Re: strange but true - hemochromatosis?

[Guest guest]

Well, I dont know how it is in germany, but here you can order your own tests. Also, can you just go to a specialist, hemotologist?

As far as green tea is concerned it blocks some absorbtion of iron.

[Guest guest]

How do you mean order my own tests. i went to 1 doctor and asked him

to run the necessary blood panel for iron overload - he refused. I

needed to have very strong and distinct symptoms before he would do

this - usually at this point the patient has almost 1 foot in the

grave. My husband and I are experiencing some very expensive and

painful discrimination because we American not German and I think this

carries over into the medical field. On top of that a very large

percentage of German doctors are extremely arrogant, egos the size of

an E class Mercedes. Needless to say an American with an opinion in a

German doctor's office is not a good mix. Plus when I hit the lows

like I am feeling now, I don't have any fight left in me.

In order for me to go to a hemotologists I need to have a 'transfer'

docoment from my normal doctor - she gave me one for an endo instead.

The other big problem is that iron overload in the U.S. is at a rate

of 1 case per 100 to 200 people. Germany is double that amount and is

considered a low risk zone but I come from a high risk

country/nationality. Irish people have an even higher risk than

Americans.

What blood tests are you talking about that can be ordered. Do you

mean via a doc or via a private lab.

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> Well, I dont know how it is in germany, but here you can order your

own tests. Also, can you just go to a specialist, hemotologist?

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> As far as green tea is concerned it blocks some absorbtion of iron.

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[Guest guest]

I am not sure about ordering your own labs in Germany, here we have

websites wher we cna just log on pick our tests and pay for them, and

then they send us a lab slip to go to any one of the many labs they have

throughout the country for blood draw/urine collection. BTW Gree ntea is

loaded with Fluoride. I would NOT drink it.

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[Guest guest]

I need to find an American lab that has a German 'franchise'.

Thanks for the green tea tip. It might explain something. If I drink

the stuff after not drinking it for severals days/weeks - I feel

really great but on day 2 I feel a real low. Of course this happens

with almost everything I try.

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> I am not sure about ordering your own labs in Germany, here we have

> websites wher we cna just log on pick our tests and pay for them, and

> then they send us a lab slip to go to any one of the many labs they

have

> throughout the country for blood draw/urine collection. BTW Gree

ntea is

> loaded with Fluoride. I would NOT drink it.

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