Archived from Charlotte Gerson's booklet

Story

In 1963, in his late teens, Jim suffered a minor ankle injury. An
infection set in, and the sore wouldn’t heal. He had a total of 13
operations, consisting of debriding (cleansing) the lesion and
grafting new skin over it. However, the grafts didn’t “take,” since
the surrounding tissues were infected. He spent a whole year in
the hospital.

Finally, his doctors despaired of healing his wound and feared
that osteomyelitis would develop. They could only see one procedure
to overcome the problem: remove Jim’s leg below the knee.
Jim agreed to it. The amputation, however, did not cure him. He
continued to suffer infections and was constantly treated with
antibiotics. Each drug treatment caused new problems. Now Jim
suffered stomach distress, arrhythmias (heart irregularities),
confusion, headaches, and loss of concentration — to the point
that he despaired of living. He also had severe insomnia.

Jim’s constant problems landed him on the hospital’s psychiatric
floor — the theory being that if the doctors can’t find or
diagnose the disease, it must be “mental.” Naturally, the psychiatric
drugs given to him only made his overall condition worse.

Finally, in February 1978, Jim arrived at the Gerson Therapy
hospital in Mexico. His first question was “Do you have enough
antibiotics for me?” Naturally, antibiotics were available if
patients truly needed them. However, his problems very quickly
cleared without further drug treatments. Already on the second
night, he slept normally — for the first time in months, maybe
years.

All of Jim’s health problems disappeared not long after he
returned home and carried on with the Gerson Therapy. He
became normally active, and took up work again. He had a Ph.D.
in Physical Education and worked with young people in the
Washington State school system. He was even able to do sports
— in spite of the prosthesis in his lower leg. He remains well.