Peggy of Orange, CA shares her journey with cancer in this candid interview. She talks about the different therapies she is trying out such as the Gerson Therapy in addition to traditional Western medicine.  As she sees her way through each therapy and her awareness grows, she describes how water quality is of great concern to her.

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Rick Allen – Question:  So first, tell us your name and what city you live in.

Peggy from Orange, CA – Answer:  My name is Peggy and I live in Orange California.

Question:  And I understand you have been on a journey, what type of cancer are you dealing with?

Answer:  I was diagnosed almost three years ago with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, which is a very rare type of cancer.  From what I understand, the type that I have is about one in ten-million people are diagnosed with this type of cancer.

Question:  So what type of treatment have chosen?

Answer:  Well, since I was diagnosed a while ago, I’ve been able to sample a few different types of treatments, still looking for the “silver bullet,” but I think everything has helped a little bit.  I have used Ayurveda, which is ancient Indian, from India, 5000-year-old-science of healing.  I’ve used diet and herbs and lifestyle, and I continue a lot of that.  I’ve been on a clinical trial for a year working with my oncologist.  And both the Ayurveda and the clinical trial drugs slowed down the rate of growth of the tumors by about 50%.  Which was good but again when you are talking about periods of time there’s a point where even 50% is too much growth.  And now I’m on another type of treatment that has also helped but again from my oncologist.  But it’s a still, there’s some slow growth and now we are getting into a really dangerous zone so I’ll be starting radiation, also a clinical trial of radiation, in July.  So I’ve done a little bit of a lot of things.  I added the Gerson Therapy also this year.  Elements of that were attractive to me.

Question:  Tell us about the Gerson Center.  They’re located in Tijuana, right?

Answer:  Well the national, the global headquarters for Gerson, the Gerson Institute, actually is in San Diego, California.  They have clinics in Hungry and in Mexico and then there‘s a start-up in Japan right now.  Actually being started up by a medical doctor who had cancer and went on Gerson and was able to cure his cancer.  So he is building a Gerson clinic in Japan.  But there are three locations and I went to their actual clinic, which is a private hospital in Mexico to get started on the therapy.

Question:  So in the process of ridding yourself of the cancer, how important does the Gerson Center say clean water is?

Answer:  Oh, you know, there are a few things that are absolutely at the top of the list, and among the top two or three are to consume water that is as clean as possible.  At the very least water, that doesn’t have Fluoride in it.  And ideally water that is as clean as distilled water.

Question:  And chlorine is also a big issue isn’t it also?
Answer:  Yes.  Chlorine too.  Fluoride then comes chlorine and then come… gosh last time I looked there were thousands of approved chemicals and residuals and unhealthy minerals and byproducts that are actually allowed in our public drinking system.  And again they just ask us to get as much of that out as possible.

Question:  And before the Gerson Clinic heard about Pure Elements what was their recommended for bathing and drinking?

Answer:  You know, a lot of us were just reduced to sponge baths because most distillers if we are going to hold true to the Gerson mandate, you want to use distilled water and most distillers can only produce a few gallons every, I don’t know how many hours.  When I started on the Gerson program, I was using personally six gallons of distilled water a day.  And most distillers can’t keep up with that rate of production.

Question:  So when we got into this process, Gerson was not aware of Pure Elements’ systems that use the latest technology to remove Fluoride.  And in fact they were very skeptical of our ability to do so.  And one month after we installed your system we received a test result on your water from an independent laboratory, which validated the removal of the Fluoride with our custom whole house system.  And in addition we did in home testing and we were able to show zero chlorine and chloramines present.  And this means that people who are going through the Gerson program can enjoy showering in clean water and avoid the process of taking sponge baths and buying those costly, and bulky and inefficient distillers.  How convenient has that been for you?

Answer:  It’s been incredibly convenient.  And I have to tell you that it was very stressful for the patients at the Gerson Clinic in Mexico, as we all were trying, you know we’re focusing on getting well from our cancer…  Trying to figure out how we were going to set up our water systems when we got home.  It was the number one topic of conversation at every mealtime, you know, “What are you doing?  What did you find out?”  Now I was one of the few who was there without my spouse.  My spouse stayed home and I came with my sister to the clinic so while I was at the clinic my husband was at home working very hard on research and feeding his findings to us at the clinic.  And in fact, it’s true that when he sent me the Pure Element’s information and I shared with Charlotte Gerson on her weekly visit to the clinic, she said that it just can’t be possible.  She said the only way to get the, the clean value of distilled water is through using a distiller.  So it was very hard for her to believe but it worked for us.  The tests came back and that was very comforting also.

Question:  So aside from the health benefits, please tell us what you like most about your whole house water system from Pure Elements?

Answer:  Well, you know what I really like about it is…  Okay, yeah, I’m the one who’s sick in the family but all of us deserve to have assured health.  And to bathe in water that we can feel good about that we know is clean.  Our skin feels better.  All of us have commented on how soft our hair feels.  Our ice cubes in the refrigerator aren’t white anymore.  They are crystal clear.  That’s comforting just by itself.  I’m like where’d all that stuff go?  Well, it went to the filter.  So piece of mind.  As well as just a physical feeling of well being.

Question:  How are your dishes with your new system?

Answer:  Oh, that’s true.  The dishes…  We had so much trouble.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve called out the appliance people over the last five years to complain about the poor quality of our not so cheap dish washer.  And they always assured me that it was the water, it’s the water and I thought they were scapegoating the water.  But now that we have good water, I don’t have to put the chemical additives to get the scum off of the dishes when I wash.  So that’s one more health benefit that we are not eating off of plates with residue, with chemical residue on them.

Question:  So from design through delivery, installation, start-up and in fact validation of performance, how well did Pure Elements perform on a scale of one to ten?

Answer:  Oh, I would say, really we’re very happy.  I would say a ten for Pure Elements in all of the service we’ve gotten.  Starting with when they were, you know, pitching the idea to us.  Every question, and my husband is very thorough, every question he asked was answered thoroughly.  And if the answer wasn’t on hand, it was researched and brought back within 24 hours.  So we had a lot piece of mind when we actually committed to the system.  Installation was as scheduled.  On time.  Even finished a little ahead of schedule and the guys that came out were courteous and just really nice people to have running around your house for a full day.  So we have been really happy with everything so far.

Question:  So would you recommend Pure Elements not only to the Gerson patients but also to anyone concerned about achieving a healthier home lifestyle through quality water?

Answer:  Yeah, not only would I recommend Pure Elements to people who want a healthy lifestyle, but I already have.  I’ve given the Pure Elements name and information to several people including sharing it with my Gerson patient buddies.

Question:  And in fact, I understand you’ve started a Facebook group or page for your fellow Gerson patients to be able to share recipes and help support each other.  Where can people go online to interact and share those things?  What’s the name of the Facebook page?

Answer:  Well, our group is called, “Baby Charlotte.”  And if you, go in, you have to be accepted as a friend but if you just let us know that you are a legitimate seeker, I’m sure one of us would accept you as a friend and into the group.

Question:  That’s great, Peggy.  Thank you very much for taking time to share with us today.  Appreciate it.

Answer:  You’re welcome.  My pleasure.

This is the fluoride filtering system used in this instance.