The Choice: Coping with Cancer: The true story of a mother's triumph over cancer

By Bernadette Bohan

In 1988, Bernadette Bohan won a battle against cancer. But when she became pregnant seven years later, a doctor told her that it was likely to trigger a return of the disease. She didn’t hesitate and gave birth to the child she had longed for. However, her fight wasn’t over. Five years later the cancer attacked her body again. Bernadette made another choice. In desperation, she decided that her best chance of survival was not simply to be a passive patient and blindly follow her doctor’s advice, but to create her own prescription. When news of Bernadette’s triumph over cancer brought others flocking to her door seeking help, this ordinary Irish wife and mother found her life transformed. And she realised that her illness was a giftafter all. The Choice is an inspiring story of an ordinary woman’s spirited fight against cancer, which defied all the odds.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gill & Macmillan
• Release date: Aug 19, 2011
• ISBN: 9780717151790

Bernadette Bohan

Bernadette Bohan is an ordinary mother who learned the value of health the hard way. This mother of three is now a bestselling author and a spokeswoman for common-sense approaches to health and cancer. She is passionate in her mission to pass on her knowledge.

Reviews for The Choice

[wyvernfriend · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Recently there have been several books on this theme. The idea that in fact it is the modern world and modern processing methods and diet that are causing people to become sick. And while I agree to a degree with this concept I'm not sure that it's the whole picture.Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it has sense and reason behind it but I also like my coffee and meat, and really don't see myself giving up either in any great degree anytime soon. I do intend to continue to improve my diet over time but I'm really not a person who is suited to an almost vegan lifestyle. This is not to say that if I had cancer again that I mightn't rethink my choices but that is where I am now.Bernadette Bohan had to make that choice, having had a lymphoma earlier in her career and then developing breast cancer she decided to make drastic changes and follow the Bristol Cancer Centre's diet which mostly consists of raw food.It's well written and she is passionate in her beliefs but it's just not me, not at this stage of my life.