I watched the series in its entirety when it was originally released because it happened at the same time as my Dx. Due to watching it and watching several Chris Wark videos, I was convinced I could beat this without going the conventional route. I was HIGHLY opposed to chemo at the time of my Dx, and for several weeks afterwards.
While watching TTAC, even as I was trying to get on board with going all natural, something about Ty Bollinger bugged me. I'm sorry, but he came across as, for lack of a better word, hokey. And he never mentioned the specific types or stages of the cancers his family members had. I thought that was a gross oversight. Similarly, some of the people interviewed gave scant details about their diagnoses.
There's a chiropractor featured prominently in the series, Dr. Rashid Buttar, who I researched. He's been sued for fraud. While I realize a lot of the alternative practitioners can, and have been, unfairly targeted, reading up on him gave me pause.
http://www.casewatch.org/civil/buttar/complaint.shtml(And don't even get me started on Stansilaw Burzynski. His fees are insane & treatments highly questionable. There's a wealth of info on him as well, much of it provided by former patients who at first adored him.)
I understand, too, that because these practitioners and clinics are outside of the conventional realm and don't / can't accept insurance, the cost of their treatments cannot therefore be covered. There was a clinic in Mexico (I can't recall the name now) and I reached out to one of their cured patients. She was very pleasant on the phone, and explained that treatment could initially cost $50,000. When I explained I didn't have that, she suggested borrowing against a life insurance policy. To me, that seems very sketchy. I mean, I KNOW there are no guarantees, even with conventional treatments, but the idea of going to a foreign country and spending that kind of money, not to mention who knows how long you'd have to stay & be away from work & family, that just didn't sit well with me.
Bottom line: I think the series had some good information to offer, but the overall message of "chemo bad, alternative treatments good" is irresponsible. As others have mentioned, I believe a combined, integrative approach is best. And let's face it: who really has the time and money to travel to far away lands for the kinds of therapies suggested in the series? Overall: thumbs down. Watch with a discerning & skeptical eye. Just sayin'.
42 yr. old female
Rectal cancer Stage 3C T3 N1 M0 - Sept 2015
28 rounds radiation w/Xeloda - Nov - Dec 2015
2/17/16 - Surgery to remove rectal tumor, lymph nodes (2/20+), ovaries & fallopian tubes, temp. ileostomy
3/28/16 - 9/26/16 -12 rounds FOLFOX w/full oxi
Ileo reversal 10/27/16; Port removed 12/1/16
Lung mets confirmed 2/6/17
March-May 2017 - brain mets; brain rad. 5/9-5/29/17