Archived from Charlotte Gerson's booklet

Story

   In July 1986 Shirley noticed a reddish secretion coming from
her right breast. Her regular gynecologist, Dr. Jacquelyn Walker,
arranged for her to have a mammogram, which showed a suspicious
lump. Next, she was referred to surgeon Dr. Joann Scheer
for a biopsy at St. Luke's Hospital in Pasadena, CA. Several lumps
were found, with the largest one located deep within the breast.
Shortly after Shirley returned home, Dr. Scheer rang her to say
that she had breast cancer, and that she had scheduled Shirley for
a complete mastectomy in two days.

   Shirley told Dr. Scheer that she did not want surgery. She felt
that there must be a better way to handle her problem. In the last
ten years two women she had worked with had died of breast
cancer, or - Shirley felt - of the orthodox treatment they had
received, and their wasting away after chemotherapy had touched
her deeply.

   John, a friend of hers, had read Dr. Gerson's book, A Cancer
Therapy: Results of 50 Cases, which he found convincing. At his
urging she rang Charlotte Gerson and arranged to visit the Gerson
Hospital in Mexico. Talking with the patients, Shirley was surprised
to see that although many of them suffered from advanced
cases of cancer, none were experiencing pain or using pain medication;
moreover, all of them claimed to have improved since
coming to the Hospital.

   Back home Shirley arranged to have a second opinion from an
oncologist at Huntington Hospital in South Pasadena, CA. The
sight of very ill patients in the waiting room, some in wheelchairs,
disturbed her greatly. When the oncologist declared that a total
mastectomy was the only way for Shirley, she politely refused, and
arranged to go to the Gerson Hospital instead.

   After two weeks at the Hospital- "The most wonderful
peaceful two weeks of my life," says Shirley - she set up the
intensive therapy at home and stayed on it for a year. Although
her house burnt to the ground and she lost her job, she felt very
healthy and managed to stay on top of things. Her next mammogram
was clear. When she took it to Drs. Scheer and Walker to
compare it with the original mammogram, they claimed to have
mislaid it. Dr. Scheer even wanted to perform a mastectomy on
Shirley, as she put it, "to make sure that the cancer was gone."
Needless to say, Shirley refused the offer.

   Today, sixteen years after her original diagnosis, Shirley is very
well, full of energy, enjoying her family. She continues to eat
vegetarian food, drinks juices and has at least one coffee enema a
day. She adds, "I am in better health than I have ever been in my
life. I have more energy today than I did fifteen years ago. I am
able to enjoy life and am not on any medication. I am probably
the healthiest member of my family."

   Last contact: Shirley is active and well, October 2004.