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Spend 90 minutes talking with Chris Woollams
Chris is the ´Cancer Guru´. Well, at least according to England Cricket legend Geoff Boycott, who opened his charity speech in 2010 with the sentence, ´I am only here tonight because of Chris Woollams´. As far as Geoffrey is concerned, Chris helped save his life when he had cancer some eight years ago.
He is not alone in that view; one Personal Prescription patient reminded Chris in 2012 that six years previously he had spoken with Chris telling him immediately that he had ´Terminal Cancer´ and been sent home with nothing more orthodox medicine could offer. Chris replied ´There´s no such thing as terminal cancer´. ´How right he was´ said the patient - but that´s another story.
Chris, himself makes no such ´cancer guru´ claims for himself. He is not a Doctor, nor does he claim or remotely pretend to be one. He has no special healing abilities.
Over the last decade he has built an amazing knowledge of cancer research particularly regarding complementary and alternative cancer treatments.
And he is happy to share that knowledge with you - as a buddy, not an advisor. He will answer your questions, by telling you exactly what research has to say, looking it up for you if it is something specific.
It can save you six months of searching and help you avoid making mistakes; helping you make better decisions, and more-informed personal choices. In this way he hopes you will be able to build a better tailor-made programme and increase your personal odds of survival.
´Call 0790 4690885´
or email
personalprescriptions@canceractive.com
from Monday 22nd April 2013, to book´
Helping people, not cancer
The fact is that 75 per cent of people who read icon magazine are trying to build an integrated cancer treatment programme with a change of diet, supplements and exercise regimes like yoga.
And well they might.
In 2012, the American Cancer Society produced a report, endorsed by America´s top cancer body, the National Cancer Institute, saying that since 2006 there had been an ´explosion´ in research into complementary therapies. And that there was now ´overwhelming evidence´ that therapies such as diet, exercise and weight control could improve survival and even keep you cancer-free!!´
Also that year, NCI researchers showed which foods might cause a cancer to regrow, and which natural compounds could stop this re-growth.
Meanwhile, Oxford University and the Radcliffe Hospital produced three research studies showing a single complementary therapy could stop metastases and increase survival times.
Three cancer centres in America produced a research report showing another complementary therapy could also reduce metastases.
37 per cent of American Hospitals contain the words ´treating mind body and soul´ in their mission statements; UCLA now have degree courses for doctors in Integrated Medicine; there´s an Integrated (or Integrative) health practice in most American towns. But in the UK there´s virtually nothing - you are left to fend for yourself, often against a backcloth of apathy or, worse, even criticism and scorn.
Building a ´total´ programme is essential
Your cancer is as individual as you are. It is a multi-step process, not a cockroach to be trodden on. No single drug (or, come to that, no single anything) can be expected to cure your cancer. Thinking this is naïve - that´s not just CANCERactive´s view. Even Dr Henry Friedman, top brain oncologist at Duke´s, Carolina has said this.
Taking away the ´hit and miss´.
Most people want to do something to help themselves. But what?
Too often they do a bit of this and a bit of that. The lady over the road tried yoga, the man in the post office ate apricot kernels, the newspaper said vitamin D was important. They end up missing the things that really matter, whilst doing something that will likely do no good at all.
But you don´t need to be ´hit or miss´. Chris can tell you exactly what research says, and what you can do to help yourself best, forming your own tailor-made survival programme. More knowledge means more-informed decisions and better personal choices to support you and your oncologist. Chris tells you what the research says; then you decide what you want to do with it!
When Chris gives speeches there is a queue waiting to ask him questions. Many people send in questions to our web site but we sadly cannot answer them - we are an information charity, not an advice charity. We do not have a ´Helpline´ because we think they are too generalised, whereas cancer is a very personal and individual disease.
So this offer is unique: Spend 90 minutes talking with Chris Woollams!
CANCERactive started this ´service´ about eighteen months ago and the slots Chris allocated to helping people filled immediately. He became so busy he had to stop - remember, he does this in his spare time and he doesn´t want your money. (We do ask for a donation to CANCERactive though!)
You need to fill in a form, and Chris will read it and decide whether he can find enough research that really could make a difference. He may spend over an hour doing specific research for you. Then you can call him on Skype (he doesn´t live in the UK), and most calls last between 1 and a half and nearly two hours. He may even send you a bullet point summary afterwards.
To repeat. Chris is not a doctor, nor does he remotely pretend to be. He read biochemistry with a year in cancer research, at Oxford a long time agao. But he has spent ten years with all the research crossing his desk. He prepares Cancer Watch every month - it´s the CANCERactive research centre, and he talks with patients and professors every week.
Read what people have said and you´ll understand why talking to him is so popular:
´He is so impressive, he told me things no one at the hospital had ever even considered. Really reassuring´. Mr RW, Huddersfield
´It was absolutely great to have someone to talk to about what I was doing to help myself. No one seems to have time at the hospital. I found I was wasting my time with some things and missing out on others. I spent about 90 minutes on Skype talking with Chris. What a lovely, caring man´. Ian from Reading
´I love grapefruit and eat it everyday. Chris found it was contra-indicated according to the drug company´s own web site - it´s why I had been so sick´. Mrs SR, Berwick.
´This was real cancer support!´ Galina, London
He´s a buddy, not an advisor: This is an offer from a man simply trying to put something back into the world and help others less fortunate than himself. But please be clear - he acts as your ´buddy´, helping you through the information mire, and directing you towards the most important and most relevant research. Chris is very focussed. He does not (will not) give advice. He points you at the important pieces of cancer research you need to know. He is particularly interested in cutting out the causes and in what it takes to be healthy again.
´Just one thing he said has completely changed my life´ Peter, from Slough
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Your Personal Information Buddy
At CANCERactive we tell every cancer patient to ´get a buddy´, somone who can listen impartially to the advice your doctor tells you, who can scour the internet, find a support group, help you sort out what´s important to you. That´s what Chris does - he will be your personal buddy for an hour. He´s on your side!
Tailored information - not advice
At CANCERactive we believe cancer is a very individual and personal disease. One size does not - can not - fit all when it comes to treatment. At CANCERactive we believe people with cancer need to build their own programme of complementary and alternative therapies TAILORED specifically to their cancer and their individual needs. But where do you start? The lady down the road said green tea helped her, the newspaper says there´s a new drug, the nurse said I should not touch vitamins. What is sensible? What is rubbish?
Please be clear; neither CANCERactive nor Chris intends to give advice. We are an information source - using information that comes straight out of research from all over the world. All the information is already in the public domain, you just have to know how to access it! That´s where we come in.
We firmly believe that knowledge is power - sadly, with cancer, it can sometimes be the difference between life and death.
´Call 0790 469885´
or email
personalprescription@canceractive.com
from Monday 22nd April 2013, to book´
Cutting out the causes
Have you stopped to think what might have caused your cancer; what might still be there driving it? Two months ago we spotted that a man with throat cancer had been on holiday in India and had probably contracted a parasite. Tests confirmed this. A month ago the man with blood cancer was living next door to a cement factory. This week we told a lady her stress driving the cancer was shown in research to be producing cortisol and ´bad´ eicosanoids, and that the anti-histamines she took everyday of her life could well lie behind this. This information came from the web site of the top hospital specialising in her rare cancer in the USA. We found out the facts, that no one before had told her.
Of course you can look for yourself, but we can make it soooo much easier for you.
Next - Stop the cancer process
We are very clear at CANCERactive - we do not believe one ´anything´ - drug, vitamin, whatever - can cure a cancer.
You may have 20 or more stages of cancer in your body at any time, some lying dormant. You can have thousands of gene mutations. How could orthodox medicine hope to tackle all this with a single drug?
Dr Henry Friedman of Duke´s Medical Centre in the USA in his interview for icon says this too. We believe you need to take some serious insurance action of your own. We believe you need to build a total complementary programme around the outside of your oncologist´s orthodox treatments. There are complementary therapies to improve the effectiveness of his treatments; and others to combat other possible stages of the cancer in your body. All are researched, and all can improve your odds of survival.
Create a healthy environment in your body
Whatever the reason for your cancer, the odds are that right now you have an environment inside your body that is favourable to cancer - high glucose, low oxygen, acidity not alkalinity, growth hormone excess - any, or all of these things.
You need to create an environment that is hostile to cancer. One which nourishes a healthy body. Do you know where to start? Research does.
Research, research, research
In Cancer Watch, our unique summary of all the latest research, you can always trawl through all the very latest information yourself. You can also read books, go to other web sites, ask for second opinions; all the time building a picture of your cancer and the therapies research says might make a difference. Or you can let us do it with you.
Did you realise there are things you can do for yourself that can help in the following areas:
- to boost your immune system?
- to recognise rogue cells?
- cut inflammation, the precursor of cancer?
- stop blood supply forming for tumours?
- will cut oestrogen levels, the driver of many cancers?
- can even kill cancer cells?
- improve radiotherapy success?
- aid the performance of some drugs?
- will reduce swelling after surgery?
- will reduce stress and increase survival times?
- will identify the causes and drivers of your cancer?
and so on.
´I just could not believe what he found out for me´. Mrs JT, Liverpool
´Truly amazing. The cause my Doctor had given me turned out to be complete rubbish. We had been treating the wrong thing. Mrs RJ, Watford
Get started now!!
Firstly, please be clear. The demands on Chris are huge.
He has just ten slots a month. And you can only talk to him on SKYPE - he lives in Thailand. Skype is free to use via your computer. If you do not call at the pre-arranged time, you will almost certainly cause problems for others. If you miss your appointment, well, that denies someone else a chat with Chris.
First, you have to fill in a Personal Prescription form. The form ensures that you provide a reasonably complete picture of your situation and you don´t waste time during the chat.
Next, send it in and then Chris will say honestly whether he thinks he can find the knowledge and information to help. He cannot talk to everyone, there are not enough hours in a day!
Finally, as we do not receive funding from large corporations or drugs companies, we do ask for a donation to the charity from all people who would like a chat with Chris. The minimum donation is about the same as an oncologist receives for 20 minutes of his time!
We are sorry about this but, as we always say - it´s the price of having a truly independent charity with no vested interests. We can only help people like you, if people like you help us.
´CALL 0790 4690885 or email personalprescription@canceractive.com to fix a time - the slots start from April 22nd 2013´
By the way, Chris may well record the conversation - he likes to keep a record of exactly what was said!
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