Fearing Death Was at Hand, Fred Finds an Answer
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 15 years
- Published
- Aug 2016
Summary
Fred, a university professor, became severely ill with an acute flu-like onset in 1991 and was homebound by 2006. Valcyte under Dr Lerner's protocol brought him to about 75% functioning within six months, letting him socialise, travel and do home maintenance. He describes his life as near normal but still cannot exercise vigorously.
Read it in their words
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What they credit
Credits Antivirals, PDE5 inhibitors (sildenafil, tadalafil), Valcyte / valganciclovir.
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