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Most of us brought up in the developed countries are hard-wired into the medical model. This has taught us that, when we are ill, the doctor is in charge. He or she has all the knowledge and expertise, and we must do as we’re told and be good, compliant patients.

There may well be times in your recovery process where you will need to put your complete trust in your doctors, and their expert knowledge and skills. However, the medical profession is far from having the answer to cancer, and it is likely that your contribution to your recovery process will make as much of a difference, if not more, than the cancer medicine you are taking.

It is very hard to hear and believe this when you are first diagnosed with cancer, as we all believe that there is a great big medical safety net underneath us that will catch us if we fall. But, sadly, this is often not the case with cancer and, to make matters worse, doctors often (understandably) oversell the potency of cancer medicines. While it is important to empower the medicines and treatments that we are having, it is not advisable to be lulled into a false sense of security when doctors say you are all clear after cancer treatment.

Indeed, doctors may well have succeeded in removing all detectable cancer from the body, but what medical cancer treatment has not done is changed the underlying conditions in the body in which the cancer developed in the first place. In fact, medical treatments will have made the body more toxic and weakened the immune system. Moreover, it is not possible to detect the microdeposits of cancer that may cause recurrences in the future. So, as uncomfortable as it may be, it is important to wake up early to the potential threat of recurrence, and become fully active in your own defence from the time of the first diagnosis of a primary cancer, rather than waiting until a second or third recurrence before taking action.

Cancer is a lifestyle disease in which the main causes are poor nutrition and toxicity in the body due to chemicals, radiation, viruses, alcohol, smoking and lack of exercise. It is possible to revive your body’s ability to detect and heal cancer but, to do this, you must let go of your dependency on the medical model and belief that cancer medicine alone will cure you. Put yourself firmly in the driving seat and in control as the most important member of your integrated medical team.

This will mean from day one addressing the really big nitty-gritty issues of whether or not you really do have a genuine reason for living and whether you are therefore sufficiently motivated to put in the effort required for your recovery.

If you find that your will to live is shaky for any reason – perhaps because of loneliness, heartbreak, disappointment, grief or frustration – take heart. It is possible to obtain good-quality therapeutic help to revive the state of your spirit and will to live. The next chapter tells you how to find this sort of help, and how to make sure that you are primed in exactly the right frame of mind to maximize your chances of survival.