It’s been more than a week since you heard from me and that’s because something terrible happened last week. And it took me several days to digest it all and to decide whether I’d write about it or not. Today I decided to do it. Let me start from the beginning, and that is about 3 years ago.

An elderly colleague of mine, at that time about 58 years old, was diagnosed with prostate cancer. I saw him only ocassionally and we didn’t  have much contact but still that was terrible news for all of us. At that time I was just about 3-4 month into my business with mangosteenjuice and all the research told me that there are many, many great documents full of research especcially regarding to cancer. In fact, alpha mangosteen, one of the potent xanthones in this remarkable fruit, was tested very positive in treating and fighting cancer-cells. In all studies the xanthone-cells killed and stopped the cancer-cells. Even the great official cancer societies like Sloan & Kettering and the American Cancer Society speak about it as a remarkable fruit than can be used fighting cancer. So ofcourse I gave him some information about this juice, about the studies, about the results, etc. but since he was an engineer he did all the research himself. And that also gave him information about the price. Because he didn’t believe in such a wonderful fruit, to him the price was way too high and so he decided NOT to give it a chance. Okay, fair enough; I just provide the information and people decide to use it or not. He got treated with the regular medication and luckely after a couple of month he was diagnosed healthy again. Perfect! But after another 1,5 years in October 2007 we received the horrible news that he was in very bad shape again and the doctors only gave him 6 more weeks! Wow, that was a shock! What happened is that many metastases of this prostate cancer settled in his body and had grown rapidly and also he had 2 huge tumors in his brain. So, that would be the end of him.

So, when I received this bad news I felt really divided about what to do. I wanted to give him 2 caes, 8 bottles, of mangosteenjuice because it might really help him, but the main contact at our company told me that the family wouldn’t be open to that. So I went home, felt really bad, and decided to give it a try anyways. I really wanted him to drink the juice; it might help him feel better, ease the pain, and maybe more. So I picked up the phone to call his wife, and sat there more than an hour with my heart beating like a drum, not knowing what to say, how to say it, or how to deal with it. But I dialed the number and his wife picked up the phone. After I told her who I was and what I wanted to do she told me she knew about this juice, remembered that her husband spoke about it more than a year ago, and she thought it was worth the try. So I got into my car immediately and went over to her house about 45 minutes away. There we sat at the table for about half an hour and it was quite emotional. She promissed me that she would leave the decision to her husband and I left the cases as a gift. Nothing happened for about 2 months and everybody, including me, assumed that he already died. But somewhere in the first week of January, while I was at work, he called me up and scared the shit out of me! My heart skipped a beat and after I asked how he was doing he told me he felt pretty well! Fantastic! He also told me that he didn’t believe in the product but his wife thought it a good idea to keep using the juice so I got him on autoship. I suggested to take the 21-days challenge, specially designed for people with terminal phase cancer, but he decided against it and tried a lower dosage. So, several weeks passed and the signs got better and better. After a clinical research the wonderful diagnosis came: all metastases were completely gone and the 2 huge tumors in his brain were minimized with a factor 8! So, almost completely gone too! I was excited and so happy for him. But after another month he decided to stop drinking the juice because he didn’t accept that the improvement was because of the juice. Weird, right? But ofcourse I respected his decision and stopped his orders. But after about 2 months again came the terrible news. The cancer returned full force and he was falling back rapidly. So I decided to call him again and convinced him and his wife to start drinking the juice again. I suggested the 21-day challenge again, but again he decided just to take a lower dosage. Okay, better that than nothing! And again after several weeks the signs were fantastic. He even returned at work every week to pick it up again and everybody spoke about the remarkable recovery. Only I knew why that was because I only told 1 or 2 people about it. So, you’d think that this would do it for him and he would be a believer after all. No, think again! In January this year he emailed me that he wanted to stop drinking once again! I couldn’t believe it! 

So, last Thursday we received the dramatic news that he passed away after all. And I felt so miserable, mad, frustrated, sad, all at the same time!  Ofcourse I could never say that mangosteen juice would have cured him completely, but the recoveries when he started drinking were absolutely remarkable. So, is this a good story, or a bad one? I really don’t know. Since hardly anybody knew of him drinking the juice it doesn’t really matter. After all the outcome is so very sad! Well, I just feel good that he was able to live another 18 months, to see his granddaughter being born, to see her grow, and enjoy her for about a year. At least that. Maybe it was worth it after all!

Till next time, hopefully with good news or a funny story! Luv y’all and take care of life. And make sure to enjoy it every day! In the meantime, take a look at this interview with 2 doctors about what mangosteen could do treating cancer

John