Archived from Charlotte Gerson's booklet

Story

   In June 1988 Ross Mansergh, aged 39, had a dark freckle
removed from his right shin. Diagnosis: malignant melanoma. He
was urgently recalled for surgery, and a wide excision was made
around the site, measuring 8"x 4". This was covered with a skin
graft taken from his left thigh. The wounds took a long time to
heal, but Ross was told that the surgery had arrested the cancer
and he could go back to his normal life.

   He did so, but in February 1992 a hard, bean-sized node
appeared in his groin. He was recalled to the hospital, where the
surgeon wanted to operate at once. He managed to delay this for
a week, mainly because his wife was anxious to find out if there
was anything other than surgery that could be done. They came
across Beata Bishop's book, A Time to Heal, telling the story of
her identical experience with metastasized melanoma and her
recovery on the Gerson Therapy. Although both Ross and his wife
felt that following the therapy might make surgery unnecessary, he
chose to have a block excision of the lymph glands in his groin,
which left him with a 9" stitched gouge - and a poor prognosis.

   With the lymph flow arrested and pressurizing, Ross had to
have his groin aspirated on alternate days, to an amount of 250
cc. He realized that this was not the way forward, and as soon as
he could arrange it, he traveled from his home in England to the
Gerson Hospital in Mexico. He was wheelchaired off the plane
and thought his groin would explode. But at the hospital no
aspiration was done: the Gerson team told him to wait and see.
Indeed, after three days on the intensive therapy the edemic
pressure was gone. Ross didn't need his groin aspirated ever again.

  After two years on the Gerson Therapy Ross regained his
normal weight of 160 Ibs., and felt healthy enough to look at life
again. He claims to have learnt a lot about himself, and also how
quickly the body reacts to intensive correct nutrition on the
Gerson Therapy.

   Ross remains healthy and well and leads an active life. Last
contact: May 2001.