It has been quite the year. First my very dear mum, who has enfolded me in love all her life, had a stroke in the fall of 2012, then my soul mate Laura was diagnosed with melanoma of the cervix in May 2013. And now this Thursday, September 5th, my mum is going to have…
Author: Lucie Young
Food Cravings
Laura- I’ve been driving Lucie bonkers talking about food and sniffing her meals that are off limits to me. Decided to take my food cravings of the day online. I was reading recipes for a caramelized onion, mushroom and gruyere quiche. Somehow I want some sharp cheese and something creamy.
Labor Day Weekend
Eight Weekend Warriors came by over the Labor Day holiday to cheer us on and cook up a storm. Phil did 3 shifts in 2 weekends…Wow we love you man (although we’re beginning to suspect he and ‘the beast’ have a thing going on. He does make it purr). Patsy dubbed it ‘the tank’ and…
Bookish
Laura is like a tent caterpillar relentlessly devouring all my favorite novels while doing her enemas. Mostly I’m delighted that she is reading with such a passion, but I’m also a little torn about whether or not I want these books back afterwards. I’m tempted to follow the lead of Michael Holroyd’s mother, as described…
Poo-Doo-Doo
Look who we met in Carl Schurz Park on Laura’s first trip outside in 10 days (the Gerson diet leaves no time for anything but a 30 minute dash out the front door). Poo-Doo-Doo (we do hope we spelled that right..) is sporting the latest in Tokyo poodle-chic, bell bottoms and James Brown hair.
Working Up An Appetite
Laura- I have a new ploy of reading cook books. The one in the photo is by Alice Waters who is Lucie’s favorite cook. Reading it right before lunch helps me build up an appetite. I can barely eat the food on the Gerson diet and at this point I’m just forcing it in. It’s…
Sniff Sniff..
When I first met Laura she had a terrible sense of smell. It worried me a bit. Diminishing sense of smell can be an early indicator for Alzheimer’s. But since Laura has been on the Gerson diet, her nose is now so sensitive it’s like a super power. If I so much as pull a…
A Great First Weekend….
Wow…what a brilliant first weekend! Six of Laura’s peeps stopped by to help juice, cook and entertain us. It is a godsend that we have so many devoted friends. On Saturday, we had Cathy, Reg (who organizes the Weekend Warrior shifts) and Phil, who made ‘The Beast’ purrrrrrr (we’re still not sure how..). And on…
Clean Water
Laura- Every morning I feel like a woman in a foreign land scavaging for fresh water to clean myself. Luckily I don’t have to go too far…there are 10 gallon jugs of distilled water sitting on my living room floor. It’s not easy to wash when you can’t use the shower, the bath or anything…
Weekend Warriors
Laura woke up super-excited. Our first ‘weekend warriors’ arrive today at 9am to lend a hand. It is not just the help they bring, but a chance to catch up with friends and loved ones. We’re both starved of social contact. The Gerson diet is so relentless (15 hours a day, 7 days a week…
Hungry for Animal Protein
Laura- Why can’t vegetables smell as good as meat? Lucie came home with an organic burger tonight and I am getting high off the smell. If you know me, that I like to eat comes as no surprise. I fancied myself a gourmet diner and could have been a food critic. There’s nothing more pleasurable than…
Day 2 in NY
Less stressful than day one. But I just finished all the prep work and it is 10.30pm. Am so wired from all the adrenaline, I’m up mucking about on the computer rather than sleeping. Laura is wired up too, but that’s from imbibing all that ‘upside down’ coffee. We haven’t quite mastered the new routine…
Warrior Woman
Laura- My girl Lucie, she sure is somethin’. She is like a warrior fighting for me to get healthy. Lucie is a Scotswoman in every way. In the olden days the Romans were so frightened by the Scots that they built Hadrian’s Wall to keep them out. The women were allegedly fiercer fighters than the…
Day 1 – Back in New York
It’s 9 pm. We just stopped work and we’re totally pooped. It’s taken the 2 of us, plus Brenda our weekday angel, working pretty much non-stop to crank out all the bits and pieces for Laura’s 10 juice/4 enema Gerson routine. Yesterday, we arrived back at 11pm to a very clean apartment and a…
Soul Love Forever 