We have returned home from Envita. We were there from January 14 until leaving March 21. My wife underwent treatments for seven weeks of IV antibiotic injections of doxycycline (daily), rocephin (3X a week), hydrogen peroxide (2X a week), calcium EDTA (celation), ozone therapy, saunas, coffee enemas, glutathione push, himalayan salt, adrenal balance caps, plus many supplements daily. At the end of the seven weeks, she was so sick and weak that the antibiotic treatments were stopped, and she was mainly on saline flushes for two weeks.
She is in more pain and is sicker than when we arrived in Arizona in January. The doctor believes that she is more likely to be suffering from chlamydia pneumoniae (Cpn) than from Lyme. The Lyme tests were in the gray area whereas the Cpn was high initially and now higher after the treatments. If this is the case, the rocephin was not necessarily helpful. Cpn is the infectuous bacteria that causes pneumonia. Once in the system, it can lead to a number of other problems with symptoms similar to those suffered by Lyme patients. The bacteria is also very hard to kill once it becomes entrenched in the system.
We are beginning the Wheldon protocol of oral antibiotics (doxycycline and azithromycin plus metronidazole after some months) and supplements. It will take months, or longer, to take effect, if that is what the cause of her suffering results from. As we are rapidly learning, much of this is new and speculative. The patients with whom we sat at Envita each reacted differently to the treatment protocols. Many left much improved for the experience and, for that reason alone, we are certainly not critical of Envita. Quite the contrary, the staff was excellent...professional and caring. The doctors have the patients best interests at heart to be sure, it is just the it isn't an exact science by any stretch of the imagination.
One of our biggest challenges is to get my wife to believe that we will find some relief for her suffering. She was so hopeful and excited as we drove to Arizona. She is terribly despondent now based upon how she feels physically and emotionally. She endured an extremely difficult treatment protocol only to end up feeling worse for the experience. It is difficult for her to believe the next effort will be any different. We have seen over 90 healthcare providers over the 9 years of her illness. She has tried virtually every kind of treatment, undergone every test imaginable, only to be told she has fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic lyme disease...you all know what I am talking about, you've no doubt been down the same road.
We begin week 3 of the Wheldon protocol. Hopefully, my wife will soon return to the courageous, hopeful, tough person who has endured so much. She needs that attitude to continue the fight. I believe that we will find relief for her struggles, she needs to believe it, too.
JHWK