What do you need to survive cancer?

Chemotherapy will help but not 100% curing depending on what cancer stadium that we have. I think for more important thing that we need is family support. At least we can die in peace if we don't survive from cancer.

I've worked in the medical profession for many years, and have cared for cancer patients. Personally, I have to say that those with the better outlook and positive way of thinking took better control of their health. However, I can't tell you that they all survived either. I saw many that did and many that didn't despite that inner strenght and will, while I also saw many negative, bitter patients that didn't take good care of themselves or have any inner strength in general, yet still survived their battle with cancer. I would still like to think that having a positive approach to treatment will help a patient take better control of the situation, and may help them actively fight the condition. It also helps the family members approach the illness better too, and we know that family and friends can be our best support source when we are faced with sickness.

It is the will power to fight cancer that can help a person to live. Two friends of mine were diagnosed with cancer in the past 12 months, and both had to go through chemo and radiation. We lost one 3 months ago and the other one has recovered 100%, only because she decided that she wasn't ready to die yet. I thank God for giving her the strength.

I do agree with you, candygurl24, that a will to survive makes a difference. My mom battled a rare form of cancer for years through surgery, radiation and medication (both traditional and some experimental herbals). She was so strong and was determined that the cancer wouldn't win. I think her life was extended for some time, simply by her will to live. Then, when the pain became too much to bear, she closed her eyes and slept most of the time, in an effort to escape it. I think that was the point that she lost the will to fight.

The longer I live, the more I believe that how you think has every bit as much as anything to do with experiencing good health. The mind can be used to repair the body by harboring thoughts of wellness. I think that many people get sick or ill because of their thinking. The mind is a powerful tool that can be used to shape the health or lack of health that you experience in life. It is easy for people to attract sickness when they do not become aware of their thoughts. Any thought about becoming ill or about sickness can be changed to a thought of living in a healthy state. I beleive you attract your life's circumstances by the thoughts you radiate. That includes health and wellness. To me that is inner strength.

I think in order to survive you need to have a WANT to live! as with an serious illness if you have support and are a strong willed person you will live longer and unless your in serious pain and agony i think that's what most sick people want. just a little more time to say and do the things they never did when they were healthy. Strive to survive.

You have to have the moxie. Inner strength and will and belief in life and yourself. I have several cancer survivors in my family and a couple that did not survive, and the difference in personality as well as the agressiveness of the disease was all relevant.I have three chronic diseases and it's madeness every hour with it all, I can tell what a person needs to have in them to deal and to come through a huge issue like that.They have it, it doesnt have them.

Number one thing to survive cancer is the mental game: you HAVE to think positive and not give up. People say they "understand" but until a doc tells you that you have cancer you cannot understand; it takes a lot to get over that diagnosis and get on with living. Make sure you talk about it with your family and loved ones; it is the "elephant" in the room. You should be open on it and so should they; it is not a time to "pretend" it isn't happening. It is time to call for all hands on deck to support you. Get the feeling out - a counsoler or other peorson can be very helpful. One of the ugly conversations you need to have is the living will and medical power of attr'ny - what happens if you are too weak to take care of yourself or in a comma; who WILL talk for youi. You don't want to end up being the center of a court battle when you are really sick. Make sure EVERYONE knows who speaks for you and what YOU want.

well by having chemo. could not assure that you could heal hundred percent.i did read a proven articles said that cellfood works better than ever for the cancer victims. but, in order to survive you must have your own inner streght to beat it up. i did read it from many testimonials and i got that info from some self psyicic articles

Hi CandyGurl, Let me tell you in the nicest possible way that you are in a circus, and it's being run by clowns. The Cancer Industry is a Trillion Dollar Industry. Chemotherapy will not "cure" cancer. Radiation Therapy will not "cure" cancer. Surgery will not "cure" cancer. Yet if you attempt to use any method apart from these three "therapies" to cure cancer in the USA, you will be thrown into prison. Think about that. DON'T let your eyes glaze over and your brain switch off - THINK about it. The Cancer Industry is a Trillion Dollar Industry. It's a massive, global Industry and it's three pillars, "Chemotherapy", "Radiation Therapy" and plain old "Surgery" are it's Cash Cows. If you have cancer and allow yourself to fall into the clutches of the mainstream medical establishment, which is OWNED lock stock and barrel by the Global Pharmaceutical Cartel, then you will die. That's what they do - as they drain your bank account and all your worldly possessions into their coffers. And don't think the government will protect you from them - they OWN the government too. The FDA exists to protect the Global Pharmaceutical Cartel's profits. Why do you think it's ILLEGAL to "treat" cancer in the USA with anything other than "Chemotherapy", "Radiation Therapy" and "Surgery"? Why do you suppose all the REAL treatments that actually WORK, that actually CURE cancer, have been forced to move OUT of the USA and into Mexico? It has to do with the Pharmaceutical Cartel's profits - they can't have people being CURED when they could be making OBSCENE PROFITS by keeping them SICK and forcing them to PAY for "Chemotherapy", "Radiation Therapy" and "Surgery". CANCER is a DEGENERATIVE DISEASE. It is principally a NUTRITIONAL DISEASE. The ONLY thing that will cure cancer is your OWN BODY, in the process of HEALING ITSELF. And the way to do that is to provide your body with the nutrients that it needs to do it's job. Cancer is EASY to cure - it's so easy that it's almost laughable! Cancer is actually a trivial disease, in the same category as Scurvy and other nutritional problems. Yet if you actually go about curing this disease in the USA, you will be thrown into prison. If you don't believe me, just try it and see what happens. There is PLENTY of information freely available on the Internet and elsewhere about how to cure cancer. Try Max Gerson's juice diet for starters. And read about the history of Max Gerson's practice and why he was forced to move to Mexico while you're at it. But you can FORGET about "curing" cancer if you allow yourself to be railroaded into the Pharmaceutical Cartel's Profit Express, because THEN you will die - but not before they have drained your bank account into their coffers.

To survive cancer, we need strong will-power to live and medical intervention. God provided us with immune system where foreign bodies attacking us are subdued. However when we become weaker due to so many factors, our immune system gets weaker and unable to overcome sickness. The we go to the doctor for treatment. God gives wisdom to men and He authorize people to treat others always with His blessing. And if our faith is great, our immune system is strong and could repel and win over foreign bodies. If we have strong will-power to live, our immune system will also become strong. Here enters the faith healers but actually, it is ourselves who heals ourselves, not the faith healers. Faith and medical intervention are both needed to survive cancer.

these days yoga is the best way to survive cancer..in india a yoga from the baba ramdev side is wonderful n its results even make cancers cure..

Family support is very important. Afterall, if nothing works, u can trust them with ur dreams and believe they may comlete them for u.

Well, currently there are many variants of cancer prevailing across the world. It all depends on the type of cancer you have to deal with. The important things you got to have is money and faith.

Well I think you have to have the meds along with a good attitude. You must have faith, inner strength and physical strength. You have to have a will to live no matter what the disease is, without the will to live you most likely will die sooner. I have seen many people beat cancer and it was due to their want to live attitude.

I think chemo/radiation does help beat cancer. I dont know anyone who has gone through it. But I do have faith in what I hear about it.

I personally think that if you don;'t have family support, then how can you survive?

Chemo therapy is the tool that we can use to help us defeat cancer. But that alone is not enough. We need the will power to live in this life and inner strengh that u should have. U should rely on GOD and hoping for miracle to come. That is the best way to defeat cancer

For me both therapies and the strength of ur brain applies to have a chance of great survival of cancer...The power of the mind can be fulfilled with coordination of your body...!

i think chemo and radiation play a part but your faith in youeself and in god is what it all comes down to.