | | | | It is wise to examine all claims thoroughly and to give |
| whatever treatments you choose. Obviously inform | | | | yourself every chance to attack cancer on as many |
| your doctor if you choose to take an alternative | | | | fronts as possible. Your diet, meditation and vitamin |
| treatment or treatments. It's important to keep | | | | supplements may be the perfect support act for |
| everyone in the loop from both sides of the | | | | your orthodox treatment. |