Re: Re: A grandmother's perspective, part II: Recovery, the way back

[Guest guest]

hi kathy E.

we just beginning our treatment with our son going the biomedical approach.

My boy has a faulty gene MTHFR, which helps brake down B12 and folic acid. his

blood work came back with high levels of b12 and folic acid, the gene is not

working so that is why there are high levels of these things. we are just

starting b12 shots but its not the pure form its broken down more in the chain

and high level folic acid vitamin. so we'll see. i do see him talking more and

saying things a little better and more focused.

your knowlege is endless and so is your compassion

chris

Kathleen Eickwort <Kathleen_E@...> wrote:

Dear Colleen,

I went to a 16 hour continuing education event in Orlando 10 days ago and heard

Boyd

Haley, PhD and Shaw, PhD and a couple of DAN! physicians go over all of

what you

have written below. So far, I have gotten a prescription for organic acid urine

tests for

" Tom, " his mother, and myself, told the family about methyl B12, and am

currently reading

" Could It Be B12? " I have a very high suspicion that some of these tests will

show up

positive, and am very hopeful. Dr. Haley went over all of the places in the

normal

biochemical processes where mercury disrupts the enzymes that enable the normal

processes. He was great! My DDIL's mother died very young of liver cancer and

was

depressed all her life, probably she also had these problems...and they lived in

a highly

polluted area.

We will be doing the OAT testing from Great Plains Labs very soon. Two of the

three kits

came today. That was all in the long e-mail that got accidentally erased before

I wrote the

one I did. BTW, I was very happy that because of my PhD in biology, previous

work as a

nutrition Research Associate for a medical doctor, and family members involved,

they let

me go to the second day of the seminar (for medical practitioners) as well as

the first. I am

also very fortunate to have an open-minded doctor who is a D.O. and so not quite

as

closed-minded as some MDs (any MDs on this list, please do not take offense).

I had a bad run-in last week with my very depressed DIL's doctor after she asked

me to

accompany her to an office visit. He said she could only talk to him about one

problem.

When she persisted, he said, maybe she should get another doctor. I just

couldn't help at

that point saying, " That is an excellent idea! " and was asked to leave...said I

wouldn't stay

if he asked me. So I waited for two hours in the parking lot while they

punished my DIL by

making her wait two hours to have a blood draw, and talked about her being a

B*** in the

hall (or maybe me!), and then a nurse said, " Maybe we should close her door, "

and they

did.

I've had excellent doctors in my life, and I am very grateful to them. I have

also

encountered doctors that think that MD stands for Medical Deity, and I fire

them.

Peace,

Kathy E.

[Guest guest]

Hi Chris

I do hope you will be able to find the right treatment for your Son and gentle

hugs too

Chrissy

Rome <christinerome@...> wrote:

hi kathy E.

we just beginning our treatment with our son going the biomedical approach.

My boy has a faulty gene MTHFR, which helps brake down B12 and folic acid. his

blood work came back with high levels of b12 and folic acid, the gene is not

working so that is why there are high levels of these things. we are just

starting b12 shots but its not the pure form its broken down more in the chain

and high level folic acid vitamin. so we'll see. i do see him talking more and

saying things a little better and more focused.

your knowlege is endless and so is your compassion

chris

[Guest guest]

thanks for the info, I wasn't sure if this was the gene that was faulty with

processing the therismol in shots. so it is. well that is bad news as well.

you really know your stuff kathy. its so confusing and you make real easy to

understand!!! thanks again

chris

Kathleen Eickwort <Kathleen_E@...> wrote:

Hi, , yes, we heard a lot about the MTHFR gene at the conference. Of

course

under ideal conditions some of these genes would still work OK, with good

nutrition, no

pollution, no heavy metals...but every enzyme in the body usually has a metal

co-factor

that works with it and helps it work, like, for instance magnesium, or

molybdenum, so

when you add a heavy metal like mercury or arsenic to the system, some of the

different

MTHFR genes end up with enzymes that then cannot work. The pathway is blocked or

sometimes it overfunctions. I believe a lot of what is being given is

methylcobalamin, as

you said this means the body doesn't have to methylate the vitamin B12 itself,

and

sometimes other needed vitamins at the same time like folinic acid.

Hope it continues to help your child. And I hope it is helpful to understand it

isn't just your

genes...it is the way your genes have been interacting with the environment, the

vaccines,

etc. Somebody made a wrong assumption somewhere that everybody had the same

physiology and ability to withstand some of these things, and it just isn't so.

Peace,

Kathy E.