Australian model Elle Macpherson. Picture: Instagram
Elle Macpherson doesn’t believe her cancer will return.
The supermodel, 60, has caused a backlash from medics and cancer experts after she recently revealed she had been diagnosed with the disease seven years ago – but opted for alterative remedies after having a lumpectomy at the start of her treatment.
She has now said in a detailed interview on her techniques on ‘60 Minutes Australia’ about how she believes her disease won’t recur and how she is in a state of “utter wellness”: “I don’t anticipate any and I have no indication that there would be. Zero.
“The body has the infinite capacity to heal and I am in utter wellness ... fear is something that can really make you ill. So I’m not interested in that.
“I think it's a wise way to live life, to focus on well-being.”
Elle would not be drawn during her TV chat on answering whether she felt she had “cured” her cancer.
Instead she responded: “The word ‘cure’ is a very interesting word … no, I healed through breast cancer.
“I had a very formidable team that helped me through it. So now I would, you know I’m clinically in remission – that’s words that you know most doctors would say.”
Elle admitted there is a “time and place” for traditional, Western medicine but said she chose to adopt a “more natural lifestyle” because that’s “what works” for her.
After reports she ignored pleas from dozens of doctors to take conventional cancer treatments, she went on: “Listen, I got a lot of advice. I spoke to 32 doctors along the way. It wasn’t an easy decision, but it was a decision that I felt was right for me.
“And I have come to the understanding that there are no right or wrong decisions or choices in how people choose to heal.
“This was the decision that not only felt right for me but also worked for me.”
Elle went on to explain that she does get regular medical check ups, including scans and blood tests.
She had a lumpectomy, which is a surgery to remove cancer from the breast while leaving most of the tissue in place, before she was urged to have a mastectomy with radiation, chemotherapy and hormone therapy.
Elle instead underwent eight months of intense therapy with doctors in Phoenix, Arizona, using a team of holistic medicine specialists.
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