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Becoming Whole
When a mastectomy, radiation and chemotherapy couldn’t stop Meg Wolff's breast cancer in 1999, doctors told her to “prepare her soul.” Instead, she took a leap of faith … in herself, by giving an unconventional approach – a diet based on whole grains, vegetables and beans – a try. Now vibrantly healthy, Meg is living proof that changing your diet can indeed Save. Your. Life. This is her candid story of overcoming first bone cancer and a leg amputation, then a second cancer crisis – ultimately healing herself physically and emotionally, restoring her marriage and finding happiness. With its recipes, healing menu plans and wealth of helpful resources, this book inspires others to do the same.
267 pages, Paperback
First published November 20, 2006
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December 11, 2008
One day I received a comment on my blog from a certain Meg Wolff that applauded my blog-starting and encouraged me to continue exploring healthy eating with a macrobiotic bent. Meg literally popped into my life out of nowhere. I'm not even sure how she found my blog. Since then, we have exchanged several e-mails and blog comments, and, even though I have not met her (yet), she radiates warmth and love through her words and the way that she expresses herself.
"Becoming Whole" is her book about her experiences with bone cancer (she lost a leg at the age of 31) and breast cancer (she had a mastectomy around the age of 40). She eventually cured herself of cancer by following a macrobiotic diet. I found her account very easy and enjoyable to read, and, needless to say, inspiring. I also resonated with Meg's frustration with the Western medical world and its tendency towards dehumanization, denial, and a refusal to look at a patient's health holistically.
This book was also particularly inspiring to me, because Meg's approach to living through cancer is so different from the approaches that I have watched my own family members take. It is really healing for me personally to see that there is a different way and that so much of healing really is about attitude and the willingness to give in to change.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has known anyone with cancer or who has experienced cancer themselves or is worried about getting cancer one day. Also, this is a good entryway into the world of macrobiotics, as Meg explains the diet very clearly and in a simple manner. She also includes a wonderful selection of macrobiotic recipes at the end of the book with a complete menu plan as well.
"Becoming Whole" is her book about her experiences with bone cancer (she lost a leg at the age of 31) and breast cancer (she had a mastectomy around the age of 40). She eventually cured herself of cancer by following a macrobiotic diet. I found her account very easy and enjoyable to read, and, needless to say, inspiring. I also resonated with Meg's frustration with the Western medical world and its tendency towards dehumanization, denial, and a refusal to look at a patient's health holistically.
This book was also particularly inspiring to me, because Meg's approach to living through cancer is so different from the approaches that I have watched my own family members take. It is really healing for me personally to see that there is a different way and that so much of healing really is about attitude and the willingness to give in to change.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has known anyone with cancer or who has experienced cancer themselves or is worried about getting cancer one day. Also, this is a good entryway into the world of macrobiotics, as Meg explains the diet very clearly and in a simple manner. She also includes a wonderful selection of macrobiotic recipes at the end of the book with a complete menu plan as well.
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