Topic: Suzanne Somers on Larry King Tonight - Cancer Book

She claimed to have had brain cancer? Seriously?

Maybe someone could call in on the show tonight or submit an email asking her the specifics of her breast cancer.  Or better yet, maybe a bunch of us could submit the same question in email.  If nothing else, it would be interesting to see if it gets answered or avoided.

I hope I don't forget to watch it tonight. 

Thanks for posting it! 

I saw a glimpse on the Today show this morning, she mentioned that her breast cancer turned into a 'whole body cancer' (but had biopsy and it wasn't)...never heard the term before....did she mean Stage IV??

I was so baffeled and therefore I might not have followed correctly......

Or does it sound more dramatic to promote the book??

Maybe I'll e-mail my question "WTH is whole body cancer???"

Balloon boy? WTH...

lexislove, it was my friend that claimed to have been cured from brain cancer, not Suzanne Sommers. I don't believe my friend ever really had it, but she is convinced that is what was wrong with her. She also said my breast cancer is a PARASITE and recommended that I Isee her practioner. I love her as a friend...but we are definitely not on the same page...not even reading the same book, not even put together with similar screws! Still love her though. That mind set works for her. Does not work for me. 

I am not sure about Suzanne Somers.  She is much more of a marketer than a sister.  I read her first book but since I was diagnosed, I haven't taken her seriously.  Not willing to be my life on her ideas.  Should be an interesting show. I'll tevo it.

Roseann

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We need to be rational about the INFORMATION Somers imparts to us and forget about her PERSONALITY.

We are shooting ourselves in the feet if we ignore this valuable information.  Just because she hawks crap on the shopping channel doesn't mean she can't put together a collection of dynamite information.

I've read both BREAKTHROUGH and KNOCKOUT. The doctors Somers has assembled for these books know more about cancer and related nutritional issues than the Surgeon General.

Everyone who reads the books tells me they put stickies in every few pages because there is so much rich, new information there from the doctors.

For the record, Somers has talked about her breast cancer in her earlier books: she had a negative routine mammogram. Because she had good insurance, she got a sonogram for good measure. It found a 2-3 cm  hormone-positive, invasive cancer. She had a lumpectomy and radiation. She refused chemo and put together her own protocol using Iscador, Iodoral iodine, bioidentical hormones, organic foods and many supplements.

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Today's AOL news has a clip from this morning's Today show, as mentioned by Calico.   I tried to post the link here but it's not working.  It's still there if you go to aol.com and look at the welcome screen.   Seriously - whole body cancer!?  She's a flake.

Be well,

Maria

Breakthrough was a wonderful book, loaded with information. She does not give HER opinions. In the book she interviews doctors who think outside the box and do not believe that drugs are the way to go and tell why. As for Larry King, I read on his website that she will be on Friday night. I think it takes a lot of courage for her to speak out the way she does. Every time she is ridiculed she could just go back and hide, but she continues to spead the word about alternative health. She will one day be vindicated and applauded when more and more women choose diet, execise, iodoral, BHRT, etc and show lower recurrent rates as compared to big Pharma.

Love the mascara comment Anom!

I am going to watch this as well.Already sent my question in.

I figured she came up with "full body cancer" because most people probably don't understand what Stage IV means.  It is overly dramatic, but it communicates what people may not grasp if she said metastatic or Stage IV. 

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Kids, please read the book before making judgements about the term, "full body cancer" being dramatic.

The "full body cancer" is the term the oncologist and others used in the hospital when they said her lungs and other parts of her body were involved. This was less than a year ago. She did not make up this term.

best to all,

anom

I would think that it is a tad sloppy for a doctor to tell a patient that they have 'full body cancer' without a biopsy or some kind of evidence.  Certainly they didn't dx it just because they saw something suspicious on a test.  Aren't most of our docs telling us that it could be a number of things and it often ends up being something else.  And wouldn't she be mortified for those 6 days if it was 'full body' cancer after telling everyone that she had the cure all along?

I am not at all saying that nutrition, exercise, etc are not important factors.  But, as the 'lay person' that she claims she is, she is making a ton of money from advertising for these doctors and convincing others to ignore their own doctors based on her beliefs.  

I want to hear from those 6 doctors ... their side of what actually happened and was said. 

Of course, we ... and SS ... all know that they are not allowed to say anything no matter what she says because of the privacy laws.  How convenient for her.  Sorry but I do not believe that 6 legitimate doctors told her she had 'full body cancer' ... whatever the h*ll that is. 

I haven't really followed any of what she is pushing.  However, my first thoughts when I saw the clip of her on TV was (1) those boobs get bigger every time I see her & (2) she just looks awfully puffy and plastic.  Lot more going on with that girl than eating healthy.  

Edited to add ... I have to wonder why she was going to 6 'conventional' doctors when she thought she was really sick anyway.  How come she didn't go to those wonderful alternative doctors she says know everything??