Laura’s bleeding a little less today for the first time. This is good news according to Dr Cervantes. Her only symptom for her melanoma of the cervix is the ever increasing bleeding. In recent weeks it has gotten so bad she soaks through 5 big pads a day (even getting up in the night to…
Author: Lucie Young
Going gray
Laura – I’m a vain person. I want to look as young as possible. I’ve dyed my hair since my 40s. This is the last vanity that I have right now and I’m scared to let it go. I’ve been Googling pictures of women with gray hair – some look old, some look beautiful….
Carers Beware
The Gerson Clinic is very strict about food. Not only for the patient, but also for the carer. You get the exact same 3 vegetarian meals (potato, potato, potato, salad and fruit) as the patient. No deviation. Well, not unless you fancy a cup of coffee (I guess they have a lot left over from…
Dinner is Served…
Potatoes are a big part of the Gerson diet. Baked potato and potato soup (aka hippocrates soup) for lunch and baked potato and potato soup again for dinner. The only way to tell its breakfast is there’s no potato.
Norwalk Juicer – aka ‘the beast’
What a relief to discover that the Gerson Clinic kitchen also has carrot confetti spattered all over the ceiling and walls. Their Norwalk Juicer even blasted the guests during a juicing demonstration. We are hoping to pick up some tips on how to make life easier with ‘the beast’. Using cloths instead of bags makes…
Hard Times
Up at 6am. Fetch gruel. Days here at the Gerson Clinic are positively Dickensian. Maybe we should’ve gone to the Hippocrates Institute with its 50 acres of woodlands, 3 pools, luxury suites, movie nights, disco night, spa, zen meditation cabins, yoga and pilates classes and other new age comforts. The Gerson is so Germanic. There’s…
The Gerson Clinic – we’re here!!!
Today we arrived at the Gerson clinic in Tijuana. It’s a small sleepy clinic (more like a hacienda) 2 blocks from the ocean. You would be in for a surprise if you were expecting the Canyon Ranch or the Hippocrates Institute. One big downer is that we have two skinny beds forcing us to sleep…
The missing Gerson product..?
Every Gerson patient should have one of these… apparently – a Los Angeles public library book mobile for the sick, circa 1928
Flare-Ups
Flare ups are supposed to be a good thing, but can be quite violent. 5 minutes after lunch, Laura is projectile vomiting (thank God, some went into the bowl), staggering about like a drunk with a hangover and blasting out dragon’s breath of the kind that can kind singe your eyebrows off at 10 paces. Poor…
the blanket thief
Laura is the most adventurous blanket thief I’ve ever dated. The artful dodger of the bed clothes. One minute you are snug in bed and the next POOF! the blankets have gone. She has three special maneuvers. 1: The Hot Dog. I am totally naked and Laura is wrapped all around like a sausage roll….
Upside down coffee
Laura is really enjoying her bathroom time with her coffee enemas (‘upside down coffee’ in Gerson-ese). She reads, chats on the phone and relaxes. Doing five enemas a day takes about 5 hours. Many Gerson patients take up hobbies while doing them – knitting, meditating.. and one patient read her way through math, philosophy, all…
Dogs
Did I mention Laura is CRAZY about dogs! Here are some of her doggie pix. Her work is collected by the International Center of Photography, Brooklyn Museum, Queens Museum and Museum of the City of NY. Unfortunately we can’t get a dog, because I would have to sleep in the dog basket while the dog…
Juicing Challenge – 45 mins
Floods of green juice gushed from every side of the Norwalk juicer this morning. Accidentally over-filled the pressing bags. One good thing about the Norwalk, it makes LOTS of juice from very few veggies. Two carrots and 1 green apple is all you need for a very large glass of juice. My beloved old Omega…
Moving in together
How do you combine 2 New York apartments into 1 when both are as tightly packed as ship’s cabins? We’ve no idea. Fortunately what we love most in the world is each other, rather than our stuff. So here goes…
Soul Love Forever 