Against huge odds, I’m alive and well, enthusiastically living my life. I overcame bone cancer when I was 33, and had my left leg amputated. The disease struck again when I was 40 – this time breast cancer. Even after a mastectomy, chemo and radiation, doctors gave me virtually no hope. I wanted to live, and was willing to try whatever might help. So when I heard some encouraging reports about how well some women had done with a macrobiotic diet, I willingly tried it. That was in 1999, and I’ve eaten this healthy way – with lots of good whole grains, beans and vegetables – ever since.