I am wondering if anyone has a sense of the success rates of the various top docs. I realize there is no magic bullet and recovery is complicated by the fact that everyone is different and that CFS is likely a multifactorial disease and possibly not even a single disease.
So, I'm curious (and I'm new to treatment though not to symptoms), are the top doctors able to recovery (cure? Or even just significantly improve) a significant number if patients? Or are they just considered top doctors because of their knowledge/commitment. (I mean, in this field it's easy to have low standards. I'd be happy if there were a single doctor in my town seriously dedicated to CFS. )
And who are the top docs?
Paul Cheney, Ashville, NC
Kenny de Meirleir, Belgium
Nancy Klimas, Miami
who else?
I am also interested in discovering which (European) countries have the best approach to this disease. I don't trust the CDC, and I fear that the American medical system will not make much progress on CFS because its interests (big pharma, liability) are contrary to the issues of environmental toxin loads and non-pharmaceutical treatments.
Thanks for any input or leads to more info.
Nina
So, I'm curious (and I'm new to treatment though not to symptoms), are the top doctors able to recovery (cure? Or even just significantly improve) a significant number if patients? Or are they just considered top doctors because of their knowledge/commitment. (I mean, in this field it's easy to have low standards. I'd be happy if there were a single doctor in my town seriously dedicated to CFS. )
And who are the top docs?
Paul Cheney, Ashville, NC
Kenny de Meirleir, Belgium
Nancy Klimas, Miami
who else?
I am also interested in discovering which (European) countries have the best approach to this disease. I don't trust the CDC, and I fear that the American medical system will not make much progress on CFS because its interests (big pharma, liability) are contrary to the issues of environmental toxin loads and non-pharmaceutical treatments.
Thanks for any input or leads to more info.
Nina