Book excerpt: Recent research now predicts 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer. Yet how many people actually know what they can do to help themselves when diagnosed with any disease? When Gill was diagnosed with cancer she took a very different approach to most people as to how she viewed it. She didn't hate her cancer, she simply worked with her body, both physiologically and psychologically, to change it. Her beliefs and positive approach played a huge part, along with conventional medical treatment, in helping her to deal with all that came with the diagnosis and to change the result.Through telling her story Gill explains why Bing Crosby and the film White Christmas were so important and why she did or didn't do certain things. She gives all the tips and techniques she used to tackle cancer - tips and techniques that can be applied by anyone to any diagnosed disease - not just cancer.