Riordan Clinic in Kansas- anyone been?

Hi everyone,

Just wondering if anyone here has been to the Riordan Clinic in Kansas, and if so what was the experience like for you? Has it helped?

Thanks

Thanks Girlie!
I'm not sure actually if I have Lyme. I have a ton of symptoms that line up with ME/CFS. A friend of mine who has Lyme suggested I might have Lyme because it often gets misdiagnosed. She suggested the Hansa center which I've been researching as well, but the Riordan clinic has a location closer to me and is more affordable at this time, so I'm trying to find out more about it too... I'm finding a lot of info on Hansa but almost nothing from anyone who may have gone to Riordan. So basically that's why I'm posting here.
At the moment I'm going through a bit of a flare up in symptoms so don't have a ton of brain energy, but basically I was traveling the world a lot around 2010-2014, stayed a lot in 3rd world countries, had a few bouts of really not fun sickness but pretty much prayed a lot and soldiered through because what else can you expect from living in countries where there's a lot of different bacteria/viruses? Anyway so there was one point in 2012 where i was in a 3rd world country, was trying to push through not feeling well because I was in the middle of an important project. I ended up throwing up and collapsing and the doctor on my base told me that it was exhaustion and I needed to rest- that was the only thing that would make me better. A few months later I was in England and started having a lot of symptoms that lined up with malaria. I decided to wait on going to a doctor/hospital because I grew up not really going to doctors and I wasn't in my own country... I got mostly better a few days later.

Anyway to cut a longer story short I currently am stuck in bed 80-90% of my day, really need breakthrough and am looking for alternative treatment while I'm here in the states. Went through a lot of testing in 2014/2015 - closest Doctor could come up with is probably CFS. He did test for Lyme - I think (from what I know now of it all) it was the Elisa and it came back negative. I know that doesn't really mean anything anyway. I've been doing some herbal tinctures, started on enzyme therapy, changed my diet since 2014 and would be in a much worse place if I hadn't done so. I'm really isolated because I don't have energy to hang out with groups of people and a lot of the people I know just don't have time to hang out otherwise. I was in school, but there's no way I can do it at this point in time. I have a couple of months left here and am hoping to get at least a good proportion better so that I can hopefully get a visa to go to college and continue treatment while I'm doing that. (I want to go to college anyway).

Not sure if this post came out a bit rambly, but am writing it on my phone and don't want the whole thing to crash if I try scrolling up to read it over anyway thanks to whoever reads this! Riordan clinic has a testimony about Lyme in one of their newsletters, but I haven't come across anyone writing about it in forums like this. Also although I don't know for certain if I have it, I know that whatever alternative/integrative medicine place that could help someone with Lyme should be able to help me...

If I were you, I would get tested for Lyme disease with Igenex Lab. You can call and order a test kit.
If you get the Lyme WB IgM and IgG done, it costs $210.
You just need to get a Dr. to sign the lab req.

I think you should find out if it is Lyme disease you're dealing with (sounds like it could be).

Then if you choose this facility...give them a call and ask if they have a lot of experience treating Lyme Disease.

Or you could see either a LLMD or a LLND for treatment.

Thanks so much - I'll check it out

Hi Bluesky!
Welcome to our community! I'm so glad you found us!

Does the Riordan clinic actually treat Lyme? I didn't see anything on their site that indicated that they do.

I have never personally used the Riordan Clinic, but someone was telling me about it about a month ago. They spoke very highly about it, but didn't give me any other details.

I have personally used the Hansa Center in Kansas, it was fantastic. The Hansa Center does a lot of in house testing to save money and increase accuracy, my doctor was able to find some things other tests had missed.

Yes he had taken his son to the clinic.

I personally feel like I would have spent less by going to Hansa first. I had all sorts of tests run by other doctors which gave some good information and also left me with more questions. Hansa worked right on around those. They have a standard set of blood work they have their patients do, which is a good guideline for how well your system is working overall.
But they use their in house testing to find what remedies will actually positively affect your body.
But any doctor is a gamble, not everyone responds to this treatment. I personally believe they have better than average success rates because I have seen so many of the successes in person. But some people need different tools to fix their health.

The cost of returning for a follow up 5 days is around half the initial 10 day cost. I don't remember the actual price.

I don't think I would have recovered as fast as I did or as painlesslessy as I did with any other doctor. I didn't have any strong herxes throwing me in bed for days, I didn't feel worse, I only felt relief. Don't let this fool you, it's not miracle treatment. It takes time to start healing. My doctor on the first day said to me, you may feel no different after this first two weeks but trust me everything is working. It could take a month to feel a difference, everyone is different.

The first set of supplements you get while at the clinic is included with the initial cost. Depending on what supplements your body needs will depend on the cost, they aren't any more expensive than going to a naturopath and using their supplements.

Hansa also isn't a proponent on long term supplementation. After my first Hansa visit, my doc had me stop everything after 60 days.
And each visit after that has been similar.
The only exception so far, for me, has been parasite remedies. Those have been something he's kept me on from one visit to the next.
The ones he has me on aren't expensive though

Thanks ItisLyme and Rikky - I'm so glad I can learn from people who have gone before!

Hi Phelanfine - welcome.

Thank you for coming on her to post this information.

I hope you continue to do well.

Thanks Phelanfine - that's good to know! Glad that it's helped you so much!