Clinics in London and Bristol
Although not all patients improve or respond this well, below are just a few of our patients’ testimonials after treatment for FM/ME/CFS at our London and Bristol Clinics.
“From my treatment with Professor Davies and Mr Corthine I feel a 70% improvement.”
K.S.
“I feel 50% or more better on Myers.”
A.B.
“From the inpatient Lignocaine I feel 6 months pretty much 100% pain free and living a normal life.”
E.M.
“M.E pain has almost vanished. I'm doing well now.”
S.W.
“The medicines and treatment I've received at your clinic have been a wonderful help.”
C.S.
“Prof. Davies is the most compassionate healer in this field that I have met in the UK. He is a true expert and will tailor your treatment plan to your specific needs. He believes in what he does and most importantly, he believes in you! He will find any way possible to help you feel better. If you have been suffering for months, years or decades even, I assure you that the minimal charge for his private care is well worth it in exchange for getting any part of your life back. With his therapies, he has increased my functioning considerably when I felt like giving up. Please do not give up. Give his clinic a call and meet with him once to see what you think. He is unlike any doctor you will have ever met. Please feel free to contact me for a referral and I will happily share my story.”
M.H. MacKenzie, 8th February, 2006
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank both you and Professor J.E. Davies for what you have done for me. I must admit that I only sought out your clinic because I was in a state of absolute desperation and your advertisement was starring at me on my computer screen. The whole experience for me has been very surreal, because how can I feel so good after only 5 weeks, when I have suffered so severely for over 20 years. I have gone from a life where I was unable to do anything for myself, to walking around, making coffee, cooking, as well as numerous other things; but the best thing ever was being able to give my grandson a big cuddle for the first time ever. For that I thank you. To many, these acts may seem insignificant but to me it is all my hopes and dreams come true. I would like to say thank you to you for being very approachable, friendly, understanding and caring, for me, speaking to you made the whole experience less stressful and comfortable (sorry I don't know how else to describe it). I would also like to thank Professor Davies for making it possible for me financially to be able to afford to attend the clinic and for giving me the opportunity to experience life again. It does feel as though I have experienced a miracle. I would also like the thank Professor Davies' secretary who again is very helpful, approachable and friendly. It’s like a miracle, I had no life four weeks ago, now I’m painting a wall. I feel absolutely brilliant. My pain level before your treatment was terrible, now it’s controllable. I couldn’t do anything physical before on my own. Your treatment has turned my life around. I’m very impressed with your clinic, it’s money well spent. Your treatment has totally changed my life. You’ve saved my life. On a scale of 1-10 (10 worst) pain reduced by 8 or 80% reduction in pain!”
J.D.
“My pain is 50% reduced from the inpatient Lignocaine.”
P.B.
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the very warm welcome my husband and I received on our recent visit to St. Joseph's. Since my consultation and treatment there has been a noticeable improvement in my condition. I feel less pain and have been able to concentrate more. Also I am finally getting some wonderful nights sleep! I cannot express how much this improvement has made to my life and is truly appreciated.”
L.B.
“Both trigger point and Botox injections have given me very good pain relief. I'm no longer bed bound”
D.N.
“I feel much better after the Lignocaine injections, it's the first time I've been well enough to go out on my own in 3 years.”
B.I.
“The medicines Professor Davies has prescribed for me have helped a lot.”
C.C.
“Sleeping much better and I have more energy.”
P.H.
“Already feeling much better from the trigger point injections and sleep medicine.”
L.B.
“After the inpatient Lignocaine it's the best I've felt in 12 years.”
E.M.
“I'm feeling much better, after the trigger point injections, I can lift my arm for the first time in years, almost no pain at all during the day and only a bit at night.”
E.F.
“After the injections I can sit up straight for the first time in 2 years.”
H.M.
“I have to admit that I was very apprehensive, and perhaps a little sceptical, when you first suggested that I might try intravenous Lignocaine. But when
you've had Fibromyalgia for any length of time then you are usually game to try anything! The treatment itself was painless and remarkably free of side effects - just a little nausea on the last two days. The hospital staff at the Princess Grace are friendly, helpful and genuinely interested in the condition and the treatment. The accommodation is comfortable and the food delicious! As to the overall effect - I have to admit that I had forgotten what it was like to be pain free. However, for eight weeks following the treatment that is exactly what it was. In fact the Professor said that I looked like a 'new woman' when I went for my follow-up appointment and that was after a two-week walking holiday in the French Alps! I have photos to prove that I really did walk to the top of the Lac Blanc! Interestingly, the first benefit was a complete clearance of 'brain fog'. My thoughts were focussed and sharper - I stopped having to search for the 'right' word. Then I started to sleep for hours at a time - something that I haven't done in years. Now nearly twelve weeks on, the pain is beginning to creep back. At first it was just in my finger joints, but is now returning to my neck and hips. My sleep patterns are also becoming disturbed again. Whilst this is very depressing at least now I know that there is something (and someone) to call on when the going gets very tough. Most of all, thank you for your help”
L.B.
“The injections are wonderful, brilliant really and I no longer need to rest during the day. The flu feeling is almost gone. I feel almost normal after only 2 injections. I can’t believe it, I’m very impressed with your clinics treatment.”
P.W.
“Never felt better, more energy, a lot less flu’s and they are shorter lasting.”
O.M.
“Feeling much better.”
M.O.D.
“The medicine and Myers have been very helpful. I’m totally free from pain, it’s been a wonderful help. I’ve finally found someone who understands my health problems. The sleep medicine also really helps. It’s amazing really my life is worth living now – you’ve saved my life.”
L.J.
“I’m much better.”
H.S.
“It must be the Myers, I have less burning in my muscles, a lot more energy and I'm feeling much better...I'm also sleeping much better all from attending your clinic.”
C.G.
“Doing much better.”
H.A.
“I'm very well now and I've never felt better, all down to your clinic.”
S.L.
“My concentration has improved, I’m feeling better.”
S.N.
“I have improved a lot on your medicines, Myers and trigger point injections. Much better sleep. Prof. Davies has been fantastic. I’m about 50% better.”
J.F.
“As a therapist who often sees clients diagnosed, after many frustrating years with chronic fatigue, I was encouraged and relieved that Professor Davies was able to give a swift diagnosis and suggest appropriate treatment. I have since recommended a number of my own clients and would be happy to recommend other sufferers of this condition.”
C.W.
“Feeling better all over.”
J.R.
“A lot better than 18 months ago.”
G.P.
“I’m feeling much better.”
L.P.
“Much better.”
D.P.
“Only 6 weeks treatment and I'm already feeling better.”
E.M.
“Botox really helped my neck.”
R.Y.
“I'm very happy with the treatment. I've received at your clinic, I've never felt so well.”
E.H.
“I'm feeling great on your diet and medication.”
S.H.
“The best I've felt in years (on inpatient Lignocaine) I'm so much better I'm back at the gym and part-time working. This treatment is brilliant.”
A.C.
“I'm feeling so well from Myers. I'm not going to have or need any treatment for a few months.”
C.C.
“I’m already feeling better.”
A.R.
“Myers helping pain a great deal.”
H.A.
“Much better now and back at full time work.”
M.W.
“Feeling much better, back to normal really. I can do hard physical work again.”
S.M.
“Greatly improved.”
J.N.
“Myers and diet keep me going – it’s a great help.”
L.A.
“Much better now.”
N.M.
“Feeling better and going on walks now.”
S.H.
“Myers are helping.”
C.M.
“Really very well, doing fantastically.”
E.J.
“Doing very well now.”
J.W.
“I feel 200% better on vitamins and B12 shots. I’m so much better I’m stopping treatment and playing sports.”
A.G.
“My daughter graduated from University this week! Nothing too special about that, it happens to thousands of students all over the world! Not in this case, my darling daughter was, at the age of 14 diagnosed with severe M.E., too ill to attend school ever again, not even well enough to cope with home education. Bed bound, house bound and suffering from all the dreadful incapacitating symptoms associated with M.E. we tried to find any help possible for her both through the NHS and privately. We were dismissed on most occasions, with indifference, anger and apathy by doctors, who at the time, understood very little about the complaint. After a year and spending hundreds of pounds on various ‘cures’ we heard and read of a clinical trial conducted by a Dr Teitelbaum in the USA. Here at last was proof that help was available for sufferers of M.E. This led us to The London Clinic for Fibromyalgia and M.E. who incorporated aspects of the protocol in their treatment of patients suffering from M.E. and Fibromyalgia. My daughter was one of the very first patients at the Clinic and it is without doubt that she would not have reached the level of health she has today without the considerable empathy, help and sheer determination of Professor Davies and Dan Austen, his Clinical Co-ordinator, in providing the necessary treatment to improve her condition. We are eternally grateful to both of them. Although not a 100% healthy she has a quality of life now that I would have given my right arm for in those dark and distant days. Oh yes, did I forget to mention that my daughter is studying for her Masters degree next year!”
A.J.
“Where do I start? Everyone with ME has a story to tell, we all have been on a journey and we have all had different experiences, of this frustrating illness. I am writing about my own personal experience in response to the excellent treatment and support I have had from Professor John Davies of whom there was a recent article in the November Interaction magazine.”
MY STORY
“I was twenty eight when the symptoms first stated to appear ( I am now forty two) like so many sufferers life before ME was pretty hectic, I was working twelve hours a day, six days a week, keep fit after work and a social life as well. From childhood I have never needed much sleep; I only needed about five hours a night and still had lots of energy. I was like this right up till my start of the illness.”
SYMPTONS
“I was working fulltime when I started to feel very tired (unheard of for me) and I started to have earlier nights and struggled to get out of bed in the mornings. Previously to my tiredness I had been travelling quite a lot and had numerous vaccinations which had left me slightly under the weather.”
“Then I noticed that my limbs started to ache everywhere in my body, almost like they were too heavy to move. I had constant head pain and it wasn't like a headache!! Reluctantly I took myself to my GP whom I rarely went to see; she took some blood samples, examined me and told me to see her in two weeks for the results. On my revisit to her I now had pain everywhere. All my blood tests were negative and she was puzzled as I looked so unwell. So she made me go to hospital for further tests.”
“A scan for my ovaries (normally implies aches in arms and legs) a neck x ray (pain in neck and head) and more blood tests. Guess what ALL NEGATIVE. By this time I was really struggling, everyone said it must be a viral illness because nobody could find what was wrong. I was so ill one evening with constant bowel pain, diarrhoea and pain throughout my body that my husband called for the emergency doctor,(not my GP) she examined me and told me I was having muscle spasm in the wall of my bowel. She prescribed me Colofax, and told me not to make a fuss!!! The next morning I was so ill my husband took me to my own GP who popped a pain killer under my tongue which gave me instant relief, she advised me to see a neurologist!”
SERIOUSLY DOUBTING MY OWN MIND
“By now some six months later and with no diagnosis and still feeling very ill, I thought I was going mad!!! Some of my friends and family told me to pull myself together thinking I was heading for a breakdown. My husband and close family kept me sane and knowing how ill I was gave me the confidence that I wasn't going mad. Because my nature is to fight, I did!! Causing me eventually to collapse in a heap on the floor.”
“I was then rushed into hospital and finally saw the neurologist who took one look at me and said it could be anything from MS to a brain tumour; can you imagine how I felt?? He then gave me a brain scan and more blood tests and he told me following the tests that I had a problem with the blood flow to my brain, it was viral and he told me to go home and rest. I now needed constant care. I was unable to bath or dress myself having to get help from my family. I eventually ended back in hospital where it was found that I had a bleed in my stomach, due to the enormous amount of pain killer tablets I was taking. But because every thing was normal i.e. blood pressure, pulse etc. the hospital staffs attitude towards me and my condition was negative. The fact that I couldn’t stand up or look after myself and I was in constant pain had no effect on my treatment! I again believed I was losing my mind or something had been missed in all my tests as I felt worse than any other time in my life.”
PEACE OF MIND
“Eventually my GP had a meeting with her colleagues and having known me for over twenty years, and knowing me as a person, and ruling our numerous illnesses they put everything together and told me in there opinion I had ME. It was a new name to me but was labelled "yuppie flue" what an insult to anyone. My GP found out as much as she could about this illness, and treated the symptoms as best she could (muscle relaxant, codeine for my bowel, nystatin for thrush etc.) and I just had to rest and not fight it.”
“My husband researched as much as could on ME and came across the ME helpline. After contacting them and speaking to them about me I cried with relief that this was a chronic illness and I wasn't going mad, and believe me I don't cry easily. I did contact my neurologist again and told him what I had discovered, his reply was, there is no such thing as ME and that it is a load of rubbish and he put the phone down on me!!!!”
THE ROAD TO RECOVERY
“I was house bound for over two years but had good and bad days but I paid the price if I over did it in anyway, like most people with this illness I spent a fortune on vitamins, tonics and whatever I read that was worth trying. Eventually I was recommended to Professor Davies knowing he was treating me as a private patient I was sceptical because of other doctors that I had consulted.”
“Because BUPA were prepared to pay and authorised that the Professor was a registered doctor in pain control what did I have to lose? From the moment I met him he made me very relaxed and at ease, and for the first time for many years I had someone who was listening to me and understanding my pain. He explained to me that the pain throughout my body was known as Fibromyalgia and along with my other symptoms this came under the umbrella of ME .After blood tests showed thyroid deficiency I was put on replacement therapy, Professor Davies then started me on what he called Trigger Point injections.”
“These have lignocaine that anaesthetizes the pain of the muscles. The relief was unbelievable especially in my neck and shoulders. Before these injections I could not even lift my arms above my head. Even though this is not a cure, with the pacing and injections, I did get a big chunk of my life back.”
MYERS COCKTAILS
“Two years ago I had a bad relapse and after consulting Prof Davies, we decided to try the Inpatient version of the Myers cocktails. I was admitted to hospital for six nights where I had an infusion of Lignocaine, Magnesium every night for six hours. By the third day I could feel the pain reducing already and when I left the hospital I felt a new woman.”
“The success of the treatment lasted for eight months, I went swimming, I walked and did things I hadn't done for years completely forgetting that I ever had this illness and that is not easy when you lived with it for so long. It is easy to become a victim and I had my moments but I never will give in to it completely.”
“Unfortunately this is not a cure and it did come back again. I did have the cocktail again the following year, and straight after my discharge I had a weekend in Paris where I walked everywhere. I continued to run around with my young grandson which I was unable to do before. I now take every window of opportunity and grab it while I can.”
“This year the Professor prescribed a new drug, Pregabalin, which helps my sleep pattern and pain control but it does have side effects, but I am prepared to live with them. Unfortunately BUPA will no longer cover my treatment as they now claim ME is a chronic illness but on the other hand there are still people out there that believe this illness does not exist.”
“I feel very fortunate that I have a great family together with my local GP who understand my illness and have given me their full support. After fourteen years I find it difficult to believe the illness will leave me but there are times during the year that I can lead a nearly normal life thanks to the pain control treatment. I am quite happy to settle for this life style. I wanted to write this article to share my experience hoping that it gives someone hope and a better quality of life.”
Elaine Mines, January, 2006