Re: OT: Anyone with MTHFR mutation?

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So I went to the Hemotologist and he told me that " they are not following this

gene mutation anymore because it has been found to not have any additional

impact upon blood clots " . I told him that this goes against everything that I

believed in and my personal experience with my sister dying of pulmonary

embolism at the age of 35. He said that she must have had something additional

in her system that caused the blood clots and that they would follow me for that

but not for MTHFR.

So now I am totally confused as to whether I need to be concerned or not over

this gene mutation. I talked to the doctor about my concerns with detoxing due

to this mutation and he said that he is unfamiliar with this and I would need to

see a liver expert.

My daughter has both strains and will not see a doctor based on what the doctor

told me. I do not want the opinion of this one doctor to color the beliefs that

I had all these years, but I do not want to pay for another visit elsewhere

either. My daughter is not having any problems and I am doing okay with

methylation so far. I am taking folic acid and B12 -- and she is taking it too.

What are others thoughts on this? Should I try to find another doctor? The big

problem is who to go see in the Albany, NY area that is knowledgeable. The only

hemotology group in the area is where I already went. I am not sure whether I

would get another opinion from someone else in this group.

Blessings,

Meo

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> > I'm just wondering if anyone here has the MTHFR mutation and if so, what

> > are you doing to support detoxing. My husband is homozygous A1298C and

> > my son is compound heterozygous A1298C and C677T. Both mutations effect

> > methylation and detox. They are both currently taking methylfolate and

> > methyl B12 but I wonder if there is anything else that they could be

> > taking to help.

> >

> > Thanks!

> > Barb

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