Dr. DiMeo

Went to see Dr. Dimeo this morning. I really like this guy. He seems thorough, very compassionate, cutting edge, careful, and willing to try anything at this point to help Rich.

He recommended that we get a humidifier for the house (humidity needs to be 35-50%), get humidifiers for the oxygen tanks and condensers, get on a long term dose of zithromax (for at least 2 months), continue weightloss efforts (Rich had lost 7 lbs since his last visit and on the prednisone that is amazing weight loss), "hock a lugee," gave him a steroid injection, and recommended kircumen? I think this really is cumen - I am going to have to investigate this further - but he recommended it in a 2 gram dose saying that cutting-edge research is showing some help. He also stated most emphatically that there would not be many - if any - great double blind studies of this herb because there is no money to be made from it because it can't be replicated.

He also told us that if Rich runs into any kind of difficulty to call him. He will see him. And he told us that right now his lung functions are holding steady - and while he had hoped to see improvement, the fact that they are holding steady with the setbacks is a good sign. We will return to see him in two weeks.