Re: Oral Chelation Treatments

September 8, 2001

Just to let you all know, we chelated our son for 9 months, and have

just stopped. (we learned there was corn in his DMSA, his chelating

agent) BUT, it DID improve SEVERAL areas...His expressive speech, his

social initiaions, his eye contact AND his " clarity " ....(hard to

describe that one...) SO I am MORE than pleased... we will be retesting

his mercury levels, and might begin chelation again If need be (with a

different agent) JMO-Shari

September 8, 2001

Terry, I apologize for butting in here, but have been reading the posts on

chelation. In one of the earlier posts (sorry, I've forgotten who wrote it!),

the blood tests were mentioned. I agree that any kind of testing,

particularly

blood draws, are very traumatic for most of our kids. However, in my

opinion (which doesn't amount to much), they are very necessary. I was a

little frightened of chelating in the beginning, but after researching it and

discussing it with our doctor, I decided we had no choice. The blood tests

are very necessary to me because they check the copper and zinc levels,

which can be easily depleted. They also keep tabs on things like liver

function, etc. Urinalysis, stool testing, and hair analysis are also

important.

I do realize that different docs do it different ways. Something I've had to

remind myself of is that the mercury and other metals are the reason

(or one of the main ones) that my son and so many others have these

gut issues, etc. As a registered nurse, I felt like chelating was something

we had to do for Dylan. We have been doing this for 6 months now, and

yes we have seen small improvements in various areas. BUT, overall,

he is and will continue to be much healthier physically. Anyway, I just

wanted to throw my two cents in here. Yes, it is complicated, and chelating

involves blood tests and other tests that can be " painful " to our children.

But, for us, it has been well worth it thus far. Dylan is getting better and

healthier. I hope I haven't offended anyone with this. Just wanted to let

you

know that, so far, we have had a positive experience, and hopefully, we will

continue to. Good luck!!

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