Archived from Charlotte Gerson's book

Story

   By the time Bob O. was 58 years old, he had suffered for many years
from constant bone pain. This started on his return from Vietnam in
1970, after he had been exposed to Agent Orange and other toxic
materials.

   For many years, during the 80s and 90s, he only took aspirin. However,
when he reported to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital,
he was prescribed 3,000 mg per day of ibuprofen for pain relief. He
actually took this huge amount for one to two years until it finally
severely damaged his stomach. Meanwhile, he was also diagnosed with
lupus and, some time later, with fibromyalgia. His skin was also sick: it
blistered, scabbed, flaked and was scaly.

   He finally stopped taking ibuprofen and creams. In spite of his damaged
stomach, constant pain and damaged skin, he never stopped working.
He had joined the carpenter's union and worked in carpentry, a
very toxic occupation with its solvents, glues containing formaldehyde
and chemically treated wood.

   In 1996, he quit carpentry and went into pipe welding-no less
toxic-till September 2006, all this time suffering with "whole body
pain" where all his joints and bones were constantly hurting.

   Finally, one day, as he was going to bed, he noted that there was a
large bump on his left side. This sent him to a doctor, who found that
Bob's spleen was hugely swollen. While he looked at it, the doctor did
nothing!

   Shortly after that, Bob "crashed." He was unable to get up and work
because he was in so much pain. The swelling in his spleen had become
so severe that it extended from his pelvis to his rib cage. His wife, Judy,
says that he looked grey. Of course, he was severely anemic since his
bone marrow, turned largely into scar tissue, was unable to produce red
blood cells!

   He was finally diagnosed adequately by a doctor in a cancer hospital
in Columbia, Missouri, who did a bone marrow biopsy. The Ellis Fischel
Hospital, a part of the University of Missouri complex, specializes in
cancer. On recognizing and reconfirming that Bob was suffering from
myelofibrosis, he suggested a drug called thalidomide, which had a less
than 30% chance of reducing the swelling of the spleen within six
months but which also had very severe side effects. Bob declined to take
the drug.

   In that case, the doctor said, there was nothing he could do, and suggested
that Bob go home and get his affairs in order. Nevertheless, he
also suggested that Bob return for another check-up in three months.
When Bob did come back, the doctor was amazed that he was still alive!

   At last, Bob O. heard of the Gerson Caregiver training and attended
the December 2006 session in San Diego. Amazingly, from almost the
first enema Bob ever took, after overcoming his natural resistance to
such a procedure, he was virtually free of pain-for the first time in 30
years!

   While Bob had started on the Gerson Therapy a little earlier on his
own, he went to the Mexican Gerson hospital Now, a little over a year
later, he feels very well He has no pain, and Dr. M., who is a doctor at
the Gerson Mexican hospital, tells him that his blood test is almost
entirely normal. His bone marrow is miraculously producing the
needed red and white cells again. Bob states that his spleen is down by
about 50% and there is still a ways to go.