慢性疾患を抱える私たちの多くは、仕事への影響や収入だけでなく、保険や公的医療制度でカバーされない医療費も負担となり、経済的な問題に頭を悩ませている。
I was lucky that in my 40s I had the means to be able to afford private treatment, at earlier times in my life I would have been fully dependant on my families help. The ironic part is that I spent a multitude on treatments that did NOT work before I finally found the treatments that did work for my Long Covid – in my case IVs, Antivirals, Anticoagulation, Nutraceuticals and most of all H.E.L.P. Apheresis brought me back to life. In total I paid for those roughly the same as the therapy costs at our clinic are now for a full treatment course – between 10.000 – 12.000 Euros. However, since I had treatment, the protocol and diagnostics have developed at ‘light speed’ and the treatment possibilities we have now can barely be compared to the somewhat ‘trial and error approach’ four years ago.
貯蓄があったり、家族や友人がサポートしてくれたりする幸運な人たちも、家族や仕事、その他の義務のために、数週間の治療を受ける時間があるとは限らない。
そして、最悪の影響を受ける人々は、多くの場合、どちらの分野でも資源を持っていない。
So the big question is – how can one recover or improve with one or both of the above restrictions?
I had an interview with Marko Zivanovic who as he calls it ‘parachuted’ into our clinic (please don’t copy his approach – it was pure luck we could fit him in while the clinic was fully booked) and maybe found a promising approach (his problem was time). If he will fully succeed time will tell! (We hope yes!) You can listen to his approach and experience in the video below:
‘Marko speaks about his experience in Cyprus at our clinic in Larnaca, how helpful Dianna from Travel Support was with transport and accommodation and the advantages he found about being treated on our island. By adding Whole Body Hyperthermia and Nutraceutical Protocols (Senolytica and Antivirals) to his H.E.L.P. Apheresis treatments we aimed at reducing cost and duration of his treatment course. Will this experiment work? Time will tell when we talk to Marko in a few months from now on we might have a draft for future case studies. We achieved some first results, but it is still too early for meaningful conclusions.’
私たちクリニックは、そのために何をしているのですか？
- Since three years we have kept prices at the same level despite rising supplier prices and we are amongst the most affordable clinics in the field, if not the most affordable one (no doctor fees, no prescription fees, no admission fees and a public fully transparent price list with guidance on what to expect)
- アフェレーシスやIVIG治療のような高価な（材料費や適用コストが高いため）治療の数を減らすために、ハイパーサーミアや栄養補助食品のような、より手頃な価格の治療を加えるようにしている。
- 当院では、2回以上の短期滞在が可能であるため、4週間以上来院できない場合でも治療を受けることができます。
Now of course it goes without saying that taking a balanced treatment approach that does not worsen fatigue (by doing treatments in a too short time frame, back to back) and also a more extensive treatment course will always achieve better results from our clinical experience. However – if we do not try, we do not know. And what goes for percentage of improvement when being ill, also goes for time and money – every single percent counts!
