Archived from Charlotte Gerson's booklet

Story

Already as a young woman Sonya suffered from female problems;
her menstruation was always difficult, with heavy bleeding that
often contained large clots.

In due course she was diagnosed with endometriosis and had a
number of D & C's (scraping of the uterus) to remove endometrial
plaque. Finally, over 35 years ago, she underwent an operation in
which the surgeon removed one ovary and part of the other.

Despite this intervention, her extremely heavy and painful
periods with large blood clots persisted. A Pap smear in 1979
showed cancer of the cervix; she was also found to have "atypical"
cells in her blood. At that point she was scheduled to have a
total hysterectomy. She also had "lumps" in her breast and under
her arm, but these were not further investigated or biopsied. But
in view of the "atypical" cells in her blood, these may well have
been malignant.

Sonya declined the hysterectomy - she "did not want to follow
that route." Instead, she investigated some alternative methods
and started by changing her diet and fasting. Many years earlier
she had heard a talk given by Charlotte Gerson. At that time she
decided that if anybody in her family ever had cancer, she would
do the Gerson Therapy. So she went to the Gerson Hospital (at
that time La Gloria) in Mexico.

In the course of her Gerson treatment Sonya was surprised
when she experienced some severe healing reactions in her stomach
area, with eating difficulties, nausea and vomiting. Then she
remembered that some time before an iridologist (an expert
studying the iris for signs of good or ill health) had told her that
she had a good deal of scar tissue in her stomach and duodenum,
possibly caused by earlier ulcers.

Sonya stayed on the Therapy for two years. She stresses that
"never once did a bite of food enter my mouth that I should not
have eaten."

Unfortunately Sonya's records were destroyed in a fire that
severely damaged a section of the Mexican Hospital. Nevertheless,
she remembers vividly the essentials of her long-term recovery
from life-threatening disease on the Gerson Therapy.

She has remained in good shape, has great energy, and leads an
extremely busy life, looking after her aged parents, her in-laws
and grandchildren.