Angie Choi’s cancer memoir details her experience from ovarian cancer diagnosis to being cancer free by using a metabolic approach to cancer. Dr. Choi describes how she combined standard treatment (surgery) with alternative treatment for cancer inclusive of a therapeutic ketogenic diet, anti-parasitic medication, and supplements. She relates her process working with both conventional and alternative healthcare practitioners to get the support she needed as she forged a holistic, complimentary path through cancer. Dr. Choi discusses how cancer grew from an imbalance in her body, mind, and spirit and healed from rebalancing. This book is presented in three sections: body, mind, and spirit, and is presented through the lens of Indian spirituality.
Whole New Me is for cancer patients and cancer caregivers and provides an intimate account of a holistic, integrative approach to cancer. It provides support for those who seek alternative treatments to cancer or who desire to integrate complimentary approaches like a therapeutic ketogenic diet with standard treatment. For those with ovarian cancer, it provides a complete account from cancer diagnosis to remission. Whole New Me covers Dr. Choi’s personal experience in the following areas.
- Metabolic approach to cancer
- Keto for cancer
- Cancer diets long-term
- Anti-parasitic medication repurposed for treating cancer
- Supplements for cancer
- Opting out of chemotherapy
- Working with conventional healthcare professionals when declining standard treatment
- Hysterectomy
- Recovering from surgery
- Treating cancer naturally
- Community support
- Reflecting on mental and emotional aspects of cancer
- Listening to intuition
- Spiritual support and healing
- Integrating body, mind, and spirit
Tabella dei contenuti
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Body
Taking Care of Mom
Unexpected Test Results
Likely Origins of My Tumor
Surgery and Diagnosis
Recovery in the Hospital
Recovery at Home
Chemotherapy or Not?
A Metabolic Approach to Cancer
Changing to a Ketogenic Diet
Working with a Naturopathic Doctor
Supplements for Cancer
Challenges on the Ketogenic Diet
Working with Conventional and Integrative Practitioners
Chapter 2: The Mind
My Mental Conditioning
My Spiritual Background
Kundalini Support
Saying No to External Life
Past-Life Patterns
Childhood Yearnings for Freedom
Difficulty Relating to Others
Loss of Joy in Life
Chapter 3: The Spirit
Intuitions About Cancer
Creativity Returns
My Journey Back Home
Spiritual Guidance in Dreams
Abiding in Oneness-True Unconditional Love
Conclusion
Remission
Cancer as a Metaphor for Healing
Whole New Me
Appendix A: The Manifestation Process
The Process of Manifestation in Samkhya
The First and Second Evolutes of Matter
The Three Gunas: Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas
The Evolutes of Sattva Guna
The Evolutes of Tamas Guna
Appendix B: Modes of the Mind
Appendix C: Karma
Appendix D: Intuition
Neuroscience and Intuition
Gut Feelings, Intuition, and Emotions
Intuition vs. Insight
Appendix E: Five Sheaths of Human Existence
Notes
Circa l’autore
Dr. Angie Choi is the Director of Admissions and Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in the College of Pharmacy. She holds a doctorate in education and a master’s degree in Asian philosophies and religion. She is also certified as a hypnotist and yoga teacher. She has studied eastern and western ideas about consciousness and the mind and is interested in helping others become more self-aware. Dr. Choi is the author of Whole New Me: Healing from Cancer in Body, Mind, and Spirit and My Dreams: A Simple Guide to Dream Interpretation.
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