Archived from Charlotte Gerson's book

Story

   "Avrill had (I can use the past tense now) been so ill for about 25 years
with lupus that I felt she would never experience anything in life except
pain and misery," her husband wrote. "Twenty odd years on prednisone
and NSAIDS have not done her immune system much good. I think it
was about six years ago that we were told about the Gerson Therapy.
Avrill was so sick at the time; I thought she would die. The doctors had
her on high doses of morphine to control the agonizing pain, not to
mention the 50 to 80 mg of prednisone a day, as well as an array of
NSAIDs. In the beginning, Avrill was not that keen to do the Gerson
Therapy, but I think she finally came to the conclusion that she had little
choice. The doctors had told her that there was nothing more that they
could do for her.

   "Avrill's recovery has been steady and spectacular. She is finally completely
drug free. She still has one coffee enema each day and is healthier
now, at 48 years of age, than she has been all her life. Over the last 12
months, she has had two operations to try to straighten her fingers. The
damage was caused to the tendons by a cocktail of drugs she had taken
over the years. Physically, she is in excellent condition. She looks much
younger than her age and is able to do almost anything. She actively gardens,
uses a petrol [gasoline]-powered brush cutter, shifts rocks into
garden borders, collects wood, etc. Not bad for someone who, a few
years ago, could not comb her own hair or lift a dinner plate from the
table! I am very proud of her."

   Avrill's husband adds another significant detail to her story. It seems
that, during her treatment, she "cheated" several times. "In the early
days, if she strayed off her diet and had fish 'n' chips or a hamburger, it
usually meant a trip to the hospital within 48 hours for a morphine needle!"
Avrill's husband feels that this does not belong in a recovered
patient report; on the contrary, we are very much aware that, at times,
patients will stray from the straight and narrow. The dramatic results, in
her case, should be a warning to other "cheaters."

   "Avrill has come a long way since then," her husband continues. "I
was talking to her tonight and she was commenting on how quickly the
surgery incisions on her hands had completely healed without so much
as a scar. In the old days, a cut or scratch would take weeks or months to
heal, and usually after several infections. Thanks to the Gerson Therapy
and what we have learned from your books and newsletters, Avrill has,
for the first time in her life, a working immune system."

   Please note that lupus is supposed to be an "autoimmune disease"
with the immune system working overtime!