Things are on the up and up.  During September I thought, “Either this is a herx (die-off) and detox OR I’m dying (so to speak).  It was a healing reaction after all.  Phew.  I guess my body got rid of a lot of bugs. The Gerson miracle I’ve been counting on seems to be in progress.

One thing: I am still on antibiotics in spite of the fact that this works counter to the Gerson detoxing.  I will stay on them at least until the babesiosis is gone.  They say that that bug at least is curable.  I would detox faster without these drugs.

People say that the worst part of Gerson therapy is that it turns you into a shut-in; it’s hard to leave the house with all those juices and enemas to deal with.  But in my case, I already was a shut-in because I was too sick to function much. The irony is that I may be actually able to move out of my mother’s house and support myself again in a few months’ time. So Gerson will likely save me from being a shut-in.   Then it’ll be a bit of a shock to have to deal with social eating.  You pretty much can’t eat a thing other people eat because salt and cooked oils are in everything, even salad dressing.  
If you’re a Gerson patient and you must leave the house try the Juiceman’s strategy. Put your thermos in the freezer for a while then put in juices and fill to the top with no space for air.
The worst part about a chronic Lyme case like mine is losing your sense of purpose since you’re too sick to accomplish much of anything. Half of chronic lyme patients are unemployed/disabled. I mourn the loss of my dreams and aspirations  (temporarily I hope), even more than not having friends or dating. Of course I would never compare myself to someone in Kris Carr’s situation, in the video below. To have cancer must be terrifying. Some Lyme patients die but not too high a percentage. Chronic Lyme in a case like mine does mean the loss an active life though.
Gerson is my only hope to have a normal life again.  I know I’m in this for the long haul but I’m making progress.  If you have been doing Gerson for less time than I have, don’t give up on the therapy even when you feel like you’re dying.
 
This is the attitude I have to have or I'll be sick for the rest of my life. Kris Carr's example helps keep me going. Since this documentary her tumors have shrunk but not disappeared. She has gotten married...She has survived at least 6 years past a terminal diagnosis without using any allopathic treatments.
 
Weeks one to six:

I began therapy on May 9th 2009. 

Constant Queasiness, nausea, emotional swings. The nausea was worst for the first ten days. The first time I did a castor oil treatment I was sick for two days, very nauseous on day one, disoriented and incapacitated day two. To other Gerson Patients: I have learned to eat nothing but fruit and juices (no green juice) until after the castor oil enema, the first six hours of the day. This has much improved the situation.

Week seven:

A miraculous clearing of my mind. More energy than I’d had in years.

Week Eight to Twelve

The nausea never returned to the extent of the first six weeks. Lyme symptoms such as spinning and fatigue returned with a vengeance.

Weeks Twelve to Fourteen: 

Increased energy and productivity.  Later I read that it is common for Gerson patients to have a spurt of energy at this point and to decide to make up for lost time, to get things done they have been unable to do.  Then they exhaust themselves and backslide.  This is exactly what happened.

Weeks Fourteen to Nineteen:

September was a great black hole. Increased Lyme and Babesiosis symptoms. Sound sensitivity (brain inflammation, confusion, forgetting words, extreme fatigue. I also stopped my Bicillin shots around this time, and began basesiosis treatment.  So who knows what’s going on. After four months vegetables had more taste, I adapted to an extent to the saltless diet. Charlotte Gerson says this takes two weeks, not for me. 

Week Twenty: 

Increased energy, enough to write this blog. You have to understand that sometimes I’m so sick that checking email is a daunting experience. So doing the blog is a good sign. Everything still looks trippy and spinny. The fatigue drags on. I’m extra achy, not just with the usual arthritis but the muscles as well.  So far over five months I have thrown up the green juices three times.