Freddie,
I have read that book of Lance Armstrong, in fact I have two of them! I have also read "Why people don't heal and how they can" of Caroline Myss and "The spontaneous healing of belief - shattering the paradigm of false limits" of Gregg Braden. I am reading everything I can get in this regard. I have to agree with you - it is very difficult when one is still not seeing any progress to be optimistic. But I do believe that even a small victory can change the process. The moment we see even a small change, we can turn it around and believe in the unbelievable. And the stronger that belief gets, the more it will have an influence and the more we will see positive results.
I think what is important here is to just be open that it can work this way. If we are not open for miracles, it may not happen.
I also agree that we have to still do what we can for the physical side of the illness like taking medicine and exercise. Our power lies in where we can have control - our thoughts. I believe that our bodies follow where our brains go... Our brains can start giving the message, "This is now enough. I don't need this illness in any way anymore. I can heal from this. I can turn this around. Every day in every way I am getting better and better (not my quote)."
The sooner we do this the better before the illness creates too much damage.
This is definitely the way I want to go... Will keep you posted. It is all a matter of "when..." as you have said!
Enjoy your week!

Ronel "It's not good or bad. We can't see the big picture."