Re: Hair test results - advice please

April 1, 2007

>

> I wonder if someone could look over the hair test results for my Son

> and I. They are both at this link, numbers 71 and 72.

> http://www.livingnetwork.co.za/healingnetwork/hairtest.html

> I hope this is OK.

> Here is some information about us both:

>

> ME: 37 years old.

>

Your test:

The high tin is unusual. My son's test showed high tin as well and I

thought it might be a contaminant picked up when the kids were

sampling the hair.

Your test meets counting rule 1 (5 or less above, not counting copper

which is right on the middle), and counting rule 3 (4 or more red).

Mineral transport is deranged and mercury poisoning is highly probable.

The " all low " pattern suggests a need for extra stomach acid and

possibly digestive enzymes (that you already are taking).

I'm not sure what to make of your Ca, Mg, Na, K, pattern because you

are already on Cortef and florinef. The low K may have something to

do with the florinef (I'm just guessing). What methods does your doc

tor use to determine the correct dose?

It would be good if you could get free T3 and free T4 tests done to

see if you are on adequate thyroid hormone.

The dose of vitamin A you are taking seems high. If there is any

possiblity of becoming pregnant the dose should be kept below 10,000

iu. In " Amalgam Illness " (p 165) Andy suggests a reasonable

maintenance dose of 20,000 iu.

It would be good to spread the Mg, Vit C, and B complex into several

doses over the day (3-4). You may want to increase the dose of Zn.

I don't see vit E and milk thistle in your list.

Your son's test:

Meets counting rule 1, therefore mineral transport is deranged and

mercury poisoning most likely. He could have had lots of exposures

besides the one amalgam filling. Is he totally amalgam free now?

(and ready to chelate?)

The all low pattern indicates a need for extra stomach acid.

His florinef dose must be a typo?

I notice vit E, milk thistle, and B vitamins missing from his

supplement list.

There may be things that I have missed. See " Andy's books " (links

section) for more detail.

J

> ME/CFS/Fibro since 1995 following glandular fever. Prior to that was

> coming down with all manner of viruses and bacteria. After that was

> never the same; Also have adult ADHD and a hypermobility syndrome.

>

> Prior to that was working as a nurse. dropped a few thermometers in my

> time too!

>

> Mouth full of amalgams since childhood - many drilled out and

> replaced, swallowed etc. Have recently had the last ones removed but

> still have one crow left for a couple more weeks; Had a root filling

> many years ago which had to be redone twice before I insisted on

> having it pulled. No problems with it since and now have a Titanium

> implant. (recent MELISA test showed no problem with titanium.)

>

> Hypothyroid, hypoadrenal (primary addisons), low in most other

> hormones, low ferritin, low zinc.

>

> Recent MELISA test showed allergy to aluminium.

>

> Medication when hair sample was taken: Armour Thyroid 1 grain,

> L-thyroxine 50mcgs, DHEA 10mgs, Fludrocortisone 75mcgs, growth hormone

> (Nordipen 0.2 mgs),vitamin A 100000iu, Duphaston 1-2 tablets changing

> throughout the cycle, oestrogel 1 pump days 5-15, testosterone gel 1/3

> pump every other day, iron 150mgs, Zinc 30mgs, digestive enzymes with

> bhcl (NOW super enzymes), coconut oil capsule with dinner, three lac 2

> sachets day, Dr O'haras probiotics and vitamin C 4G daily. (phew!)

>

> Medication added since hair test: Chromium 200mgs with each meal for

> blood sugar control, magnesium 450mgs at night,another coconut oil

> capsule, 200mgs co-enzyme Q10, vitamin B complex and fish oils.

>

> Also, have taken a course of B12 which finished a couple of months ago.

>

> Not yet chelating but can't wait to start although also very scared.

> Fed up and depressed but happy that I have finally got to this point

> in knowing what I can do!

>

> Son: Age 16

>

> ADD, hypermobility syndrome, primary addisons. Is also low in

> testosterone. Was prone to fainting and couldn't stand for more than a

> couple of minutes prior to treatment for this which was only in the

> last couple of months. Low blood sugar when swimming agressively.

>

> MELISA test recently showed allergy to aluminium, gluten and cows milk

> and a big problem with molybdenum.

>

> Dental history: No amalgam fillings. However, a couple of years ago he

> went to see a dentist with pain on biting on his lower teeth in the

> same spot each side. This dentist in all his wisdom decided that he

> needed two root canal fillings (without any proof)and despite my

> questioning was very insistant. He managed to drill one root before I

> stepped in and put a stop to it. It turned out that the pain was

> simply caused by teeth grinding at night! Of course by this time it

> was too late to save this tooth. The dentist (in the UK) would only

> put an amalgam in my sons tooth. At this point I kicked up a stink and

> managed to get them to pay a private dentist to complete the work with

> white filling material. It now seems that this is probably where the

> allergy to molybdenum is coming from!

>

> Medication when hair test done: Armour 3 grains, hydrocortisone 10mgs,

> vitamin C 2G, Iron 100mgs, B6, probiotics, digestive enzymes.

>

> Medication added since test: Hydrocortisone 30mgs, florinef 200mgs,

> DHEA 20mgs, vitamin c 4G, fish oils, zinc 50mgs, magnesium 400mgs.

>

> I hope this is enough information! I am really grateful in advance for

> your opinions.

>

April 1, 2007

>

> ---, thank you very much.

Yes the 200mgs florinef was a typo! Ooops, meant to be 200mcgs.

The vitmin A for me is about to finish. I am under the care of Thierry

Hertoghe in Belgium for my hormones and he seems to prefer to give a

hefty dose for a few months. I will consider a low maintainance dose

as per Andy next.

I did take milk thistle a while back and stopped it as it seemed to be

dissagreeing with me. (can't rememeber how) but it is something I will

also be trying again. We do spread the magnesium and vitamin C over

the day so that is good.

I guess I should also add vitamin E back in again. We used to take

this but our levels were very high on the last round of tests so we

stopped. Does it matter about levels for vitamin E?

I am also confused by the tin. Mine being particularly high. I do have

dyed hair although I only took the sample from the new growth. There

is a small chance that a stray hair could have got into the sample. Is

hair dye high in tin? Otherwise it must be from my amalgams. My Son's

tin was also in the yellow though so I think there might be another

reason for this.

By the way, my Son has a root canal filling but no amalgam. He does

not have any amalgams so his mercury problem would have come from me

when I was pregnant. The same applies to my daughter. (I can't get a

hair sample from her but she is obviously mercury toxic as well.)

Will add vitamin b complex to my Son's regime.

Thanks again

>

> Your test:

>

> The high tin is unusual. My son's test showed high tin as well and I

> thought it might be a contaminant picked up when the kids were

> sampling the hair.

>

> Your test meets counting rule 1 (5 or less above, not counting copper

> which is right on the middle), and counting rule 3 (4 or more red).

> Mineral transport is deranged and mercury poisoning is highly probable.

>

> The " all low " pattern suggests a need for extra stomach acid and

> possibly digestive enzymes (that you already are taking).

>

> I'm not sure what to make of your Ca, Mg, Na, K, pattern because you

> are already on Cortef and florinef. The low K may have something to

> do with the florinef (I'm just guessing). What methods does your doc

> tor use to determine the correct dose?

>

> It would be good if you could get free T3 and free T4 tests done to

> see if you are on adequate thyroid hormone.

>

> The dose of vitamin A you are taking seems high. If there is any

> possiblity of becoming pregnant the dose should be kept below 10,000

> iu. In " Amalgam Illness " (p 165) Andy suggests a reasonable

> maintenance dose of 20,000 iu.

>

> It would be good to spread the Mg, Vit C, and B complex into several

> doses over the day (3-4). You may want to increase the dose of Zn.

>

> I don't see vit E and milk thistle in your list.

>

> Your son's test:

>

> Meets counting rule 1, therefore mineral transport is deranged and

> mercury poisoning most likely. He could have had lots of exposures

> besides the one amalgam filling. Is he totally amalgam free now?

> (and ready to chelate?)

>

> The all low pattern indicates a need for extra stomach acid.

>

> His florinef dose must be a typo?

>

> I notice vit E, milk thistle, and B vitamins missing from his

> supplement list.

>

> There may be things that I have missed. See " Andy's books " (links

> section) for more detail.

>

> J

>

> > ME/CFS/Fibro since 1995 following glandular fever. Prior to that was

> > coming down with all manner of viruses and bacteria. After that was

> > never the same; Also have adult ADHD and a hypermobility syndrome.

> >

> > Prior to that was working as a nurse. dropped a few thermometers in my

> > time too!

> >

> > Mouth full of amalgams since childhood - many drilled out and

> > replaced, swallowed etc. Have recently had the last ones removed but

> > still have one crow left for a couple more weeks; Had a root filling

> > many years ago which had to be redone twice before I insisted on

> > having it pulled. No problems with it since and now have a Titanium

> > implant. (recent MELISA test showed no problem with titanium.)

> >

> > Hypothyroid, hypoadrenal (primary addisons), low in most other

> > hormones, low ferritin, low zinc.

> >

> > Recent MELISA test showed allergy to aluminium.

> >

> > Medication when hair sample was taken: Armour Thyroid 1 grain,

> > L-thyroxine 50mcgs, DHEA 10mgs, Fludrocortisone 75mcgs, growth hormone

> > (Nordipen 0.2 mgs),vitamin A 100000iu, Duphaston 1-2 tablets changing

> > throughout the cycle, oestrogel 1 pump days 5-15, testosterone gel 1/3

> > pump every other day, iron 150mgs, Zinc 30mgs, digestive enzymes with

> > bhcl (NOW super enzymes), coconut oil capsule with dinner, three lac 2

> > sachets day, Dr O'haras probiotics and vitamin C 4G daily. (phew!)

> >

> > Medication added since hair test: Chromium 200mgs with each meal for

> > blood sugar control, magnesium 450mgs at night,another coconut oil

> > capsule, 200mgs co-enzyme Q10, vitamin B complex and fish oils.

> >

> > Also, have taken a course of B12 which finished a couple of months

ago.

> >

> > Not yet chelating but can't wait to start although also very scared.

> > Fed up and depressed but happy that I have finally got to this point

> > in knowing what I can do!

> >

> > Son: Age 16

> >

> > ADD, hypermobility syndrome, primary addisons. Is also low in

> > testosterone. Was prone to fainting and couldn't stand for more than a

> > couple of minutes prior to treatment for this which was only in the

> > last couple of months. Low blood sugar when swimming agressively.

> >

> > MELISA test recently showed allergy to aluminium, gluten and cows milk

> > and a big problem with molybdenum.

> >

> > Dental history: No amalgam fillings. However, a couple of years ago he

> > went to see a dentist with pain on biting on his lower teeth in the

> > same spot each side. This dentist in all his wisdom decided that he

> > needed two root canal fillings (without any proof)and despite my

> > questioning was very insistant. He managed to drill one root before I

> > stepped in and put a stop to it. It turned out that the pain was

> > simply caused by teeth grinding at night! Of course by this time it

> > was too late to save this tooth. The dentist (in the UK) would only

> > put an amalgam in my sons tooth. At this point I kicked up a stink and

> > managed to get them to pay a private dentist to complete the work with

> > white filling material. It now seems that this is probably where the

> > allergy to molybdenum is coming from!

> >

> > Medication when hair test done: Armour 3 grains, hydrocortisone 10mgs,

> > vitamin C 2G, Iron 100mgs, B6, probiotics, digestive enzymes.

> >

> > Medication added since test: Hydrocortisone 30mgs, florinef 200mgs,

> > DHEA 20mgs, vitamin c 4G, fish oils, zinc 50mgs, magnesium 400mgs.

> >

> > I hope this is enough information! I am really grateful in advance for

> > your opinions.

> >

>

April 1, 2007