We are so blessed on the Monterey Peninsula to have a cancer treatment center (Monterey Bay Oncology) where a center for complementary and alternative therapies is also available. As an ovarian cancer survivor I have been privileged to receive services for some time now from Kaz Wegmuller a wonderful practitioner of acupuncture and Chinese medicine and Brian Elinoy, PhD, an alternative pharmacist.
When I began my cancer treatment I did not know of Serrena and so missed out on some of the ways alternative therapies can help with nausea and stress. Often doctors are hesitant to have patient use alternative therapies, worrying that they will compromise chemotherapy. But more and more research is showing that these treatments really are helpful and thus more and more becoming known as complementary therapies.
Serrena is also a way to show you care about your loved one who is receiving treatment. A therapist can actual do certain treatments as one receives chemotherapy. A foot massage could be just the thing to help pass the time and show you care.
I find it hard to express my gratitude to Serrena and MBO; I have been given hope when much has seemed hopeless. Thank you to all at Serrena and Monterey Bay Oncology. I hope you can help support this important offering of alternative therapy.
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