March 15, 2010

The Gerson Connection

Posted in Fun, Life, Personal, story, travel tagged Cancer, co-incidence, cruise story, Gerson Diet, green drink, juicing at 12:50 am by pdxfirefly

    On the second night at sea, the suggested dress for dinner was ‘cruise elegant’ as it was the Captain’s Dinner.    I got dressed up as did the other dinners in the Dining room. 

    It was necessary for me to pass by several tables on the way to our assigned dinner table.  On this particular evening, as I was leaving the dining room, I passed by a table that held three generations of vacationers.  Grandma & Grandpa, Mom & Dad and two curly blond-haired boys ages 4 and 7.   The women were all dressed up and all the males at the table (including the littlest ones) were in their suits and ties. 

   The little boys were so adorable and so well-behaved that I couldn’t pass by them without saying something positive.  So I did.  I said ” Oh my!  You look so handsome and polite eating your ice cream!”  as I looked directly at the littlest member at the table.  Then I noticed the older boy at the opposite end of the table and I said the same thing.  Then I noticed that the men were also dressed up and I acknowledged them, too!  Now it was time for the women, I couldn’t leave them out.    They were a very beautiful family from the youngest to the eldest and the children were very well-behaved as they enjoyed their ice cream!

    From then on we always greeted each other as I would pass by their table.

   Two days later while in line at what I call ‘the concierge desk’,  the man behind me started talking to me.  It was the Dad, whom I didn’t immediately recognize because in his baseball cap and tee-shirt  he looked much different than he did in his ‘dining room clothes’.

   He  asked if I had a few minutes because he felt compelled to share something with me.  We started talking and then we sat down in the adjacent seating area to finish our conversation while his wife and children joined him.   

   He started asking me about my cancer which I was happy to tell him about.  He then went on to tell me that  they had started ‘juicing’ and drinking green drinks many months ago.  He felt that there are numerous benefits to drinking wholesome fresh squeezed juices and wanted to share that information with me.    

   He then went on to tell me there is a doctor who has a cancer protocol of juicing along with other things and has had some remarkable results.   The doctors name is Gerson and  he realized that their waiters name is also Gerson.  And what are the odds of that?  And I am the only person that stopped by their table.  And then here he was in line behind me … Well!!!  He just felt compelled to tell me about this.  “It’s as though the universe is telling me something” he said to me.  And he would not have felt right not telling me about The Gerson Diet.

  I was very happy to have this information passed on to me even though I had previously heard of Dr. Gerson, but I’m just not into ‘juicing’ just yet!

PS:  I have started drinking ( well, trying to drink) a ‘green drink’ on a daily basis.  I have to admit that I do feel energized whan I drink it, but the taste isn’t the best.  Not the best and not the worst –so maybe I’ll continue with the green drink for a while anyway!

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