Mary have you heard about having a course of maggots for treatment? Is this something they do in the US? There have been a few cases here where they used clinical grade maggots in a dressing for clearing up infected tissue. Maggots only eat the infected bits so they were really good for clearing infected, hard to heal areas. It was just an idea and not for everyone because some people can be quite grossed out by that thought. I'd be happy to try anything if it meant keeping body parts in good health. If nothing else you can always watch your doctors reaction when you make a suggestion like that.