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…
Category: healing
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…
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…
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…
Recovery as an adventure
“What sets apart people who recover from serious illness is they find the illness a challenge and an opportunity for personal growth. They tackle the illness actively rather than being passive recipients of a doctor’s treatment. They go to every source for information, are open-minded about unconventional therapies, try everything. They feel empowered by the…
Coffee enema
The coffee enema is another Gerson Therapy staple. Five a day for cancer patients. Each time you have to suck up 1 quart of organic coffee (no Folgers!) up your butt and hold it for 15 minutes. The coffee cleanses the liver and out whooshes all the toxins, parasites and other junk that has been…
Juicing challenge – 35 mins
Our first Norwalk juice took 1 hour to make. Got it down to 35 minutes today. Dance round the kitchen to celebrate. Then we realize that still translates to 7 hours 35 minutes a day juicing when we are on the full Gerson diet (13 juices a day x 35 mins) for the next two…
The Norwalk juicer
The Norwalk Juicer is the Ferrari of Juicers. It is a 60lb, $2,500 stainless steel grinding and pulverizing machine and it is the key implement for healing the Gerson way. The delivery man staggered in through the door carrying its enormous box. On Monday, Laura and I sat for 2 hours watching the instructional video….
Our Mission
Hi! We are Lucie and Laura. Last month Laura heard those words that no-one should hear in their lifetime. ‘Go home, there is nothing more we can do for you.’ She has a very rare melanoma of the cervix (under 100 cases worldwide). Conventional medicine has no cure for this kind of cancer. But…
Soul Love Forever 