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That’s great news, richard’s, and thanks very much for clarifying and elaborating! Very thoughtful of you! 1. Is it Dr. Paterson or Patterson?
The Dr. Paterson (one t) I found on line is not in Houston. 2. If Patterson is as good as you say, why should I not just see him instead of Mayo where you were disappointed? 3. I could not understand your explanation about Mayo’s “approach.” Could you clarify?
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@stuartkjones4 1. It is Patterson, Dr. Bruce Patterson. 2. and 3. You should ask Mayo what their success rate is curing Long COVID, ask them what do they test for, ask them what their treatment regimen is, make them explain why you should give them a try. It may well have changed (it likely has) since September 2023. If you come away from those conversations loaded with good information, then you have a choice. I as have many many others spent countless hours since contracting LC reading, watching, listening on the topic of LC. I figuratively speaking, went through every Doctor in Charleston, SC 2 major medical groups. As I was undergoing a myriad of tests (all returning 'normal' results of course) I asked multiple medical professionals "is there anyone focused on Long COVID?". Their answer was no. I found professionals trying to help, and I am grateful for their help, but nobody really knew what to do.
Following local medical community and Mayo Rochester and years of continuing to have symptoms I turned to what I affectionately call Dr. Google and Dr. YouTube. Warning, there are plenty of snake oil salesman out there. But I did find tons of worthy YouTube videos demonstrating there are caring individuals in the world with working theories on cures. There were 2 that drew my attention, because they talked root cause, and I am a root cause person. One was triple therapy (blood thinning approach) and the other was vascular inflammation (Dr. Bruce Patterson's approach). There are others, but these are the 2 that talked a root cause to LC symptoms. What I like to call 'the murder weapon', there is something that is causing our symptoms at the bottom of it all. Dr. Bruce Patterson's working theory made the most sense to me especially because since the beginning of COVID, scenes knew it was an inflammatory action causing problems. I hope my answer helps and best wishes on your choice and your journey. Don't ever give up . . .
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Although this paper is a couple of years old, it does discuss Dr. Patterson (about 1/2 way through). He WAS, at least, in California.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9456722/
I'm really getting the impression that the various approaches and treatments largely amount to throwing a plate of spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks.
It's Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / "Yuppie Flu" circa 1990's--I went through that, too--redux, IMHO.
I guess it's challenging for doctors and researchers since the symptoms vary so wildly from patient to patient, but, geez...
Make sure to wear your BS detector gear.