Guest guest Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 My daughter Traci was diagnosed at birth with a merconium illeus. We did the blood test at 3 days old and it came back positive with CF- Delta 508- When she was 3 months the clinic told us that she had to have a sweat test. We found out that insurance requires TWO confirmations. Now get this, her sweat test came back negative. Of course we repeated it a weeks later and it came back positive. So you just never know. Lynette Mom to Traci 7w/cf and 11w/ocf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 My daughter Traci was diagnosed at birth with a merconium illeus. We did the blood test at 3 days old and it came back positive with CF- Delta 508- When she was 3 months the clinic told us that she had to have a sweat test. We found out that insurance requires TWO confirmations. Now get this, her sweat test came back negative. Of course we repeated it a weeks later and it came back positive. So you just never know. Lynette Mom to Traci 7w/cf and 11w/ocf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 My daughter Traci was diagnosed at birth with a merconium illeus. We did the blood test at 3 days old and it came back positive with CF- Delta 508- When she was 3 months the clinic told us that she had to have a sweat test. We found out that insurance requires TWO confirmations. Now get this, her sweat test came back negative. Of course we repeated it a weeks later and it came back positive. So you just never know. Lynette Mom to Traci 7w/cf and 11w/ocf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 That's unbelievable! Do you know if your clinic (or insurance company) still requires the sweat test in addition to the blood test? Lori in Florida Re: sweat test My daughter Traci was diagnosed at birth with a merconium illeus. We did the blood test at 3 days old and it came back positive with CF- Delta 508- When she was 3 months the clinic told us that she had to have a sweat test. We found out that insurance requires TWO confirmations. Now get this, her sweat test came back negative. Of course we repeated it a weeks later and it came back positive. So you just never know. Lynette Mom to Traci 7w/cf and 11w/ocf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 That's unbelievable! Do you know if your clinic (or insurance company) still requires the sweat test in addition to the blood test? Lori in Florida Re: sweat test My daughter Traci was diagnosed at birth with a merconium illeus. We did the blood test at 3 days old and it came back positive with CF- Delta 508- When she was 3 months the clinic told us that she had to have a sweat test. We found out that insurance requires TWO confirmations. Now get this, her sweat test came back negative. Of course we repeated it a weeks later and it came back positive. So you just never know. Lynette Mom to Traci 7w/cf and 11w/ocf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2002 Report Share Posted October 19, 2002 I have no idea. Lynette Mom to Traci 7w/cf and 11w/ocf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2002 Report Share Posted October 19, 2002 I have no idea. Lynette Mom to Traci 7w/cf and 11w/ocf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Hi Guys: Does anybody know where I can perform a " Sweat Test " . I want to know how much mercury and other heavy metals I excrete through sweat while walking on the treadmill or sitting in the sauna. I called all the labs I know here in the USA but nobody seems to perform this test. There is a lab in London called Biolab that perform this test on premises, due to my health conditions swimming across 'The Chanel' might be a bit too much for my adrenals. 8) Any hints welcomed and thanked in advanced. Vince. Links of Interest: Minerals and Toxic Metals Test http://www.biolab.co.uk/minerals.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Vince. No idea - but Andy says that sauna every day (did he say 1 hour or 2??) is equivalent to one day of DMSA chelation - for what that's worth. Dave. Posted by: " Freeman " vf@... vf@...?Subject=%20Re%3ASweat%20Test> rtu1bps http://profiles.yahoo.com/rtu1bps> Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:54 pm (PDT) Hi Guys: Does anybody know where I can perform a " Sweat Test " . I want to know how much mercury and other heavy metals I excrete through sweat while walking on the treadmill or sitting in the sauna. I called all the labs I know here in the USA but nobody seems to perform this test. There is a lab in London called Biolab that perform this test on premises, due to my health conditions swimming across 'The Chanel' might be a bit too much for my adrenals. 8) Any hints welcomed and thanked in advanced. Vince. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Vince. No idea - but Andy says that sauna every day (did he say 1 hour or 2??) is equivalent to one day of DMSA chelation - for what that's worth. Dave. Posted by: " Freeman " vf@... vf@...?Subject=%20Re%3ASweat%20Test> rtu1bps http://profiles.yahoo.com/rtu1bps> Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:54 pm (PDT) Hi Guys: Does anybody know where I can perform a " Sweat Test " . I want to know how much mercury and other heavy metals I excrete through sweat while walking on the treadmill or sitting in the sauna. I called all the labs I know here in the USA but nobody seems to perform this test. There is a lab in London called Biolab that perform this test on premises, due to my health conditions swimming across 'The Chanel' might be a bit too much for my adrenals. 8) Any hints welcomed and thanked in advanced. Vince. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 I live near London and have had the Biolab sweat test done several times over a long period, 10 years or so. Initially it showed elevated mercury in sweat, now it shows very low levels. It does seem that saunas would have been more useful for me in the earlier days and less so now. However I haven't done a sweat test while chelating, and suspect if I did the result would be higher. I still do saunas while chelating if I can. I don't know anywhere else you can get the test, though it's simple enough to do. You just wear a patch on your skin for a couple of hours, then put the sweat collected through HPLC. Guy > > Vince. > > No idea - but Andy says that sauna every day (did he say 1 hour or 2??) > is equivalent to one day of DMSA chelation - for what that's worth. > > Dave. > > > Posted by: " Freeman " vf@... > rtu1bps > http://profiles.yahoo.com/rtu1bps> > > > Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:54 pm (PDT) > > Hi Guys: > > Does anybody know where I can > perform a " Sweat Test " . I > want to know how much mercury > and other heavy metals I excrete > through sweat while walking > on the treadmill or sitting > in the sauna. > > I called all the labs I know > here in the USA but nobody > seems to perform this test. > There is a lab in London called > Biolab that perform this test > on premises, due to my health > conditions swimming across > 'The Chanel' might be a bit too > much for my adrenals. 8) > > Any hints welcomed and thanked > in advanced. > > Vince. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 I live near London and have had the Biolab sweat test done several times over a long period, 10 years or so. Initially it showed elevated mercury in sweat, now it shows very low levels. It does seem that saunas would have been more useful for me in the earlier days and less so now. However I haven't done a sweat test while chelating, and suspect if I did the result would be higher. I still do saunas while chelating if I can. I don't know anywhere else you can get the test, though it's simple enough to do. You just wear a patch on your skin for a couple of hours, then put the sweat collected through HPLC. Guy > > Vince. > > No idea - but Andy says that sauna every day (did he say 1 hour or 2??) > is equivalent to one day of DMSA chelation - for what that's worth. > > Dave. > > > Posted by: " Freeman " vf@... > rtu1bps > http://profiles.yahoo.com/rtu1bps> > > > Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:54 pm (PDT) > > Hi Guys: > > Does anybody know where I can > perform a " Sweat Test " . I > want to know how much mercury > and other heavy metals I excrete > through sweat while walking > on the treadmill or sitting > in the sauna. > > I called all the labs I know > here in the USA but nobody > seems to perform this test. > There is a lab in London called > Biolab that perform this test > on premises, due to my health > conditions swimming across > 'The Chanel' might be a bit too > much for my adrenals. 8) > > Any hints welcomed and thanked > in advanced. > > Vince. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 I feel really good when I do saunas or sweat while walking, I wanted to make sure it was indeed because of mercury excretion. Do the lower levels of mercury in your test correlate with feeling better and being more healthy over the years? Thanks for the reply! If you ever come across a lab in the USA that performs this test, I would love to hear about it. Cheers, Vince. On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:52:15 -0000 " snorklepig " guywoodall@...> wrote: > I live near London and have had the Biolab sweat test done several > times over a long period, 10 years or so. Initially it showed > elevated mercury in sweat, now it shows very low levels. It does > seem that saunas would have been more useful for me in the earlier > days and less so now. However I haven't done a sweat test while > chelating, and suspect if I did the result would be higher. I > still do saunas while chelating if I can. I don't know anywhere > else you can get the test, though it's simple enough to do. You > just wear a patch on your skin for a couple of hours, then put the > sweat collected through HPLC. > Guy > > > > > > Vince. > > > > No idea - but Andy says that sauna every day (did he say 1 hour or > 2??) > > is equivalent to one day of DMSA chelation - for what that's worth. > > > > Dave. > > > > > > Posted by: " Freeman " vf@... > > rtu1bps > > http://profiles.yahoo.com/rtu1bps> > > > > > > Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:54 pm (PDT) > > > > Hi Guys: > > > > Does anybody know where I can > > perform a " Sweat Test " . I > > want to know how much mercury > > and other heavy metals I excrete > > through sweat while walking > > on the treadmill or sitting > > in the sauna. > > > > I called all the labs I know > > here in the USA but nobody > > seems to perform this test. > > There is a lab in London called > > Biolab that perform this test > > on premises, due to my health > > conditions swimming across > > 'The Chanel' might be a bit too > > much for my adrenals. 8) > > > > Any hints welcomed and thanked > > in advanced. > > > > Vince. > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 I feel really good when I do saunas or sweat while walking, I wanted to make sure it was indeed because of mercury excretion. Do the lower levels of mercury in your test correlate with feeling better and being more healthy over the years? Thanks for the reply! If you ever come across a lab in the USA that performs this test, I would love to hear about it. Cheers, Vince. On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:52:15 -0000 " snorklepig " guywoodall@...> wrote: > I live near London and have had the Biolab sweat test done several > times over a long period, 10 years or so. Initially it showed > elevated mercury in sweat, now it shows very low levels. It does > seem that saunas would have been more useful for me in the earlier > days and less so now. However I haven't done a sweat test while > chelating, and suspect if I did the result would be higher. I > still do saunas while chelating if I can. I don't know anywhere > else you can get the test, though it's simple enough to do. You > just wear a patch on your skin for a couple of hours, then put the > sweat collected through HPLC. > Guy > > > > > > Vince. > > > > No idea - but Andy says that sauna every day (did he say 1 hour or > 2??) > > is equivalent to one day of DMSA chelation - for what that's worth. > > > > Dave. > > > > > > Posted by: " Freeman " vf@... > > rtu1bps > > http://profiles.yahoo.com/rtu1bps> > > > > > > Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:54 pm (PDT) > > > > Hi Guys: > > > > Does anybody know where I can > > perform a " Sweat Test " . I > > want to know how much mercury > > and other heavy metals I excrete > > through sweat while walking > > on the treadmill or sitting > > in the sauna. > > > > I called all the labs I know > > here in the USA but nobody > > seems to perform this test. > > There is a lab in London called > > Biolab that perform this test > > on premises, due to my health > > conditions swimming across > > 'The Chanel' might be a bit too > > much for my adrenals. 8) > > > > Any hints welcomed and thanked > > in advanced. > > > > Vince. > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Dave, I sweat a lot and feel better after a sauna or a short walk. I'm really thrilled about this and think I'm going to continue, I really hope it's because I'm dumping mercury over board. Cheers, Vince. On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:31:16 -0700 Dave - AM&FDC Posts mercury@...> wrote: > Vince. > > No idea - but Andy says that sauna every day (did he say 1 hour or 2??) > is equivalent to one day of DMSA chelation - for what that's worth. > > Dave. > > > Posted by: " Freeman " vf@... > vf@...?Subject=%20Re%3ASweat%20Test> rtu1bps > http://profiles.yahoo.com/rtu1bps> > > > Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:54 pm (PDT) > > Hi Guys: > > Does anybody know where I can > perform a " Sweat Test " . I > want to know how much mercury > and other heavy metals I excrete > through sweat while walking > on the treadmill or sitting > in the sauna. > > I called all the labs I know > here in the USA but nobody > seems to perform this test. > There is a lab in London called > Biolab that perform this test > on premises, due to my health > conditions swimming across > 'The Chanel' might be a bit too > much for my adrenals. 8) > > Any hints welcomed and thanked > in advanced. > > Vince. > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Dave, I sweat a lot and feel better after a sauna or a short walk. I'm really thrilled about this and think I'm going to continue, I really hope it's because I'm dumping mercury over board. Cheers, Vince. On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:31:16 -0700 Dave - AM&FDC Posts mercury@...> wrote: > Vince. > > No idea - but Andy says that sauna every day (did he say 1 hour or 2??) > is equivalent to one day of DMSA chelation - for what that's worth. > > Dave. > > > Posted by: " Freeman " vf@... > vf@...?Subject=%20Re%3ASweat%20Test> rtu1bps > http://profiles.yahoo.com/rtu1bps> > > > Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:54 pm (PDT) > > Hi Guys: > > Does anybody know where I can > perform a " Sweat Test " . I > want to know how much mercury > and other heavy metals I excrete > through sweat while walking > on the treadmill or sitting > in the sauna. > > I called all the labs I know > here in the USA but nobody > seems to perform this test. > There is a lab in London called > Biolab that perform this test > on premises, due to my health > conditions swimming across > 'The Chanel' might be a bit too > much for my adrenals. 8) > > Any hints welcomed and thanked > in advanced. > > Vince. > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 We get so focused on mercury, that we assume it is causing everything, and it probably certainly causes many of our problems. But, the point I want to make is, is that if the sweating is making you feel better, it is doing something good for you and you are getting rid of *something bad*, so it doesn't really matter if it is mercury or something else. As long as it's making you feel better, keep doing it --------Jackie In frequent-dose-chelation Freeman wrote: Dave, I sweat a lot and feel better after a sauna or a short walk. I'm really thrilled about this and think I'm going to continue, I really hope it's because I'm dumping mercury over board. Cheers, Vince. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 We get so focused on mercury, that we assume it is causing everything, and it probably certainly causes many of our problems. But, the point I want to make is, is that if the sweating is making you feel better, it is doing something good for you and you are getting rid of *something bad*, so it doesn't really matter if it is mercury or something else. As long as it's making you feel better, keep doing it --------Jackie In frequent-dose-chelation Freeman wrote: Dave, I sweat a lot and feel better after a sauna or a short walk. I'm really thrilled about this and think I'm going to continue, I really hope it's because I'm dumping mercury over board. Cheers, Vince. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Yes lower levels in sweat do correlate to improvement in my case, but I wouldn't generalise from this as all the test shows up is " current account " mercury in the blood. I think I still have a lot of " deposit account " mercury mainly in the brain, based mainly on the side-effects of chelation with ALA which are still strong for me. Years ago, before I knew anything about mercury, I did find that saunas gave me quite a boost, but I don't know if that was because of moving mercury, which tends to make me feel worse. It could just have been to do with raising body temperature, as my temperature was generally too low due to endocrine problems probably caused by mercury. Whatever the reason I don't notice any direct benefit from saunas now. One good thing about sweating is that you can't reabsorb what you excrete whereas excreting through the bile with ALA does create a big opportunity for reabsorbtion through the gut. Perhaps this is why chelating is hard for me but saunas not. Guy > > > > > > Vince. > > > > > > No idea - but Andy says that sauna every day (did he say 1 hour or > > 2??) > > > is equivalent to one day of DMSA chelation - for what that's worth. > > > > > > Dave. > > > > > > > > > Posted by: " Freeman " vf@ > > > rtu1bps > > > http://profiles.yahoo.com/rtu1bps> > > > > > > > > > Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:54 pm (PDT) > > > > > > Hi Guys: > > > > > > Does anybody know where I can > > > perform a " Sweat Test " . I > > > want to know how much mercury > > > and other heavy metals I excrete > > > through sweat while walking > > > on the treadmill or sitting > > > in the sauna. > > > > > > I called all the labs I know > > > here in the USA but nobody > > > seems to perform this test. > > > There is a lab in London called > > > Biolab that perform this test > > > on premises, due to my health > > > conditions swimming across > > > 'The Chanel' might be a bit too > > > much for my adrenals. 8) > > > > > > Any hints welcomed and thanked > > > in advanced. > > > > > > Vince. > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Yes lower levels in sweat do correlate to improvement in my case, but I wouldn't generalise from this as all the test shows up is " current account " mercury in the blood. I think I still have a lot of " deposit account " mercury mainly in the brain, based mainly on the side-effects of chelation with ALA which are still strong for me. Years ago, before I knew anything about mercury, I did find that saunas gave me quite a boost, but I don't know if that was because of moving mercury, which tends to make me feel worse. It could just have been to do with raising body temperature, as my temperature was generally too low due to endocrine problems probably caused by mercury. Whatever the reason I don't notice any direct benefit from saunas now. One good thing about sweating is that you can't reabsorb what you excrete whereas excreting through the bile with ALA does create a big opportunity for reabsorbtion through the gut. Perhaps this is why chelating is hard for me but saunas not. Guy > > > > > > Vince. > > > > > > No idea - but Andy says that sauna every day (did he say 1 hour or > > 2??) > > > is equivalent to one day of DMSA chelation - for what that's worth. > > > > > > Dave. > > > > > > > > > Posted by: " Freeman " vf@ > > > rtu1bps > > > http://profiles.yahoo.com/rtu1bps> > > > > > > > > > Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:54 pm (PDT) > > > > > > Hi Guys: > > > > > > Does anybody know where I can > > > perform a " Sweat Test " . I > > > want to know how much mercury > > > and other heavy metals I excrete > > > through sweat while walking > > > on the treadmill or sitting > > > in the sauna. > > > > > > I called all the labs I know > > > here in the USA but nobody > > > seems to perform this test. > > > There is a lab in London called > > > Biolab that perform this test > > > on premises, due to my health > > > conditions swimming across > > > 'The Chanel' might be a bit too > > > much for my adrenals. 8) > > > > > > Any hints welcomed and thanked > > > in advanced. > > > > > > Vince. > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 > > > > > > > > Vince. > > > > > > > > No idea - but Andy says that sauna every day (did he say 1 hour > or > > > 2??) > > > > is equivalent to one day of DMSA chelation - for what that's > worth. > > > > > > > > Dave. > > > > > > > > > > > > Posted by: " Freeman " vf@ > > > > rtu1bps > > > > http://profiles.yahoo.com/rtu1bps> > > > > > > > > > > > > Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:54 pm (PDT) > > > > > > > > Hi Guys: > > > > > > > > Does anybody know where I can > > > > perform a " Sweat Test " . I > > > > want to know how much mercury > > > > and other heavy metals I excrete > > > > through sweat while walking > > > > on the treadmill or sitting > > > > in the sauna. > > > > > > > > I called all the labs I know > > > > here in the USA but nobody > > > > seems to perform this test. > > > > There is a lab in London called > > > > Biolab that perform this test > > > > on premises, due to my health > > > > conditions swimming across > > > > 'The Chanel' might be a bit too > > > > much for my adrenals. 8) > > > > > > > > Any hints welcomed and thanked > > > > in advanced. > > > > > > > > Vince. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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