Archived from Charlotte Gerson's booklet

Story

   Back in 1980, George had a tumor removed from his chest. It
was diagnosed as Stage IV malignant melanoma. In 1989, another
tumor was removed; this one was located on his lower back, and
again he was told it was Stage IV melanoma. In both cases the
report stated that 'they got it all.' However, in December '92, he
found a lump in his left armpit. His oncologist told him he was
99.9% certain that it was metastasized melanoma, now having
spread to a lymph gland. He added that George had less than
three months to live.

   George received no treatment, and before starting on any
conventional therapies, he reviewed information on the Gerson
Therapy, which he remembered from one of Charlotte Gerson's
lectures. He called a former melanoma patient, by then recovered
for some 11 years, and decided to go to the Gerson Hospital in
Mexico. By this time, the lump in his armpit had grown to the size
of a large lemon.

   George's Gerson doctor told him that if the therapy were
successful, it would lead to one of two possible results: either it
would kill the tumor and absorb and excrete the dead tissue, or
the tumor would become encapsulated and could be removed by
surgery. By the time George left the hospital in Mexico, the tumor
had shrunk to the size of a golf ball.

   After the second year on the Therapy, the tumor was still there
and still about the same size, but it was very hard. In December
1994, the family assumed that the tumor was now encapsulated
and it was time to have it removed. At that time George was 70
years old. The doctors treating him were convinced that a wide
excision would be required and one of them referred to the
nutritional Gerson Therapy as "something out of the Twilight
Zone." But after the operation the Chief Surgeon visited with
George and said that there had been a number of surgeons present
and that, between them, they had performed hundreds of lumpectomies.
Yet none of them had ever seen a tumor that looked like
the one they had just removed from George. It was encased in
1/4" to 3/8" scar tissue and a wide excision was not required,
since the surgical margins were 'clean.' The tissue was reported by
pathology to be "consistent with the diagnosis of malignant
melanoma." The chief surgeon also stated that George was very
lucky, because the survival rate for this type of cancer was less
than 1 %.

  George is now 78 and seems to be in extremely good health. He
is active, jogs and does light weight training. He continues to
adhere to a modified Gerson Therapy.

   Last contact: February 2002.