Archived from Charlotte Gerson's booklet

Story

   Denis (not his real name) is presently (February 2002) 64 years
old. In 1986, when he was 46, he had some severe abdominal
pain. In '87, he was given a medical leave of six weeks for 'stress,
sleeplessness and lack of appetite.' He visited various physicians
but they were all unable to find anything wrong; all his tests
showed normal. They finally sent him to a psychiatrist (in 1988)
whom he saw for one year. This doctor gave him some pills and
told him to 'quit complaining about stomach aches.'

   Eventually he went to see an acupuncturist who was also a
medical doctor. She told Denis that he was "real sick," yet nothing
showed in an upper and lower G.I. (gastro-intestinal X-ray check),
nor in any blood test. The acupuncturist then sent him for an
ultrasound. That is when an 8-cm tumor showed up in his spleen.
A CAT scan also came up with the same finding.

   In October '89, Denis had surgery at the Palm Drive Hospital
in Sebastopol (California), to remove his spleen. The surgeon
reported that he had found cancer all over Denis's intestines and
throughout his abdomen, and considered his condition hopeless.
When the biopsy was done, it showed a mixed large and small cell
lymphoma. Denis went for a second opinion to Stanford where
the diagnosis was confirmed.

   In January '90 he went to Texas to try the Burzinsky treatment,
stayed there a couple of weeks and then continued the treatment
as directed by Dr. Burzinsky for another four months at home. He
had no results, but he was no worse. He quit that treatment and
did nothing for one year!

   During that time, a new tumor grew. Sometime later, in late '92,
Denis started the Gerson Therapy. By that time his weight had
dropped from 145 to 110 pounds. He did the Therapy mostly at
home, with some support from other Gerson patients. One year
later, the tumor on his small intestine had actually grown to 4-1/2
cm; but three months later it shrank to 2 cm.

   By August 2001 he still had a 1-1/2 cm lymph node, which
remains there, is firm but has been the same size now for about a
year. The radiologist said he didn't know any more what it might
be.

   Denis has recovered his previous weight of about 140 lbs. and
feels fine. Meantime he also helped another lymphoma patient to
recover. She is in remission for "many years" (over five years).