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Originally Posted by Goodn'Plenty
Hi all
I haven't been here in ages. Life has been rather complicated.
Hope all are doing OK.
I just got a call from Schwartzmann's office and it's been 1 1/2 years .The wait is over .I wonder how that could have slipped my mind 
They called today and I have to decide by Thursday if I want to go to Philadelphia.
I don't even warrant a call from a nurse so I didn't get too much technical information which makes the decision more difficult .What I did find out was:
It is a 2 year wait for conscious coma ketamine in Pa.
After the assessment the doc will either tell me to go to Germany right away and arrange for travel plans( how convenient  ) or I can wait 2 more years for him to do it to me
Or option 3- he does a series of daily treatments and boosters .
The women on the phone could not give me the exact amount of ketamine in the IV dosage or the amount of time I would have to stay in Philly or the success rate of said treatment .
All in all I have so much info(ya right) at my disposal to help decide whether to make this long expensive , ,arduous trip from California.
Has anyone seen the good doctor lately and could add to this measly bit of info???????
Thanks so much
GnP |
GnP,
Beth on our TOS forum, I think she may be here also; have a lot of information of the treatment options, outcomes and travel to Phila,
If you really need quality of life it is worth his assistatnce. What ever his reccomendation. There are several travel agencys that assist with flight too.
My daughter did not have his lidocain IV treatment or Ketimine,To tell you the truth I am so gald she was not sever enough to consider Germany.
Good luck
Dianne