Re: Hair Test Results -- feedback requested

[Guest guest]

Bill,

Your hair test doesn't meet the counting rules, but it looks

a bit skewed to the right and doesn't appear normal to me.

The very elevated strontium and zinc are interesting. Andy

says in HTI to increase Ca and Mg and reduce vit D intake

with elevated strontium, and remove any exposure. He says

it is not very toxic. The radioactive form of strontium

would apparently kill you long before it looked like a

problem on a hair test.

Andy says unless the hair test looks completely normal,

high hair zinc probably doesn't mean toxicity and you

probably need to keep taking it. It may be an indication

that you need more B6. The low Na/Mg also suggests taking

some B6.

The test fits the adrenal/thyroid sign to some degree with Ca

and Mg high relative to Na and K. The K/Ca ratio is low

indicating a thyroid problem. Na/Mg is low indicating you

can't make enough adrenaline. Have you done other testing for

adrenals and thyroid? How long have you been taking the

adrenal supporting supplements? I suspect you need more than

this.

When you say you can tolerate 100 mg ALA, do you mean you

took 100 mg every 3 hours day and night? Did you have

symptoms at this dose? What dose of DMSA did you try and

did you have symptoms from that?

Have you used a neti pot for your sinus issues? I haven't

had this problem, but I have heard from several people that

it is very helpful with their sinus issues. Have you had

an evaluation by a good ENT? Have you ever had followup

imaging after the brain tumor issues were resolved? Did

you have imaging done back then involving contrast

injections?

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> I'd appreciate feedback about my hair test results, which appear as

#66 http://www.livingnetwork.co.za/healingnetwork/hairtest.html

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> Dean suggested I answer the following...

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> 1) Current symptoms and medical history

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> Symptoms have subsided quite a bit since I stopped lifting weights,

supporting my adrenals with Isocort, C, B5, licorice and numerous

other supplements, watched what -- and how often -- I ate. But I still

have episodes of heightened irritability, inability to handle stress,

sleep difficulties (though increasing melatonin has improved this),

and have been plagued by chronic -- and bloody -- sinus

congestion/discharge, which I suspect is candida-related, but it

doesn't respond much to stringent diet or candida supplements, so I

suspect mercury/adrenal suppressed immunity or other cause I'm unaware of.

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> 2) Current dental work in place and dental history

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> Had mercury fillings removed about 18 months ago, also had a number

of teeth extracted due to poor quality dental work over the years.

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> 3) Supplements; medications and chelating schedule at the time of

hair test;

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> Not taking any medications, but do take almost all recommended

supplements according to Andy's book, along with a few others.

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> Hadn't begun to chelate at the time of hair test, wanted to see what

was going on before I began. Have only done a couple of chelation

rounds thus far. I'm able to tolerate 100 mgs or more of ALA, and

although I avoided DMSA due to liver problems, I've since used it with

no apparent problem. I've had elevated liver enzyme counts since my

brain tumor surgeries.

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> 4) Recently added supplements and medications after the hair test

and date added

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> Still not taking any prescribed meds, and haven't added any

supplements since testing

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> 5) Other relevant information

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> Had multiple brain tumor surgeries twenty years ago. And I'm sure

something else will occur to me as soon as I send this email

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> Thanks in advance to all who care to comment...

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> Bill

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