When I was first diagnosed last year, I met with a local lady to had been treated for Lyme and was recovered. She gave me lots of invaluable advice about the process, how she felt on certain drugs, what she did , found helpful - most of all she gave me much needed hope!
But she threw everything at it, far beyond just treating the bugs, extra alternative therapies, diet, infrared sauna etc. Very pro-active at it. She said after all the abx and the lyme & co were cleared, she still felt crap, cos her body was so toxic. That was her next step, clearing that out and getting it back in order.
And one piece of advice she stressed most to me, was as soon as you start to feel better, stay off forums and internet etc.
Now she was not a patient of KDM's so perhaps her recover story is of no use to you. But she did go to Germany, and her protocol was mostly the same structure - IV's, orals, herbals. Supplements and extras probably different though.
A different doctor but same treatment path more or less.
I met a local Belgian patient on my second visit to KDM (when he mentioned IV's to me), this girl had nothing but high praise for him, said he saved her life , a wonderful man etc. I am sure you hear similar stories here , but she was better.
Before the IV's, could barely walk, do anything, stopped working, but by then just finished IV's & started back at work, part time though, and finding it fine. She was diagnosed quick and treated early, which possibly makes a huge difference. Now I have not heard from her since, maybe she relapsed or whatever by now, but at that point she was delighted and had her life and health back.
There are thousands of patients going through that clinic, and only v v few are actually posting here or elsewhere about it good or bad. Some recover quickly and fully, some are slower paced, taking a year or two or more, some only getting better 70/80/90% not fully, but able to re-establish some form of life again, and then some cases are more difficult and treatment not working.
Like my friend advised me, when better people are resuming their lives again, they lost so much time , years being sick, miserable , stuck in bed. Now they are enjoying life and making most of it while they can. Why on earth would they stay posting and dwelling on a horrible dark period of their life.
So the people who are posting for years and seemingly not improving, is skewed sample, it is not representative of all patients
But of course, Lyme & co are complicated beast to treat, so many complicating factors. The road is long and not easy or simple. Most likely, you won't have a quick fix. But then I know nothing of your individual issues.
It is a leap of faith. Scary and uncertain, and a whole heap of money of course. I put off going to see KDM for over a year, I was so sure all tests would be negative again, waste of money, stress of doctors ( I had developed a doctor phobia by then). Now I wish I had gone so much sooner. All the extra damage done over 3 years before treatment and also I could be further along with my treatment too.
But choosing a doctor, and a treating approach is very individual thing. Not every approach/doc is the right fit for everyone. Reading patient reports is a good start, some will sing the praises highly, some will rant and rave negatively, but the truth mainly in somewhere in between.
But she threw everything at it, far beyond just treating the bugs, extra alternative therapies, diet, infrared sauna etc. Very pro-active at it. She said after all the abx and the lyme & co were cleared, she still felt crap, cos her body was so toxic. That was her next step, clearing that out and getting it back in order.
And one piece of advice she stressed most to me, was as soon as you start to feel better, stay off forums and internet etc.
Now she was not a patient of KDM's so perhaps her recover story is of no use to you. But she did go to Germany, and her protocol was mostly the same structure - IV's, orals, herbals. Supplements and extras probably different though.
A different doctor but same treatment path more or less.
I met a local Belgian patient on my second visit to KDM (when he mentioned IV's to me), this girl had nothing but high praise for him, said he saved her life , a wonderful man etc. I am sure you hear similar stories here , but she was better.
Before the IV's, could barely walk, do anything, stopped working, but by then just finished IV's & started back at work, part time though, and finding it fine. She was diagnosed quick and treated early, which possibly makes a huge difference. Now I have not heard from her since, maybe she relapsed or whatever by now, but at that point she was delighted and had her life and health back.
There are thousands of patients going through that clinic, and only v v few are actually posting here or elsewhere about it good or bad. Some recover quickly and fully, some are slower paced, taking a year or two or more, some only getting better 70/80/90% not fully, but able to re-establish some form of life again, and then some cases are more difficult and treatment not working.
Like my friend advised me, when better people are resuming their lives again, they lost so much time , years being sick, miserable , stuck in bed. Now they are enjoying life and making most of it while they can. Why on earth would they stay posting and dwelling on a horrible dark period of their life.
So the people who are posting for years and seemingly not improving, is skewed sample, it is not representative of all patients
But of course, Lyme & co are complicated beast to treat, so many complicating factors. The road is long and not easy or simple. Most likely, you won't have a quick fix. But then I know nothing of your individual issues.
It is a leap of faith. Scary and uncertain, and a whole heap of money of course. I put off going to see KDM for over a year, I was so sure all tests would be negative again, waste of money, stress of doctors ( I had developed a doctor phobia by then). Now I wish I had gone so much sooner. All the extra damage done over 3 years before treatment and also I could be further along with my treatment too.
But choosing a doctor, and a treating approach is very individual thing. Not every approach/doc is the right fit for everyone. Reading patient reports is a good start, some will sing the praises highly, some will rant and rave negatively, but the truth mainly in somewhere in between.
