Re:Using Bee Stings to Treat Lyme Disease
by at_a_remove on Thursday December 05, 2019 @02:18AM
(#21710555)
That's about where I was when I got there. I ended up with six dosages of hydromorphone and had a similar temperature, plus a blood pressure that had soared past 200-something. It was not a fun time.
I think I lucked out in that everything calmed down as soon as the infection was knocked on a bit. That and my doctor was understanding, but I had located an overseas source of Ursodiol if he wouldn't come through.
I've been getting periodic ultrasounds and also some enzyme level checks.
I agree: even the establishment is looking for either a quick fix or a lifetime prescription, but almost nothing between the two extremes. Either, I think, require as little physical time as you can get away with, it's the middle course that is tedious for them.
Unfortunately, my gallbladder was at the "104 fever and hydromorphone for pain" level when I landed in the emergency room--choices weren't on the table at that point.
I had been watching my gallbladder for years and I absolutely couldn't pry ursodeoxycholic acid out of any of my doctors as my gallstones "weren't that big". No, they didn't LOOK that big on ultrasound--when my gallbladder was removed they were more than an inch across.
Part of the problem with the modern medical establishment is that anything with a component of more than twice a day or longer than 3 months has an abysmal compliance rate and so they won't give those treatments to anybody--even someone who can demonstrate that they can follow a disciplined schedule for years. And a gallstone treatment regimen takes 12 months before you can even start to see a change.