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November 14,
2014
THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN MEDICAL HISTORY
How It Saved My Life Over One Of The Most Deadly Forms Of Cancer
by Carl W. King II
(written for World Health News)
It was in the spring of 1976 that I first noticed a mole on the inside of
my right leg starting to change color and texture. Having already
scheduled an appointment with a dermatologist for other reasons ....I
brought it to their attention and was assured it did not require further
consideration at that time. Little did I know that their decision not to
biopsy the suspicious looking mole at this early stage would nearly cost
me my life. This was my first indication that when it comes to your health
and your life...you had better get educated and get involved in the
decision making process. Just because someone wears a white coat doesn't
mean they are infallible. Just as with the general population, doctors can
be negligent and incompetent. Unfortunately when it comes to a potentially
fatal disease like cancer....incompetent doctors can end up burying their
mistakes.
In the fall of 1978 I finally insisted that a dermatologist biopsy the
suspicious mole. The pathologist report showed it to be malignant
melanoma.....a potentially deadly form of skin cancer. Surgery followed to
have the surrounding tissue removed. I now had a hole the size of an
orange in the side of my leg. The doctors considered the end result to be
good surgery. Although I tried to see the positive side.... to be honest
it was shocking and appeared in my eyes to be no less than mutilation that
they had ill prepared me for.
I was beginning my education process on how orthodox medicine attacks
cancer....they cut it out ....burn it out (radiation) ....or attempt to
poison it out (chemotherapy) without any regard for how the body’s own
defenses attempt to rid itself of this intruder. No one appreciates more
than I the miraculous things that are accomplished in the realm of how the
orthodox medical establishment treats acute medical conditions. However,
the more I learned about how orthodox medicine treats degenerative
diseases like cancer ....the more skeptical I would become.
The pathologist report showed no malignancy in the tissue they had
removed. Bottom line, I had spent 11 agonizing days in the hospital ....
had a large repugnant hole in my leg....... and a huge medical bill for
surgery....and....the best I could tell .... I was really no better off
than if they had done nothing. X-ray scans did not indicate that the
malignancy had spread to other sites within my body. Today I realize it
can take up to five years for a cancer cell that has escaped the primary
site to multiply to a size that can be detected .... even by X-ray scans.
However, I was told not to worry... just come back in for periodic
checkups. It now amazes me how little information I was given about the
severity of my disease. Absolutely no advice was given that might in any
way increase my odds of preventing the cancer from coming back (today I
know there is ton of stuff that can and should be done that the majority
of doctors know little or nothing about).
However, that did not stop me from doing my own research. I very quickly
discovered that malignant melanoma can be, and often is, a swift and
deadly disease if it metastasizes ( spreads to other sights). I also
realized that just because the tissue removed showed no malignancy, that
in no way meant that this deadly disease was not lurking somewhere in my
body waiting for its opportunity to start multiplying again. It became
obvious during my periodic checkups, that the next most likely place for
this killer to turn up was in lymph nodes in my groin area.
I was a very fortunate individual to have a friend who gave me a book that
not only opened my eyes to the cause of cancer....but more importantly....
alternative treatments for cancer. Knowing that if my cancer came
back...the odds that orthodox therapies ...surgery, radiation and
chemotherapy...could save my life...were at best, extremely poor....I
began to prepare myself for what could eventually become a battle to save
my life.
It was the summer of 1980 that I felt it. A hard swollen lymph node in my
right groin area the size of a large marble. The bad news.... it was
back...the good news...I was now armed with enough knowledge about
alternative treatments for cancer that I truly felt....regardless of what
conventional wisdom said....that not only were the odds on my side...but I
felt instinctively I could beat it.
Orthodox medicine's protocol had offered surgery to strip all my lymph
nodes from my groin area. Again...their first line of defense was to cut
it out. By now I knew that surgery could well be a necessary part of my
overall attack ...but it would not be my primary modality or my first. For
further assurance they could remove bone marrow and freeze it.....then
give me such high doses of chemotherapy that they would potentially
destroy not only the cancer cells, but all my white blood cells (the
body’s first line of defense against this deadly intruder). They then
would re-implant the bone marrow in hope that it would retake and rebuild
my white blood count. If they failed in their attempt to destroy all the
cancer cells, my body’s defense mechanism against the enemy would now be
depleted or possibly completely destroyed...the enemy could spread
rampantly throughout my body. Although experimental.... I was told that
they were having positive results with this protocol. By now I knew that
their (cancer doctors) definition of positive results and my definition
were not even close. This chemotherapy process could possible extend my
life approximately 8 months over not doing it at all. I don't consider
myself a math intellect.....but the odds just didn't make sense.
My daddy had taught me that if you are going to take risk in life...you
had better know the odds of winning versus losing. And if at all possible
....make sure the deck is stacked in your favor. It looked to me like the
sure winner here was going to be whoever collected the fees for performing
the surgery and other chemotherapy related medical services. To me the
decision was simple... The alternative therapies offered me odds that
orthodox medicine could not. I took daddy's advice to heart....and never
called them back.
The alternative therapy I finally elected to pursue was a demanding and
intense nutritional protocol developed by Dr. Max Gerson, M.D. This
therapy would mean that I would not only have to make a 180 degree change
in my life style and eating habits...but also, with the exception of
surgery, turn my back on everything that the all-knowing orthodox medical
profession stood for in treatment of cancer. From this point on...I would
be making my own decisions about how to treat my cancer.
The healing methods utilized by Dr. Max Gerson, M.D., originator of the
Gerson Therapy, were not just theory. They were backed up by the only
thing that counted to me..... documented results by patients who have
recovered from many kinds of so-called incurable diseases (cancer, heart
disease, strokes, high blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis, etc.).
Dr. Max Gerson, M.D., had the honor to present in a U. S. Senate
subcommittee hearing, five of his patients that he had cured of their so
called "incurable" cancer. These patients had been offered no chance of
survival by other leading cancer clinics....yet had been cured by The
Gerson Therapy. It was the first time a physician had been ask to
demonstrate with patients in the Senate of the United States. Dr. Gerson's
most famous patient was Dr. Albert Schweitzer. Dr. Gerson cured Schweitzer
at the age of 75 of life threatening diabetes. Schweitzer returned to his
African hospital, won the Nobel prize, and worked past age 90. Dr. Gerson
also cured Mrs. Schweitzer of hopeless lung tuberculosis and their
daughter of an unnamed "incurable" ulcerating skin disease. Schweitzer
wrote "I see in Dr. Gerson one of the most eminent geniuses in medical
history."
I was convinced that this was the therapy that could stack the odds in my
favor. However, prior to jumping on an airplane to Mexico, I needed to be
certain that the swollen lymph node was malignant (The doctors who teach
and administer the Gerson Therapy are forced by the American medical
establishment to practice out of the United States). I was not about to
make the lifestyle changes and sacrifices demanded by The Gerson Therapy
without knowing for certain that the swollen lymph node was indeed
malignant. Today I know that the Gerson Therapy is based on principles
that we should all adopt...not because we are facing a fatal disease...but
because it is the path to preventing degenerative diseases. The needle
biopsy was performed... as suspected, it came back malignant. I now had
the confirmation I needed to start the battle.
Three days later I was being picked up at the airport in San Diego by a
pleasant young Mexican fellow. For my last truly all out junk meal I ask
him to take me to the greasiest spoon restaurant he knew of. It was the
middle of the afternoon. We were the only two customers in the restaurant
I ordered a big double decker greasy cheeseburger, homemade french fries ,
a tall bottle of coke and a piece of coconut cream pie. The young Mexican
smiled from ear to ear. To be honest I loved it....but this would be my
last typical American junk meal for many years to come. I paid my bill...
made that 180 degree turn ......and never looked back.
Dr. Gerson understood that all degenerative diseases (to include cancer)
are exactly that, diseases of the degeneration of the body and its
metabolism. In a nutshell....The Gerson Therapy view is that degenerative
diseases cannot occur unless the liver, pancreas, immune system,
oxygenation system and other functions have degenerated and are not
functioning properly. This degeneration is primarily brought on by
consuming toxic water, air, and degrading food. The therapy objective is
to regenerate the body to health instead of allowing or causing further
degeneration toward death. This is achieved by supporting each important
metabolic requirement of the body. Additionally ....one must stop all the
bad things they are doing to their body while following an intense
nutritional and detoxification protocol developed by Dr. Gerson through
decades of research.
The Gerson Therapy floods the body with nutrients and live oxidizing
enzymes from organic foods. Much of the organic produce consumed on a
daily basis is pressed into 13 fresh raw juices. However, raw and cooked
solid foods are also generously consumed.
Digestive substances supplement the usually deficient output of digestive
juices. Oxygenation is usually more than doubled (many degenerative
diseases are oxygen deficiency diseases [heart attacks, strokes, cancer,
etc.]). Metabolism is also increased by adding thyroid, Iodine, potassium,
other supplements, and by avoiding salt and other toxins.
Two common causes of death in many diseases are liver and kidney failure.
The degenerating body is increasingly unable to excrete waste materials
and toxins adequately. The therapy uses intensive detoxification to
eliminate wastes and toxins and to help regenerate the liver.
With generous high quality nutrition, increased oxygen availability,
stepped up metabolism, and lower toxin levels, etc. the cells...and the
body...regenerate, become healthy, eliminate diseases and prevent future
diseases.
I religiously stayed on the full intensive Gerson regimen for 20 months.
Fourteen of those months were at the Gerson clinic in Tijuana, Mexico.
There were 20 to 30 new patients coming in every month from all around the
world. All of us fighting for our lives. You can easily imagine what the
topic of conversation was around the dinner table. I became aware of
virtually every modality to fight cancer...both alternative and orthodox
worldwide. Although there are other non-toxic alternative modalities (and
possibly orthodox modalities) that one may wish to add ...I never wavered
in my belief that I had picked, as my base treatment, the correct path to
win my battle against this deadly killer.
Not surprisingly, the marble size tumor had grown for the first few months
of the therapy to a size a little smaller than a tennis ball...but then
miraculously stopped. My body was now winning the battle. After a full
year on the therapy I told my doctors I wanted to remove the tumor.
They....somewhat reluctantly agreed. The biopsy showed that my body had
encapsulated the tumor.... cutting off the blood supply....much of the
tumor had already become necrotic (dead). If the cancer cells had spread
to other sights...which was likely...the therapy had re-armed my body’s
own defense system to go on a search and destroy mission that I felt
certain had eliminated the enemy. At the conclusion of my 20 months on the
full intensive therapy...I had no clinical signs of cancer. The therapy
and my body had done their job...I considered myself cancer free.
My warning to all that read this article.....degenerative diseases do not
strike at random, but are primarily the direct result of the choices
people make, especially in the foods and drinks they elect to place in
their bodies. Consequently, even though most degenerative diseases are
caused by our faulty life-style, in the majority of cases they are
preventable ....and in a great many cases ....reversible.
First… thanks for all the wonderful comments. Of course anyone can re-post
this at any time if they like… or share in any method you like. I really
spent 2 weeks at clinic initially… then came home for 6 months and stuck
very - very close to the full therapy. Initially I had to have a slaughter
house ship my livers by bus in dry ice containers from Chattanooga to
Atlanta. Amazing how once they heard my story and what I was using them
for they got behind my battle. Then I moved close to my family in Orlando
for help and my dad drove to a slaughter house twice a week to pick up my
livers that literally had just come from slaughtered calves… he said they
were still steaming… that is fresh. I did get a reimbursement check for my
initial stay. When the tumor continued to grow for 6 months… I elected to
go back to the clinic. It was then that I did add Hydro-Therapy and
Laetrile. I was going to stay as long as my cash held out. You should know
that at that time they had a half-way-house where patients could stay for
about 1/4th the cost of the full hospital. Basically the doctors saw you
once a week.. you bought and administered your own meds… and they prepared
the juices and meals and cleaned your room. It was at Hotel Del Sol on the
beach. I think down the road from the clinic today. Plus… Someone had also
started a facility over in San Diego where they rented a small apartment
building and offered the juices and meals to Patients that stayed in about
12 apartments, if I remember correctly. More expensive but nicer
facilities. NOW, WOULD NOT THOSE OPTIONS BE NICE TODAY? When we billed the
insurance company and they kept reimbursing me… I just stayed for total of
14 months. Unfortunately… most if not all policies today have language
that would not reimburse for GT. I would urge everyone that has insurance
to read their policy closely. That is what I did and knew I had a good
chance because of the lack of language as to experimental or out of
country coverage. I was prepared to get and attorney. Today the language
is much tougher… but worth a look. It was BC/BS by the way.
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