IV's and insurance
I think I may have asked this question before, but don't reacall getting
answers either negative or positive. Has anyone ever had success getting
medicaid (medi-cal in my case, being in California) to pay for the clindamycin
IV's? If yes, did you have to have positive PCR tests to get them? Would they
even pay for the PCR tests? Anyone with answers to these questions, I would
sure appreciate hearing from you.
My two steps back is turning into three steps back. I am almost at the point I
was right after starting the AP nearly two years ago. I still have less fatigue
and stiffness, but otherwise am having trouble getting through my day from
painful and swollen joints in hands and feet, and the flu-like feelings. I have
switched to the alternate day dosing on the doxy as suggested (Thanks, Chris!)
but it seems to have made only a slight difference. There seems to be no
worsening of symptoms that coorelates with dosing, only a gradual return of
joint problems.
I also added oil of oregano last week, and am wondering if it is mandatory to
take it under the tongue, or if it will work just by swallowing it. It is so
strong, it is hard to take it that way, but I will continue sublingual if that
makes a difference. I added it mostly because I have had a lot of sinus
infections inthe past, and my sinuses have been not obviously infected lately,
but feeling raw and inflamed, so I wonder if there is not a low-grade infection
going on there.
I am also on a trial of Relafen now, for about a week. It does not seem to be
helping, the joints are worse than before I started it.
I know there are those here worse off then me, but I have little children to
care for, often by myself for days at a time, and it is getting difficult to do
all the things I need to do.
I have been thinking about the comments someone made a few days ago, about how
some of us seem to be having no improvements, and I wonder how much of that is
due to the fact that so many of us are not on the IV's. From reading The Road
Back, it seemed like Dr Brown always used them with his patients. Maybe that is
why his results sounded so much more optimistic. Has anyone ever done studies
that used the IV's, or are they all just on the oral minocin? Liz G (searching
for info to storm my doctor with in an attempt to get the IV's LOL )