רובנו חולים כרוניים נאבקים בכספים מכיוון שלא רק חיי העבודה שלנו מושפעים וההכנסה שלנו, אלא גם עלויות עבור שירותי בריאות שאינם מכוסים על ידי הביטוחים ומערכות הבריאות הציבוריות מהוות נטל עבור רובנו.
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.
לאלו מאיתנו ברי המזל שיש להם חסכונות או משפחה וחברים שתומכים בהם גם לא תמיד יש זמן לקבל טיפול של מספר שבועות, בגלל התחייבויות משפחתיות, עבודה או אחרות.
ולאלו שנפגעו מהגרוע ביותר אין משאבים בשני התחומים.
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.’
מה אנחנו כמרפאה עושים כדי לעזור?
- 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)
- אנו מנסים להוסיף טיפולים סבירים יותר כמו היפרתרמיה ו- Nutraceuticals כדי להפחית את מספר הטיפולים היקרים (בשל עלויות החומר והיישום הגבוהות) כמו טיפולי אפרזיס ו-IVIG
- אנו מאפשרים למטופלים לשבור את שהותם בשתי שהות קצרות או יותר, כך שיוכלו לנהל טיפולים למרות התחייבויות שמונעות מהם להגיע למשך 4 שבועות או יותר
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!
