We have moved locations!
The Aussie Gold® world headquarters are now in Santee, CA
Find us by clicking this Store
or the map link on the Contact Us page

See the bottom of this page for special pricing

As many of you already know, Ivan Harrison, our leader and inventor of
Aussie Gold® Orchid Mix
has been unwell of late
As of early June 2008, Ivan continues to make slow progress towards a full recovery.  Ivan's health has been in gradual decline for the last couple of years, but his heart attack on June 2nd 2007 came as a real surprise.  Thankfully there was no permanent damage, and he received a couple of stents, a prescription for Plavix and returned to finish the run of the play in which he was performing at the time!
A week later found him back in hospital with internal hemorrhaging caused by the Plavix - ever a stoic, Ivan had lost three pints of blood before admitting he had a problem!  During the endoscopy to cauterize the bleeding, they found a tumor which was, interestingly, pressing on his Vegas nerve and causing his heart to stop beating.  They put in a pacemaker to save him from passing out at irregular intervals, and sent him home with the bad news that, as soon as he was well enough, he would have to return to remove the cancerous tumor in his esophagus.

For those of you lucky enough to know nothing of esophageal cancer, it is one of the most invasive surgeries performed.  Cut from sternum to below the belly button at the front and in an arc from between the shoulder blades to under the arm pit at the back, they remove the bottom half of the esophagus and the top half of the stomach, stretch the remaining stomach and re-attach it to the remaining esophagus.  In order to achieve that they collapse the lungs, move all the organs out of the way, clamp the ribs on the right side and cut through the muscles and nerves to access the esophagus.  Eating for many weeks is impossible, but gradually food is introduced and the patient has to learn to swallow again.  Also, the stomach and intestines have to learn to process food in a new way.  As I said, progress is slow and each day is different, but Ivan continues to improve.  Ivan has had two clear (NED) PET/CT scans in the last five months.
As of March 12, 2008, Ivan had another clear PET scan and opened March 14th in Agatha Christie's "Black Coffee" at the Coronado Playhouse.  He played Captain Hastings and had a blast, which just goes to show that setting a goal towards something you believe in passionately can push the body and the spirit to achieve great things!  There are still some days when Ivan can't get out of bed, but fighting the good fight raises the bar!

Many of you have had trouble contacting us in the last 12 months (because Ivan needed constant care), but I am now back in the office almost full time and eager to  send you all Aussie Gold® Orchid Mix in a timely manner.  If you would like to receive a copy of our special pricing for June, July and August 2008, please contact me by sending a message via "Contact Us" or call us at (866) 5-ORCHID




Aussie Gold® Orchid Mix is now available in Vermont from Frances Fleming at fran@thegraygoose.com or (802) 496-2703

and in Canada at

Ontario Growers Supply
in Fonthill, Ontario
have Aussie Gold® Orchid Mix in stock
They will also be attending many of the
upcoming Canadian shows
Contact Mike Tedesco at northlit_819@msn.com


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