Alternative cancer treatment takes a moderate amount of effort, but this survivor thinks it's worth it.
BY Bonnie Annis
PUBLISHED May 02, 2018
Bonnie Annis is a breast cancer survivor, diagnosed in 2014 with stage 2b invasive ductal carcinoma with metastasis to the lymph nodes. She is an avid photographer, freelance writer/blogger, wife, mother and grandmother.
“You have cancer,” are three words that can scare the bejesus out of you in a split second. Your head starts spinning and before you know it, a myriad of decisions lie before you. Questions need answers. Will you need surgery? What comes next? What type treatment options are available? Will you need chemotherapy or radiation, or perhaps a combination of both? And after you've completed those, what comes next? It's enough to drive you mad, and in the midst of the madness, you may forget you have a choice. Although you trust your doctor and lean heavily on his or her expertise, you don't necessarily have to follow it.Some people, when diagnosed with breast cancer, choose to follow the traditional route of health care. Others choose to participate in alternative therapies. Each choice is an individual one, and I'm not here to encourage you to choose either way, but I would like to share a little about my experience in hopes that it would provide a little food for thought.
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