Guest guest Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Hey Jeni, It is my prayer that every baby get a hair and blood heavy metal testfrom birth to age 3 at their well baby check ups. And then have an MD that knows how to treat them. Praise God!!! You are what we want to see Prevention as well as recovery. Be sure and get to a DAN conference or one that talks about treatment and recovery of the spectrum, so your other two will benefit. You are doing the right thing... Put you whole family on SCD!!! It might take a little time, but it will work. The Moderators are good and will help you. What is ttdf cream and authia cream and where do I get it ... do they have web sites? Agape, furryhalfpint jlknopp@...> wrote: Hi ! With a screening at Elle's 12 mo. well check-up, we discovered she had elevated levels of lead in her blood (17 was her venus stick lead level). To make a long story short, we went to Dr. Megson after that because no regular doctor (nor the health department) would give us any assistance. Praise the Lord we were able to get Elle in to see Dr. Megson within 1 week. God moved mountains with that arrangement! Since we already knew Elle had lead poisoning and after an extensive interview with my husband and me, Dr. Megson said she suspected that Elle had many other metals. Therefore she wanted to jump right in and do a chelation challenge with transdermal dmsa (which tends to grab a wider variety of metals). I questioned her on this choice since I thought that Elle's main metal was lead, and edta (another chelator)specifically targets lead. However, she said that edta is very rough on the kidneys while transdermal dmsa is the most mild chelator. Also, she suspected that transdermal dmsa would be adequate since her metals were primarily in her blood and easier to pull. It turns out she made a good call because Elle's hair analysis showed she had exposure to 13 different metals. After the challenge we did a urine toxic metal output test with Doctor's Data to see what she excreted as well. We also ran some blood tests to see how her organs stood up under the challenge. The tests revealed that she excreted remarkably well with the dmsa and her organs did not show any signs of stress. At that time we set up a regular chelation schedule with the transdermal dmsa. After two months we did another round of urine and blood tests to monitor her progress. The urine test only tests for 11 of the 13 metals that Elle had, so I don't know the status of all her metals. However the 2nd urine test showed that of those 11, she was no longer excreting 5 of them. Dr. Megson says that it can be assumed that she is no longer excreting them because she no longer has them. We have six left, and they are the biggies (mercury and lead being the ones she has the most of). She also still has arsenic, tin, nickel, and thallium left. Her blood tests are showing that while her liver, kidneys, etc. are working at maximum capacity to detoxify her body, she is not showing signs of extreme burden or failure. Dr. Megson remarked, " I have never seen a child pull like this . . . so well, so fast. And she is holding up beautifully. " I suspect that is because she has never had a patient in which she found the metals so soon after exposure when they were easiest to pull. It may also be because Elle is so young. I don't know this for sure, but I also suspect Elle is her youngest patient since she doesn't see patients under 18 mo. and Elle was 12 mo. when we got in. We will test in another 2 months to check her status. I am hoping we will have eliminated a few more metals by then. I do want to say that I agree for the most part with the person that rebuked me in an earlier post. Healing the gut first is probably the best thing to do. In fact, this will most likely be the route we take with our other two children (one ADD and one undiagnosed). However, in Elle's case, chelation took priority because it was a preventative measure rather than a " recovery " treatment. Elle had already started to slip away from us. I shudder when I think that she may have regressed into autism if we had waited even a few months to chelate her. On the other hand, I do find myself with this great difficulty of healing Elle's gut. She is bad off, and I hate that we are not able to adequately address this problem as of yet. I am praying that chelation will be over soon so that we can begin to focus on her digestive problems. As far as your frustration with your son's metals go. I have been told that raw garlic helps in detoxification / chelation / fighting yeast. There is also ttfd cream which you may want to look into. We apply authia cream every evening (it is a natural chelator). Vitamin C is a natural chelator; however, as you probably read from other posts, that needs to be given in appropriate dosages or you may cause other problems. I would suggest that you ask you Dr. if any of these natural options are appropriate for you since you are not chelating yet. Who knows? Maybe your child will be able to squish his metals out with these measures and SCD alone. If you want to e-mail me personally, I will try to be as helpful as I can (although I am fairly new to all this). My address is jlknopp@.... Jeni Lynn mom to Margeaux, 5 yr. (add) , 3 yr. (undiagnosed gastrointestinal problems) Elle, 16 mo. (leaky gut, severe eczema, heavy metal toxicity) SCD 12/05 For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following websites: http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info and http://www.pecanbread.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Thanks Jenni Lynn, For the fish info too. Agape, furryhalfpint jlknopp@...> wrote: Hey again ! I get my authia cream through our nutritionist, Payne. He works with Dr. Megson. His number is 1(877)224-3026. You may be able to find it for less somewhere else though. On the back of the tube it says " Manufactured Exclusively For Westlake Laboratories, Inc.; Cleaveland, OH 44145; 1(888)WSTLAKE. I am hazy on the whole ttfd cream and authia cream topic. The terms keep floating around me as I research all this stuff, but I haven't delved deeply into this area. I know that authia cream is a natural chelator. The part I am uncertain about is the ttfd part. I think it is some natural or mild form of ttfd, and that more potent forms of ttfd are available. Like I said, though, I am crossing into an area here that I am very unfamilar with so I don't necessarily know what I am talking about at this point. We only use authia cream, so I am very uncertain about more ttfd cream information. Perhaps, someone else can post some more about this topic. In the meantime, if I come across more information about it, I will let you know. Cordially, Jeni Lynn > > Hey Jeni, > It is my prayer that every baby get a hair and blood heavy metal testfrom birth to age 3 at their well baby check ups. > And then have an MD that knows how to treat them. Praise God!!! > You are what we want to see Prevention as well as recovery. > Be sure and get to a DAN conference or one that talks about treatment and recovery of the spectrum, so your other two will benefit. > > You are doing the right thing... Put you whole family on SCD!!! > It might take a little time, but it will work. The Moderators are good and will help you. > > What is ttdf cream and authia cream and where do I get it ... do they have web sites? > > Agape, > For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following websites: http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info and http://www.pecanbread.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Thanks Jenni Lynn, For the fish info too. Agape, furryhalfpint jlknopp@...> wrote: Hey again ! I get my authia cream through our nutritionist, Payne. He works with Dr. Megson. His number is 1(877)224-3026. You may be able to find it for less somewhere else though. On the back of the tube it says " Manufactured Exclusively For Westlake Laboratories, Inc.; Cleaveland, OH 44145; 1(888)WSTLAKE. I am hazy on the whole ttfd cream and authia cream topic. The terms keep floating around me as I research all this stuff, but I haven't delved deeply into this area. I know that authia cream is a natural chelator. The part I am uncertain about is the ttfd part. I think it is some natural or mild form of ttfd, and that more potent forms of ttfd are available. Like I said, though, I am crossing into an area here that I am very unfamilar with so I don't necessarily know what I am talking about at this point. We only use authia cream, so I am very uncertain about more ttfd cream information. Perhaps, someone else can post some more about this topic. In the meantime, if I come across more information about it, I will let you know. Cordially, Jeni Lynn > > Hey Jeni, > It is my prayer that every baby get a hair and blood heavy metal testfrom birth to age 3 at their well baby check ups. > And then have an MD that knows how to treat them. Praise God!!! > You are what we want to see Prevention as well as recovery. > Be sure and get to a DAN conference or one that talks about treatment and recovery of the spectrum, so your other two will benefit. > > You are doing the right thing... Put you whole family on SCD!!! > It might take a little time, but it will work. The Moderators are good and will help you. > > What is ttdf cream and authia cream and where do I get it ... do they have web sites? > > Agape, > For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following websites: http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info and http://www.pecanbread.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Thanks Jenni Lynn, For the fish info too. Agape, furryhalfpint jlknopp@...> wrote: Hey again ! I get my authia cream through our nutritionist, Payne. He works with Dr. Megson. His number is 1(877)224-3026. You may be able to find it for less somewhere else though. On the back of the tube it says " Manufactured Exclusively For Westlake Laboratories, Inc.; Cleaveland, OH 44145; 1(888)WSTLAKE. I am hazy on the whole ttfd cream and authia cream topic. The terms keep floating around me as I research all this stuff, but I haven't delved deeply into this area. I know that authia cream is a natural chelator. The part I am uncertain about is the ttfd part. I think it is some natural or mild form of ttfd, and that more potent forms of ttfd are available. Like I said, though, I am crossing into an area here that I am very unfamilar with so I don't necessarily know what I am talking about at this point. We only use authia cream, so I am very uncertain about more ttfd cream information. Perhaps, someone else can post some more about this topic. In the meantime, if I come across more information about it, I will let you know. Cordially, Jeni Lynn > > Hey Jeni, > It is my prayer that every baby get a hair and blood heavy metal testfrom birth to age 3 at their well baby check ups. > And then have an MD that knows how to treat them. Praise God!!! > You are what we want to see Prevention as well as recovery. > Be sure and get to a DAN conference or one that talks about treatment and recovery of the spectrum, so your other two will benefit. > > You are doing the right thing... Put you whole family on SCD!!! > It might take a little time, but it will work. The Moderators are good and will help you. > > What is ttdf cream and authia cream and where do I get it ... do they have web sites? > > Agape, > For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following websites: http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info and http://www.pecanbread.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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