Dear Laura
First remember that when the blind lead the blind they may both fall into the
ditch. I am not a medicine man, ergo blind in the sense of the last sentence,
but want to offer the following.
First of all, I am sure everyone in this circuit is saddened by your dilemma.
Sorry for the plight of your husband Laura.
to the point: 34 years ago I was involved in using Indium III to trace
cancerous cells. The researchers administered Indium III and after about 12
hours put the patient under a sensor (composed of sodium iodide crystals and
photo multiplier tubes), to detect the location of concentration of the
Indium. It pinpointed cancers in soft tissue very accurately.
Basically, what we used was at Ohio State Univ and Univ of PA. back in 1970.
After about 24 hours, the Indium isotopes would mutate into a substance that
had an affinity for Hard Tissue, i.e. bone, and another scan would detect
locations of cancers in bone tissue.
Really was surprixed last month to find that they are still experimenting with
the Indium III. We had fairly conclusively proved its effectiveness 37 years
ago. Simply stated, they are apparently still improving on these techniques
which I had assumed were standard treatment by now. So, if you call
1-800-4CANCER, NCI may be able to tell you of locations that are using this
technique.
A friend of mine had various symptoms, not dissimilar to what you describe,
but not exactly the same either.
After spending about 18 months with the local doctors/specialists/internists,
he went to John's Hopkins for a thorough checkup. They did a complete workup
and took various samples of various fluids and after about 3 weeks of
incubation they found that he had a really rare virus which took some very
specialized antibiotic treatments to erradicate. His cure was 100%.
Summary: I emphasize that I do not know the best approaches to take, but hope
your husband is being inspected by a TEACHING University Hospital and that you
are dealing with an "A" team .... ELSE: get thee to Mayo, Johns Hopkins,
Anderson, Sloan, GeorgeTown, Duke, etc.
No time to delay. Many major institutions are Blue Cross providers and
accepted by most major medical providers. You may need to get your physician
to set it up, but I emphasize, Get him to the best immediately. He deserves
no less and it can be less expensive (pain and money) in the long run.
Good luck!
VR Bob.
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