Archived from Charlotte Gerson's booklet

Story

As a teenager, Sandra missed school at least one day a month,
because her periods were so painful. At the age of 23, she had
cysts the size of a grapefruit on her ovaries, ready to rupture.
Emergency surgery removed the cysts. Because she had no children,
no hysterectomy was done.

At age 29, Sandra developed endometriosis. Her tubes were
scraped, but again a hysterectomy was not performed. Aged 37,
Sandra had become an avid runner, running four to five miles a
day. On a Wednesday she had run four miles, had absolutely no
pain and no idea that anything was wrong with her. However, she
awoke on Thursday morning with her stomach swollen, especially
on the left side. She could not move, she was in such pain. Her
doctor rushed her to the hospital and did emergency surgery. This
time she was given a complete hysterectomy. She still had not
birthed any children, but adoption has proven to be a blessed
option. Two days after surgery, the lab results came back showing
she had 'clear cell carcinoma of the ovaries.'

She was sent to Vanderbilt to see Dr. Jones, the oncologist, and
chemotherapy was recommended. A friend living in Alaska sent
Sandra information about the Gerson Therapy. Her mother had
nursed a lot of people who had taken chemotherapy, and they
decided it would be better to do nothing rather than chemo. They
checked out macrobiotics and other options, but the Gerson
Therapy made the most sense. Bombard the body with nutrients
and it will recover and fight the cancer itself. Sandra decided to go
to the Gerson Therapy clinic in Mexico, stayed 10 days, and her
Mother and Dad literally devoted two years of their lives to her
recovery - and the raising of her son.

Today Sandra feels better than she did when she was a teenager.
She'd had lumps in her breast and one on her left leg. They've
disappeared. When she first started the detoxification, she smelled
of perms. She had always permed her hair, but now it is straight
and healthy and her body no longer exudes that terrible smell. She
also had terrible sinus problems and would vomit for days with
migraine headaches, which no longer exist. She is presently
helping a friend with ovarian cancer to do the Gerson Therapy,
and is learning how hard her parents worked and are still working,
as they are also helping. To Sandra the Gerson Therapy
makes very much sense and has become a wonderful way of life
for her. She adds, " It is hard socially, but I am a great conversation
piece!"

Two years ago, Sandra had a terrible experience. After having a
root canal done, she developed pain in the root canal tooth, pain
in her neck, shoulders, knees and hips. Even her head seemed to
be flipping and she became so nervous that her hands would
shake. She kept telling the dentist that the tooth caused all this.
She got laughs and plenty of explanations as to why this could not
be so. She even developed a knot on her nose and left eyelid. After
a visit to the dentist who did the root canal and four visits to her
regular dentist, Sandra finally got the tooth pulled. Immediately
her heart stopped flipping and the pain disappeared. She is still
working on the cysts on her nose and eyelid. They have decreased
greatly and are no longer obvious - but they are still there.