Healing with Gratitude

   When I started this blog I felt so ambitious and wanted to post something everyday. This was eight months ago when I was at the Gerson Clinic in Mexico. Granted, there was plenty of time during my stay to do such things when the sweet and wonderful women at the clinic were preparing the food and delivering the hourly juices straight to you. What an incredible experience that was. Collaborating with the doctors, nurses, Gerson affiliates, and the ladies of the kitchen was an ongoing effort with one ultimate desired outcome: to put your body back in balance through nutrition and non-toxic treatments. The ladies of the kitchen are the heart of that place. They are so hardworking and kind preparing all the foods and the juices with love.  You can feel it on the hour, every hour.

   The Gerson research stated they are successful in treating Lymphomas. That was all the encouragement I needed to make that effort in treating my condition naturally. In reality, there are many different types of Lymphomas and my particular case turned out to be more aggressive than expected. I had Primary Mediastinal B-Cell Lymphoma, which manifested as a large mass in the chest. Surgery was not an option for my case, and at that time, neither was chemotherapy.

   My husband and I left the clinic after a two week stay and went right into a whirlwind of the next phase. The daily schedule is demanding and coming home to continue the treatment on our own was overwhelming, even with my mother helping us. Hourly juices or just juicing once a day even, takes preparation and time to make it happen. The problem was the coffee breaks and juice regiment had been increased and ultimately equated to more work and less rest, which is not the desired outcome. I started the therapy in August and by October I had developed a cough and needed to rule out a possible case of pneumonia. The doctors said I was dehydrated, anemic, and via an x-ray it was confirmed that my mass had grown significantly. The only silver lining was that I could finally eat outside of the Gerson diet. I sent out for tacos immediately! This is just my experience and feel compelled to share it with anyone is considering the therapy.

   The truth is we will never know the true benefits the Gerson therapy provided me. Some people are absolutists and feel the therapy was a complete failure because I still had to do chemotherapy. There is just not enough research to fairly support that conclusion. I completed six rounds of chemotherapy and my last two scans were clean. Every three months I go back to check labs and in one year I will do another scan. Now my job is to stay well! My gratitude it immense for every angel that has helped me along the way.