plasmapheresis and iv gamma will give your immune system the support it needs to properly fight the infection.

who is your doc? btw???

At the time TTP was life threatening for me and the treatement was necessary to keep me alive. It was not until several years later that Lyme was diagnosed.

What I can tell you is after the last pheresis treatment, I felt worse than the day that I almost died. I can not speak for IVIG, but that is a comon process for people with ITP a sister disease, both involve low platelets.

I would seek several opinions before I went throught these processes. There is always a risk with blood products,and who knows whats out there that is in the blood that has not been identified. In my case they were using pooled plasma, so it was like I was getting 300 pints of blood a day.

Are you open to trying something that is noninvasive and comes without a prescription? If so, please try Omega 3 fish oil capsules plus Coenzyme Q10. This is not a cure and you will have to stay on them but if you are experiencing numbness and tingling at night when you go to bed, then you may see some good results.

I take six Omega 3 capsules a day. I take 3 in the morning and 3 in the evening. With each dose I am now taking 150mg of CoQ10 to total 300mgs a day. I buy my CoQ10 at Costco so it runs about $25 per month otherwise, at this doseage, I would not be able to afford it from other suppliers. I think it is similarly priced at Sams Club.

It generally takes a little while for this to take effect but if you give it 2-4 weeks you may notice a significant reduction in some of your symptoms. You have to stay on these as a control and can not skip days or the symptoms will return rather quickly and may take several days for the supplements to kick back in. It's worth a try and healthy to boot.