Progress - long

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I want to report what I believe to be noticeable improvements

due to chelation. (1) I believe my liver pathways (possibly

some of both phase 1 and phase 2) are working better, and

(2) I have had three sets of very decent blood tests in the

past seven months.

I started to notice the improved liver pathways in December.

First, I had some worsening in my reaction to smoke and

hydrocarbons - I was smelling smoke/fumes everywhere and having

tremendous worsening of anxiety related to these smells. Also

was having overall a lot of symptoms of what I call " emotional

excruciation " both on rounds and off. This has now gone away

and I have noticed that (1) drinking green tea now has zero

caffeine effect on me (for years this was the only form of

caffeine I used for it's effect in helping me think better,

but it also caused very physical anxiety and it was a balancing

act), (2) I now tolerate black tea just fine (had rarely used

this for many years due to the amount of caffeine), (3) I

recently had one cup of regular caffeinated coffee that did

absolutely nothing to me! (a few years ago this would have left

me terribly anxious, trembling, and sick), and (3) I am having

much less difficulty with side effects from antifungals, which

should allow me to address my yeast problem more fully.

I've also been able to start using a bit of progesterone

cream. This is a bit more mixed, but I think some of the side

effects are less than they used to be.

These improvements have to be an effect of chelation. There is

nothing else I know of that would cause such a substantial

improvement in my liver pathways.

Below are some typical lab results from a few years ago. I had

CBCs every few months and the items below were nearly always out

of range or at the bottom of the range. I also had some low RBCs,

high eosinophils, low sodium and low anion gap. I had used a lot

of supplements, diet, and lifestyle changes going back to 2000 in

an effort to address these issues, without much effect.

8/6/2004

WBC 3.1 (4-11) L

Hemoglobin 11.0 (11.7-15.7) L

Hematocrit 33.3 (35-47) L

Neutrophils 1.16 (1.7-6.7) L

Monocytes 0.23 (.3-.95) L

Globulin 2.3 (2.5-3.5) L

Ferritin 4.45 (5-114) L

In 7/06, I had a CBC with *everything* in range, not at the bottom,

but into the low part of the range. (Except ferritin was still

low at 5.)

In 11/06, I had a CBC with low WBC and neutrophils again, but

everything else was holding, still into the range, not at the bottom.

(No ferritin done.)

Last week 2/07, I had another CBC with still a low WBC and

neutrophils, but everything else still good and even farther into

the range. MCV, MCH, and MCHC are actually getting toward the high

end of the range now.

Best of all, my ferritin is 16! I had not been taking iron and

my yeast problem has actually been worse lately, and yet somehow

it seems I am better able to absorb iron from diet.

To be fair, the improved lab results could also be due in part to

changes in supplements and getting frequent acupuncture, which I've

been doing since May, but the liver pathway improvements seem to me

very directly due to chelation.

What do y'all think? I think it's progress!

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