Archived from Charlotte Gerson's booklet

Story

   In 1983, while traveling, 51-year-old Josefine, a German citizen, was
unable to urinate. She was taken to the emergency clinic in Konstanz
where her urine was drained by using a catheter. The attending
physician did an X-ray as well as an ultra-sound examination. These
tests showed a tumor on her left kidney that was blocking her
urethra. Immediate surgery was suggested.

   Josefine had the operation at the Universitaets Klinik in Frankfurt,
Germany, in August 1983. The biopsy showed that the left kidney
was cancerous, so it was removed. Following the surgery, she suffered
from severe weakness to the extent that she was unable even to hold a
cup of coffee in her hand. Her recovery was slow but complete.

   Twelve years later, in 1995, while at her winter residence in Stuart,
Florida, Josefine suffered from abdominal pain. On examination, the
doctors found a tumor blocking her bile duct, which was causing her
to be jaundiced. On further check, it was discovered that she had 16
tumors throughout her abdomen and liver. Her doctor gave Josefine a
dismal prognosis, telling her husband that she had at most six months
to live. When the surgeon tried to remove some tumors, they proved
so extensive that their excision was impossible. All he could do was
to install a bypass so that her bile could drain into the small intestine,
thus relieving her of the jaundice.

   For several years before this occurrence, Josefine as well as her
husband were not only vegetarians, but ate mainly raw food. After
receiving the grim news of her condition, they decided to try the
Gerson Therapy. They arrived at the Gerson Clinic in Mexico during
the winter of 1995. Josefine was bedfast when she arrived, but after a
little more than a week she started to feel better. After she left the
hospital, she continued the strict Gerson Therapy at home. Two years
later, she was reexamined by the same doctor who had given her at
most six months of remaining life. He was amazed and, truly happy,
hugged her and congratulated her for her regained health. Even her
liver was healed.

   Josefine and her husband continued to eat mostly vegetarian foods.
However, the propaganda of the supposed benefits of soybean
products caused them to start including considerable amounts of soy
in their diet. Aside from that, Josefine also took some pastries, meat,
and other foods not on the Gerson Therapy. Despite this, she
remained in good health for some four years. Then, in November of
2001, while vacationing on Tenerife, she noticed that her skirt was
getting very tight around her middle. Not believing that she could
have gained weight so rapidly, on her return home to Germany she
had a medical examination. The doctor in Bad Homburg discovered
that she had many new tumors in her abdomen; among them were a
pancreas malignancy, a "large mass" in her liver and an enlarged
'tumorous' right kidney (her remaining one).

   In January 2002, she came back to Mexico for a return to the
Gerson Therapy. Unfortunately, this time the treatment came too late.
We were informed of her passing in August of 2002.