An interesting story about a woman who used acupuncture to cope with cancer :
"Her family doctor told her there was nothing more they could do for her short of surgery, which would come with no guarantee that it could help.

She'd heard of an acupuncturist and traditional Chinese medicine doctor, Stanley Gwo-Wuu Shyu, who had formerly practised in her area, and she got in touch with him. He got back to her in February 2001 and she started to see him weekly, then twice a week. This involved a three-hour trip each way to his office in Scarborough.

"Dr. Shyu taught me exercises to push the lymphatic fluid through my body and relieve the pain. I was getting acupuncture, green tea, Chinese herbs and being taught exercises, which I did at home."

MacKinnon had acupuncture treatments weekly for the first month, twice a week for the next seven months, and back to once a week until summer 2002. After that, she cut back to once every three weeks or so. Early in 2003, she started to feel sick again, and returned to weekly acupuncture treatments.

"All the while I've been seeing Dr. Shyu I've continued to work full-time, play baseball twice a week from May to September, and raise my children, who are now 7 and 9."

Over the past three years the frequency of her treatments has fluctuated depending on how she is feeling. Now they are only monthly.

"I'm feeling fine now," she says. "I know deep down, that between Dr. Shyu and me, we saved my life. (In) December I had blood tests done at a walk-in clinic, and they showed that all my red and white blood cells are back in the normal range."