I had the 5 day in-patient procedure in NYC at the Hospital for Special Surgery 3 times. The different in the procedures is that in Germany they put you into a coma for 5-7 days and then bring you out of in it. In the states they take you to a pretty high level but you are not in a coma. The follow up procedure with the boosters is the same from what I can tell, but each doctor likes to handle the boosters differently depending on how the 5 day or coma procedure went.
I had to go to Dr. S for my boosters because my NY doctor did not do the boosters. A lot of what goes on is up to each hospitals review board because he procedure is experimental. Some do both the procedure and the boosters and some do one or the other. I was also lucky with my insurance company I was covered for about 90% of the procedure each time. I did have some out of pocket but it wasn't so bad...
I do feel the procedure worked but things eventually come back to it's original form.
Good Luck,
Gabbycakes
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Originally Posted by keep smilin
It does help me very much.. my in-laws live about 90 minutes from there so we most likely swing there the first night but if I'd had to stay my family ocould shoot for the hotel you have told me about..I really appreciate your help..Did you like Dr. S and did the boosters help you? Number of boosters depending on the stage of your condition which is determined at your first appt. right??? When you had the boosters done you didn't have to be an inpatient?? They only do the ketamine "coma" in Germany am I right???
So nice to hear from you... thanks, KS  |