They're Mine and I'm Keeping Them: How freezing my breast saved my breast

by Laura Ross-Paul, Alex Paul, Peter Littrup

They're Mine and I’m Keeping Them is a story of innovation, courage, and triumph. Laura Ross-Paul wanted to keep her breast after being diagnosed with breast cancer which could only be treated by a mastectomy. This is the story of how she and her husband bucked the system, found Dr. Peter Littrup, a doctor with advanced skill in the field of tumor freezing, who performed cryo-ablation, and ultimately saved her breast. The success of their collaboration makes breast conservation a realistic outcome of breast cancer treatment.

But being a patient pioneer isn’t always easy and this story, taken directly from Laura's journals in real time, doesn’t hold back. It takes the reader on a journey of visceral emotions and actions, from visits to a faith healer who didn't give a physical cure, to finding Dr. Peter Littrup through an inspiring journey of trust in a higher guidance.

An unexpected, but welcome result, of the cryo-ablation treatment, was the "immune effect." The body's immune system is able to recognize the protein structure of the cancer cells when it cleans out the dead tissue and in about half the cases of cryo-ablation, naturally creates an immunity to the cancer. The book also relates the success at FUDA Hospital in Guangzhou, China in treating a variety of Stage 4 cancers by combining cryo-ablation and advanced immune system therapies, which increase the frequency of the occurrence of the natural immune effect to approximately eighty percent or higher of the cases.

438 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 21, 2014

Reviews

[Susan Wester · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would recommend this book for anyone who was more information about an alternative cancer treatment to mastectomy. It is written by the cancer survivor, her husband and her doctor and is very informative.