Day Eleven & Twelve

Revka and Abraham Kerin. Suzanne and Revka connected immediately. Amazing that a Russian Jew transplanted to Isreal and beautiful blonde from Utah could strike up such a strong report in a matter of days. It is a testimony of how alike we all are. Revka went through Chemo without success and went the Gerson route to save her life. She has a PhD degree from a British University and Abraham is an engineer in Israel.

Charlotte Gerson with Suzanne and me, the day of her Lecture. At 86, and in amazing health, she is a true testament to a Gerson lifestyle. She is the oldest living survivor of Dr. Gerson'd amazing therapy, as she was cured of turboculous at age 12 by her father.

Dr. Cervantes giving the group a lecture on the therapy. This is one passionate doctor, dedicated to changing the world through proper nutrition and healing mankind--his mind and heart extends way beyond the confines of Baja, Mexico. He's already traveled the world, presenting at conferences. Now if mankind will embrace organic carrot juice like they do a Big Mac--then we'll be on our way.

DAY ELEVEN
Sunday, February 3, 2008
For us, this day was very difficult-very painful. Not because of Suanne’s condition, but because of the passing this morning of our little nine-year old neighbor Catherine Tucker. Many a night, at home and here in Mexico, Suzanne lay awake, in pain and discomfort, thinking of Catherine’s suffering, relating to her, crying for her, praying for her, wishing a better day ahead for them both. And praying for Lisa, her mother, who was with Catherine administering loving care, nearly every waking moment. And praying for Terry, her father, who agonized over and over about what could be done to save her. Can there be any pain more terrible to bear than t he loss of a child? And for Catherine’s sweet brothers and sisters—a prayer of healing for their torn hearts? If there is any solace, at least they all had many opportunities to embrace, to share love, and to say goodbye. Goodbye dear Catherine, until we meet again.

DAY TWELVE
It is Monday, February 4, 2008.
Things are leveling off.
Suzanne’s pain and discomfort are not through the roof as they have been. Her bowel and stomach pain are much less (amazing what oatmeal water can do—who would have guessed that?). Her recent blood tests showed great improvement, especially in her immune response. Her wrists, hands, and fingers are much more relaxed and the inflammation much less. Her other inflamed body parts (knees, ankles, elbows, arms, shoulders, back) have been slower to respond, but with 2-3 clay packs each day, her nights are not as harrowing and she’s been able to get more rest.
We are thankful for the reprieve and each and every improvement.
Many of the couples here (all battling cancer in one form or another) that we’ve enjoyed getting to know at breakfast, lunch, and dinner are now finished with their stay here in Baja. New ones are coming to take their places. Boris Vene (the patient) and Mojca (his wife) from Slovenia, and Abraham and Revka (the patient) Kerin from Israel, have now headed home.
They were excited about the good results they experienced while at the clinic and were looking forward to applying the Therapy at Home.
The theme of this update is both the challenge of taking this intense therapy home and balancing it with daily life. (8-13 fresh-made juices per day; 2-3 cups of oatmeal water; 3-5 coffee enemas per day; an extra castor oil enema every other day; three organic vegetarian fresh-made no-salt meals each day; 10 or so individualized supplements and medicines three times a day; a vitamin B12 and liver extract shot each morning; and clay and/or castor oil packs 1-3 times a day—and shopping for fresh produce 3-4 times a week—plus the continual daily preparation of the therapies and cleaning up after). How to do it all…and the challenge for me, and for several other spouses here, is how to have the time to make a living? As the old saying goes—something’s got to give –and it won’t be Suzanne on the short end.
The solution is to get lots of help. I have appreciated Julie (with Jared and Joslynn coming along) who has sandwiched in two hours or more each weekday to do one of the enemas, make juices, or prepare a meal for Suzanne. John and Torrie who have shopped for and made and delivered the special organic soup for Suzanne. And for Brigitte Agard who has come each weekday afternoon to give an enema. How much we appreciate this. But now we get to find others who can devote 6-8 hours a day to do this along with all of us, and do it impeccably, exactly to the specs that have been balanced to Suzanne while we’ve been here.
In fact, this brings us to our current consideration: We are looking to stay here another week to make sure that Suzanne is more stable on the regime we are developing so she has a better chance at home.
We appreciate hearing from you as we are separated from all of you. We miss you!
More Later.