Archived from Charlotte Gerson's booklet

Story

In 1996, Megan was a very sick 15-year-old girl. She spent much
of that year going back and forth between her home and the
General Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Having
been taken to the hospital several times with near bowel obstruction,
she was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. She began being
treated with various medications. She remained ill and frequently
had to return to the hospital. She missed two out of five school
days every week, and couldn’t attend afternoon and evening
functions with her teenage friends.

Unable to adequately absorb nutrients from the foods she ate,
she finally weighed only 78 pounds. Physicians discussed with her
parents the prospect of surgery and long-term hospitalization with
a feeding tube Finally, they heard from a recovered patient in the
same town about the Gerson Therapy.

“The situation changed completely when she began the Gerson
Therapy on her own at home,” her mother, Donna Grey, reported.
“Megan told us that it was at a time when she finally seemed to be
totally obstructed that she started the coffee enemas and the
Therapy. It helped her quickly enough, so that she didn’t need to
go to the hospital nor did she require surgery.” Her mother
continued by saying, “After three months on the Gerson diet, the
pain was gone and her energy was returning. A year later, she had
gained 26 pounds, no longer missed school, and lost the black
circles under her eyes.” Megan could now lead a normal life and
was able to go out with her friends.

The Greys’ family doctor was totally impressed with Megan’s
health and weight gain. “And all this without any prescription
drugs!” he remarked.

“It has now been three years that Megan is symptom-free,
thanks to the Gerson diet, which she continues to follow in a
modified version,” her mother told us in 2000. “Megan is looking
forward to a bright future,” she said. By now Megan was attending
a university. Taking the pre-med program, she planned to
become a naturopathic physician, as have others before and since,
inspired by the results of the Gerson Therapy.