Archived from Charlotte Gerson's booklet

Story

Elisabeth was born in March 1953. Aged 29, in 1982, she was in
the last year of studying to qualify as a chiropractor when she
visited her mother at Christmas; it was there that she woke up one
morning in pain and bleeding, and suddenly had the thought
flashing through her mind: "I have cancer."

Her intuitive sensing turned out to be correct. The result of a
Pap smear showed 'Class 5,' the designation for malignancy at the
time. Further medical tests in Los Angeles included a colposcopy
(a vaginal examination of cervical tissues to pinpoint areas for a
biopsy), and Elisabeth underwent a cone biopsy on February 24,
1983. The report stated "Stage 1 A," malignant. This implied that
the cancer had not invaded surrounding tissues, lymph nodes or
blood vessels. Even so, her doctor said that a total hysterectomy
had to be carried out, along with the removal of lymph nodes;
however, he thought he could possibly save her ovaries.

Elisabeth refused the operation, since she was still hoping to
have children; upon this her doctor predicted that she would be
dead in two years' time.
Meanwhile, for the past year and a half she had also been
suffering from debilitating migraines, which kept occurring more
and more frequently. On top of it all she was also plagued with
severe fatigue.

Despite all this, she wanted to complete her last term of chiropractic
training, but she also realized that her illness had to be
dealt with. Having refused what orthodox medicine had to offer,
she gathered information on various alternative systems of cancer
treatment and health care, and found that the approach of the
Gerson Therapy appealed to her most. Accordingly, in March
1983 she arrived at the Gerson hospital in Mexico, and although
she only stayed for six days, she moved on for several months to
the "Gerson Halfway House" in San Diego, where the correct
food and fresh juices were available for Gerson patients. She had
no other treatment of any kind.

Then she became pregnant. Her obstetrician suggested a
termination, but he decided to re-examine her at the four months'
point, to reconsider the options. To his surprise he found a lesion
that looked more like scar tissue, and he saw no reason why
Elisabeth should not complete her pregnancy. Her son was born
exactly one year to the date when she was told about her biopsy
result.

As a happy side effect of the Gerson Therapy, after embarking
on it Elisabeth never suffered another migraine. She gave birth to
a second baby, and also trained as a nurse practitioner, a profession
in which she is now active, being very busy - and very well.

Last contact: March 2002. Elisabeth tells us, "Both my pregnancies
went well, and the kids are now 18 and 15, bright and
healthy. Neither has ever required antibiotics (nor have they had
vaccines). I've had a couple of dozen Pap smears since 1983, and
they've all been perfect."