Archived from Charlotte Gerson's booklet

Story

   In October of 1990, at age 64, Norman discovered a bleeding
mole on his back. He consulted skin cancer specialist Richard
Ferderspiel on October 23, 1990. Norman is a veterinarian and is
aware of cutting into a possibly malignant tumor. So he pleaded
with the specialist to excise a small area with the 5mm mole in the
center, rather than to cut into the lesion. Dr. Ferderspiel objected
because he would not be 'following the book,' besides he was sure
it was not melanoma.

   However, it was melanoma. On October 30, at the Berrien
General Hospital in Michigan, a huge area of skin was removed.
On April 7, 1991, in the course of a routine examination, an
enlarged lymph node was discovered. This was removed two days
later by Dr. Robert Schindler and cut in two, exposing the black
melanoma tissue. The oncologist, Raymond Lord of the Borgess
Medical Center of Kalamazoo, MI, looked at Norman and said,
"I've treated several cases like yours (metastatic melanoma) and
lost them all." He gave Norman a life expectancy of six months
and proposed an experimental treatment that might extend this to
as much as nine months. At almost the same time, Norman
received word that a fellow missionary who had suffered from
melanoma and submitted to all the conventional treatments, died
five months later. With this in mind, and after additional research,
Norman felt that prospects in Mexico at the Gerson clinic looked
much brighter.

   He and his wife Donna arrived on May 7, 1991. Another
tumor had appeared at that time but completely disappeared in
six weeks. Three years later, Norman wrote that that he was 'in
perfect health,' regularly competing in the Senior Games, and
vowed never to return to modern medicine.

   However, two months after this, in 1994. After extensive
travels overseas and a serious car accident, Norman had a recurrence.
Another lymph node was removed and proved to be
positive for melanoma. In 1997, he wrote, "I quickly got back on
the Gerson program and am doing great." Last news: 2002.