我们大多数慢性病患者都在为经济问题苦苦挣扎，因为我们的工作生活和收入不仅受到影响，而且保险和公共卫生系统不覆盖的医疗费用也是我们大多数人的负担。
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.
我们中那些有幸有存款或有亲友支持的人，由于家庭、工作或其他义务，也并不总是有时间接受几周的治疗。
而那些受影响最严重的人往往在这两方面都没有资源。
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.’
作为一家诊所，我们能提供哪些帮助？
- 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)
- 我们尝试增加更多经济实惠的治疗方法，如热疗和营养保健品，以减少昂贵的治疗方法（由于材料和应用成本高昂），如血液透析和 IVIG 治疗。
- 我们允许患者将住院时间分成两次或多次短期住院，这样，尽管他们有义务在 4 周或更长的时间内前来就诊，他们也能接受治疗。
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!
