Learning to Fly Again
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Very severe (bedbound, unable to do basic care)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- 2010
Summary
Kelvin Lord, "barely able to walk" at the start, took twice-weekly Ampligen infusions for a full year with perfect compliance, enduring about six months of flu-like side effects (tremors, diarrhea, vision loss, depression). He reached roughly 70% improvement, working 6 hours a day, exercising 45 minutes at the gym and resuming church and social life, with brain fog and orthostatic intolerance largely resolved; he reported hearing from a 1991 trial patient still doing well 20 years later, and hoped his own gains would last a lifetime.
Symptoms mentioned
Symptoms: Anxiety & low mood, Brain fog, Flu-like symptoms, Gut problems, POTS & dysautonomia.
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