One of the most feared sentences any person could be told is that "You have cancer." I know as I am a cancer survivor. Years ago, it was a death sentence. This is no longer true for the vast majority of cancer patients, cancer awareness is a more suitable term to use when one is diagnosed with the disease.

There is a great deal of information that almost anybody can get covering cancer awareness and what it really is and how it grows. There is also a large number of cancer centers or clinics that will work with you to get rid of the cancer or put it into remission. Which program is right? The main weapons of cancer treatment or awareness for most hospitals, cancer centers and cancer clinics are chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. These are what the AMA and the insurance industry are completely familiar with.

However, there is also another road to recovery. That road is the alternative medication road sometimes referred to as homeopathic medicine. There are as many alternative methods as there are hospitals, centers and clinics.

One of the biggest fears in getting any treatment is not knowing if it will work. What are the side effects? What is the cost? Where do I have to go? For many the choice is easy. Just making that decision to go traditional medicine or alternative medicine is an extremely frightening experience. You realize that your life is on the line. Your family will be fully involved with your choice both in the treatment stage and the recovery stage. This applies to both types of medicine.

I have been both routes. When I first was told that I had cancer, I did not know that there was a world of alternative medicine and I selected surgery. When the cancer recurred 5 years later, I knew some of alternative medicine and elected that path. I believe that a balance needs to be established and maintained between the different paths of treatment. For me, it has kept me alive for over 23 years. I am now cancer free and I owe cancer awareness [http://fpcofalaska.com] as my main motivator.