Testimonials

Patient testimonials, 2021

Dear Dr. Friedrich R. Douwes and all staff of St. George Hospital
I don’t even know how to begin to put into words the deep feeling of gratitude that I feel, and your importance in my life and in the life of thousands of patients who are coming here for help with life threatening conditions.
My decision to fly to Germany during Covid 19 pandemic did not come easily. After being diagnosed with prostate cancer, I had basically two options: surgery or radiation. Thanks to a recommendation from my Integrative MD, Dr. Traian Parvulesku, who heard of innovative treatment options that were pioneered at St George Hospital, I contacted your international patient liaison Frederica Montpetit over email and phone, who after answering all of our countless questions, together with Elaine, organized a video conference with Dr Douwes.
Dr. Douwes, the time you spent talking with my wife and me during the initial consultation made us feel important, and you radiated so much confidence in proposed treatment that you absolutely put our minds at ease and helped me make the decision right on the spot that coming here as soon as possible for treatment was the right thing to do. When I came to St. George Hospital, and saw the size of facilities, staff, treatment options, I could not even imagine your responsibilities, and now I During my treatment I met a lot of great professionals- doctors, nurses, support staff who were incredibly amazing and helpful. I would like to mention a few of them specifically:
Dr. Deyana Uzunova, who explained my treatment and after listening to me prescribed supplements that minimize my urge to go to the bathroom at night from 5-6 times to only one or two almost immediately!
Medina, the receptionist on the third floor, for going above and beyond and after hearing me mention that I can not leave the premises of the clinic because of Covid 19, even to go to the Pharmacy located across the street, offered to go and get the medicine for me! Thank you Medina, again, now I have meds for 5 more month and hope with the treatment I will not need them any longer!
Dr. Reichel, who made the catherization really easy. I have to be honest, prior to coming here I expected it to be really uncomfortable and painful, but the way he did the procedure, I felt almost nothing, and definitely no pain at all, so one more time, THANK YOU!
Also, I like to express special appreciation to all the nurses on the third floor, who deliver multiple IV infusions and nurses on the first floor who provide me with I-Therm and laser treatments.
I could not mention everyone who I met during my treatments at St. George Clinic and people who I did not see at all like kitchen staff and staff responsible for flow, cleanliness and maintenance, but I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all of them as well.
Thank you, ALL OF YOU for everything you’ve done – I came here incredibly stressed about the diagnosis and treatment, but your positive energy and support was absolutely uplifting and really makes me feel great about the outcome, and I will always keep you in my thoughts!
Sincerely yours…
PS: If any patient who considers a similar treadment at St. George Clinic would like to speak with me personally, I would be happy to talk about my great experience.

A year ago in May I attended your 3 week Lyme treatment. My wife was there with me. I want to express my heartfelt thank you and joy that your staff saved my life! Once I got my strength back I have been better and better ever since. I have had no symptoms at all, and am so very happy I went to your clinic.
Please pass the word that I am so very happy!!
Sincerely…

Patient testimonials, 2020

I feel that the Klinik undoubtedly saved my life: my quality of life – I hope long term – and my career path. The Klinik’s help and intervention came for me just in time both physically and financially.
I can enjoy my social life again; I’m energetic and about 90% back to normal and not only maintaining old friendships but making deep new ones. I can exercise again; before treatment if I exercised, I would pay for weeks with near immobility and whole body exhaustion. Now I am running again with no consequences and with normal levels of daily energy. I can concentrate again: For a period of 2 years I was struggling to read a paragraph, between eye tracking issues, concentration problems, and my head burning; analytical thinking was difficult. Sometimes now, I’m writing 12 pages in a single day.
I can’t tell you how devastating it was to barely be able to read a paragraph or remember my birthday quickly; still, doctors considered me “normal”. I felt gaslight and too exhausted and traumatized to fight, like most lyme patients. And I thought the best case scenario for me was a difficult, diminished life, and a form of constant invisible suffering that few people could understand.
Thanks to the Klinik, I feel myself again for the first time in years. I know the Klinik isn’t a solution for everyone, and I know friends I was treated with whose outcomes were less dramatic. I consider myself one of the lucky ones, as I found it eventually to be 80-90% curative. Again, I credit them and your organization with saving my life. While it took some months to get here after treatment, a full year later, I’m mostly feeling extremely well and immensely grateful every single day.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart,

Patient testimonials, 2019

Dear Klinik St. Georg,
Thank you for all that you do. I am grateful that I was able to come here from California and get another chance at living a normal and happy life. I want to thank the Douwes family, the nurses for always being there to help and make me feel comfortable, the doctors who ensured that I received high quality care, the housekeepers who added special touches to make the room extra inviting, the administration, and ever person who makes this treatment possible. Special thank you to the nurses who let me sleep in and to Bernd whose jokes would make me smile even on the worst days. To Christoph, to Dr. Miric…. As a patient, these small gestures make a huge difference. …

Dr. Douwes and Staff,
Thank you doesn’t seem quite enough. You give hope to so many that are neglected and underserved and that is life changing. Thank you for saving my life.
Sincerely…

Dr. Douwes,
Thank you again for your insight in healing and encouraging M. He remembers your kind words and explanations and passes them on. Your family’s dedication to the health of others is so admirable! We wish you good health and a happy life.
M. also wanted you to know that he is thankful for your help in repairing his health as it has allowed him to attend university.

Dr. Douwes,
Thank you for giving me my life back. A year ago, I never thought I would be here, never mind walking again un-aided. You have given me the gift of time, hope and happiness and for that, I will be forever grateful. Thank you for your dedication, your pioneering treatment, your kindness and encouragement.
You will forever have a place in my heart….
PS: A year to the day of my treatment I set myself a challenge and climbed a mountain in Scotland. You will remember, a year ago I could barely walk… and now, thanks to you, I can climb mountains! I have gifted you a picture to show what you helped me achieve. And with great delight you can have my walking stick!!!

Thank you, Dr. Douwes for taking the time to talk with me after your presentation. I apologize that it was interrupted by one of my seizures.
Your son Julian was very helpful and knowledgeable about Lyme and gave me advice and a medical prescription for the next six months. I believe that it will help me greatly. I promise to write in the next five weeks to give an update, as you requested. I am so grateful for the Klinik St. Georg and this opportunity for healing.
God bless you, Dr. Douwes. You are helping so many people who have lost hope.
Kindly…

Good Day Frederika!
I would like to first off start out by thanking you for all you did assisting my Mother and I with getting to the Klinik this past February.
Before I talk about my health, I just need to say that going to Klinik St. Georg was nothing short of a miracle for me! After years and years of unsuccessfully treating my Late-Stage Neurological Lyme Disease, I entered the Klinik with the upmost confidence that we had made the right choice for my better health. As my mother and I walked through the front doors we felt this overwhelming force of healing power in the air. The whole experience at the Klinik felt like Home for me. In fact, throughout these past weeks I frequently find myself home sick for Bad Aibling and Klinik St. Georg!
While at the Klinik I bonded with so many fellow patients going through so much of the same that I have been going through for years. Our bonds will last a lifetime and are unlike any other connections I have ever made with anyone in the past. The camaraderie between us all was what fueled me to do well and embrace the entire protocol. I think it is so important for patients coming to the Klinik to put all their faith into this protocol. They need to tell themselves that they
are stronger than they know and that this is the answer for them to get their lives back!
Everyone made us feel so incredibly comfortable and welcome in such a foreign experience. We had no idea what to expect and not once did we feel unwanted or less than important. I genuinely love that every staff member knows each patient’s name, even the cleaning staff; this makes patients feel that they are important!
I would tell anyone about how wonderful Klinik St. Georg is, again and again whether they need
treatment for Lyme of Cancer. The Klinik is a place where miracles happen, and it is full of an incredible team of angels! Thank you for saving my life!!!

Dear Dr. Douwes
I praise God for you and this clinic you have established to bring hope an healing to thousands of Lyme and cancer patients.
I am so very thankful to have been able to come and receive the hyperthermia treatments and other threapies. I hae such hope in my heart of finally improving my health instead of confirmng to go downhill. It’s been a very long an discouraging battle fighting this insideous Lyme disease for 39 years.
With sincere heartfelt thanks….

Dear Dr. Douwes,
C. and I wanted to express our appreciation to you and your staff for the amazing work you do. Without your help 2 ½ years ago C. would have had no hope. We are forever grateful for all you have done for us. In our experience the doctors in Canada dismiss our concerns, fail to listen and make us feel like we are crazy. At your clinic the doctors treat us kindly and dignify us by really listening and finding real solutions. Thank you for getting us in on such short notice. We share the positive experience we have had here with our friends and family.
We are so grateful!

Patient testimonials, 2018

To all the doctors, nurses, and staff at St. Georg Clinic
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kindness, your care, patience, attention to detail, and the diligence and skill you put into your work here. You are truly doing the work of the angels!
I am now well on the path of healing and expect full recovery in the coming year, and that is a miracle indeed!
We will see you again in February. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Dear Dr. Douwes,
I can’t even begin to tell you how important you and the Kinik staff are to me. Thank you for saving my life. My successful recovery from Lyme disease has been a great encouragement to others considering treatment at your Kinik, and I am happy to help others through the process.
I came to your Kinik praying for nothing short of a miracle. Your treatment gave me a new chance at life. Additionally, therapy with Urs helped me to better cope with a lifetime of emotional damage including years of being ostracized as a Lyme patient. Both you and Urs have an amazing gift of invitation – thank you for using that gift to help others!
I don’t have much to show my gratitude, but i hope you enjoy these small gifts. No earthly possession could ever show the true depth of my gratitude. Every day I thank God for you and your amazing Klinik! You will be forever in my heart and mind.
With immense love and gratitude…

Dear Dr. Douwes,
I want to thank you for giving me a life I didn’t know I could live. After receiving Hyperthermia treatment in Germany I came home and almost instantly knew something felt different. I didn’t feel completely well for a bit, but within a couple of months I felt healthier than I ever felt possible.
In June I was able to attend a 2 week college program that was extremely rigorous and I didn’t get sick once. I spent the summer having fun and living the life I couldn’t for the past 5 years. Thank you so much I truly believe my Lyme disease has been cured.
I have been able to attend school regularly, and I have not missed a single day. A year ago this was something I never thought possible. I am making good grades, and I’m beginning to think about college. I’m finally able to focus on the future that I never thought I could have. I am happier and healthier than ever. Thank you so much to you and your team of doctors at Kinik St. Georg for giving me my life back.
With gratitude…

Dear all,
I was treated last year at your clinic for Lyme. My husband Austen received the partner treatment and my mother Ida was with us both for the whole visit.
I just wanted to let everyone at the clinic know how deeply grateful I am. You gave me my life back; I can run, ride, bike, ski, work, be happy, cook and clean, laugh, and enjoy being alive again.
Your care was compassionate, professional, of the highest standard. The staff was friendly, helpful, personable, and kind. Our stay was restorative. I am so very appreciative.
Our US news is full of reports of the increase in Lyme and tick borne illnesses… as our climate changes, and Lyme ticks spread, more and more people will need the help you offer.
I am grateful daily, not just that my life has been restored, but that my family has knowledge of your clinic and your care. I know that if anyone I love is faced with the challenges of Lyme, we can go to you and be helped.
Thank you again, for everything.

Dear Dr. Douwes,
I wanted to thank you for being a genius with a heart of gold. Am very glad I got to meet you in person and I am still hopeful that I will get better soon with your continued support. Thank you for creating this place of hope and healing.
I continue to hope to be your ambassador one day and to meet again in the near future – maybe in Boston.
God bless you, your family and all the staff at St. George.
Sincerely…

I arrived at this Klinik in a wheelchair after three years of excruciating painful hell in Australia. With no acknowledgement of this disease in Australia, I was ready to die. I could not see, hear and struggled to even talk. I wasn’t living, I was just surviving. The neurological pain was unbearable.
Klinik St. Georg saved my life.
I am alive – it’s a miracle.

Dear Dr. Douwes,
I just wanted to say a huge „Thank You!“ for giving me the opportunity to experience this already life-changing journey. Your knowledge, experience and kindness has been overwhelming and I am truly grateful!
I hope you will enjoy a little „taste“ of Scotland (Whiskey) as a toast to my hopefully onward path to health… and wear your new „spirit of Scotland Tartan“, tie with pride in knowing you have helped this Scottish lassie!!!
PS: Walking stick will follow soon in the mail, hopefully.
Thank you so much!
Love…

Dear Frederika, Gaby, Dr. Douwes and all of the incredible people there,
Just a brief note to say xxx and I made it back safely. We will write later with more info about how he is doing. But in a word, he has not had a headache/stomach pain episode since his first hyperthermia. He is trying to work as a medical scribe and had his first week back to work last week in Boston.
We are very grateful to Dr. Douwes and wish we could have said goodbye and seen him before we left.
More to come, just wanted everyone to know how much we appreciate your work.
Can’t believe Taylor is so much better. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. This is the only way to go for late stage Lyme.
Warmly…

Dear Dr. Douwes,
We want to thank you personally for all that you’ve done for us in our time at the clinic – and more broadly all of the work you have done to pioneer the holistic and dignified treatment of Lyme. Like so many patient families, we felt we were running out of options (and hope!) before traveling here.
We really appreciate the time that you spent with us as a group while on your vacation and also one-on-one to adjust my treatment as necessary. The entire community here has left us feeling validated and supported – not only the patients we have met – but also (and especially!) your team of doctors, nurses, and amazing support staff that keep things running so smoothly, I can’t imagine a better place to receive such expert treatment which is matched equally with compassion.
All the best and thank you again…

Dear Frederika,
I have been meaning to contact you sooner but when I arrived back home I had so much to do that I have not been able to focus for five minutes so I can write, tonight it has finally been possible.
Firstly THANK YOU to all the wonderful team at the St Georg Klinik. What an amazing experience! From doctors to nurses to cooks to cleaners everyone made our stay and treatment very easy to cope with. You should see me now, for years I had been grounded, unable to enjoy life, this week I have been working as I used to years ago. What a blessing to be able to be ME again… I am able to work as I used to and I have  achieved so much in just 2 weeks! …
Even though I have these symptoms there is such an immense change in me that I am grateful every day for undergoing treatment at St Georg. At this moment in time there is another patient and her husband… staying with me. Her changes have been amazing too, we are all so happy. We met amazing people from all over the world, what beautiful people the Klinik attracts! Everyone I met touched my soul, I am still in communication with many!
I have been very strict with the after treatment protocol. I take all the prescribed medications and my diet is better than ever in my life. Finally I feel back in control.
Again my warmest regards to every one at St Georg…
Kind Regards…

Wishing we could trade places!
Passing though Dauphin Island. A cool 100 degrees!! Thought of you. Hope things are going well in Bad Aibling. As bizarre as it seems, I so enjoyed my time there and hope to come visit one day soon. Please give my dear nurse Iris my warmest regards. I promise she won’t forget me. She’s probably drinking her coffee out of the mug I gave her that she told everyone they could not touch. I’m doing pretty well and give all the credit to the Klinik. Take care and remember you’ve always got a place to stay in New Orleans!
All the best…

Dear Dr. Douwes,
I wanted to thank you and your team of doctors and nurses for giving me my life back. After being sick for 6 years and then getting infected again in May of 2016, I was losing hope that I would ever feel normal again. The summer of 2016 was torturous as my brain was so inflamed that I couldn’t control my thoughts of despair and the severe panic, anxiety and depression. I was unable to walk for 3-4 months and I was beginning to feel that my kids would be better without me until my 9 year old told me that even though I was sick, he was so happy I was here. I pushed through my first baut with Lyme disease like a warrior but the second infection brought me to my knees. My boys’ love and compassion for me during this time helped me push through when I felt like giving up.
I am so thankful for your trip to Boston because after meeting you, your family and Kirstin I felt more comfortable with traveling to a foreign country to receive treatment. I considered canceling my trip a few days before my departure but my aunt wouldn’t have it and off we went.
Upon arriving at the Klinik I was greeted by Gabi who instantly made me feel at ease and was a huge help throughout our stay. Frederika was also very helpful and accommodating and was always available to answer questions before my trip to Germany. lt was so nice to see you before you left for vacation and I appreciate your taking the time to talk to me and check in after my treatments, it meant a lot to me. Thank you.
Dr. Zabel and Dr. Kroiss took good care of me and helped me work through my fear of the hyperthermia treatment. The nurse for my second Hyperthermia treatment (I can’t recall her name, blonde hair) was one of the kindest people I met at the Klinik. I had a terrible morning with Iris and was not feeling well before treatment and this woman was so calming. I instantly felt more comfortable when I knew she would be taking care of me for the next six hours. I would love to send her a letter to thank her.
I would also like to thank Dr. T. and Urs for the compassionate care they provided for all of the patients at the Klinik. They were always so attentive and kind and all of our patients from the Dean Center have spoken so highly of them because of their extensive knowledge and compassion. I wish more physicians followed their approach to patient care. I have just returned from a weekend yoga retreat in the Berkshire mountains in western Massachusetts and am so grateful for my restored health since receiving treatment at your Klinik. I am thankful for every day that I wake up without the debilitating fatigue, weakness, anxiety and panic attacks. I am thankful that I’m finally feeling normal and healthy again and for being able to attend my boys’ hockey and soccer games that I missed so much last year. More importantly I am thankful for the one doctor who thought “outside the box” 30 years ago (15 for Lyme) and made this treatment possible.
Thank you for giving me my life back and doing the same for so many patients from all over the world.
Eternally grateful…

Patient testimonials, 2017

Dear Doctor Douwes,
I cannot begin to thank you and all of your wonderful staff for curing my Lyme disease, and in turn, giving me back my life. The majority of staff were extremely kind and compassionate during my stay. I traveled alone for my treatment and greatly appreciated those staff members that went out of their way to make me feel comfortable and cared for. Nurses Christoph, Christina, and Birgit were especially kind to me. Marliola, Manfred, Heidi and Monica in the dining room, and Diana (massage) all made me feel welcome and comfortable. The people on the operations side were extremely helpful and prompt in their responses — Gabi, Verena, and Frederika. The staff members that went far above and beyond to help me emotionally were nurse Traudi, Urs, and Bernd. Doctor Zabel, Doctor Kroiss, and Doctor Pascu were all very gentle and took their time with my needles (despite my tears). I very much appreciated the assessment by Doctor Kathrin Douwes as well….
Please know that I am forever grateful for my experience at your clinic. At this time last year I was ready to die; today I am living life to the fullest and prepping my body to full health in order to have a child. I regularly refer people to your clinic and will continue to do so as I am living proof of the miraculous treatment that you offer.
With Deepest Gratitude…

Dear Frederika,
We wanted to thank you, all of the doctors and staff at St. George Clinic for all of our healing and support. We strongly feel the treatments were a success and wake up with more strength and energy everyday. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t share my experience from the Clinic in hope to be the reason someone else in need finds their way to St. George.
Please forward our love and gratitude to the rest of the staff and we hope to see everyone again in the future as a visitor and not as a patient. Have a wonderful rest of the week and happy holidays.
Our best regards, blessings and good health…

Patient testimonials, 2016

Dear Dr. Reichel and all the team!
Thank you so much for my new birthday! I feel much, much better, like someone blessed me! You are our little angels who are giving back our lost lives. You have not work, you have a special mission in this world. Thank you so much!.

Dear Dr. Douwes!
I can’t find the right words to say how much it means for me just to know that doctors like you really exist. I’ve seen more that 50 for this past 8 years. I was crying, begging to help me, but they were silent. I don’t blame them, I am just blessed, like all of us here, to have met you and be your patient. I was praying a lot for this day and know: I feel, I almost got my life back. This journey totally changed me.
I promise to dedicate my life to help people who going through all this enormous pain, panic and total loneliness, now I hope we can create a movie, foundation, clinic, whatever to help people to open their eyes for what is going on now.
I wish you only one thing: health and many more years to live. With big love, your new member at big family…

Dear Dr. Douwes,
I believe in God and in you.
You told my mother that “she will leave this hospital on her feet” – in the middle of therapy she is leaving on ambulance. I trust that when we will come back… she will be better and she will leave this hospital on her feet.
I trust you my legend, God bless you…