Re: Re: Got tested for pyroluria - have questions

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If you feel you are mercury toxic, then you can do a 10-15 round trial of

chelation and see if you have any improvement.

TJ

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From: svetaswan <svetaswan@...>

Sent: Fri, November 26, 2010 7:22:14 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Got tested for pyroluria - have questions

Hi Ideals,

I got the Hair Elements test done last year, actually. I even had the results

posted to the Living Network website and the generous folks at the Frequent-Dose

Chelation group helped me interpret them.

Apparently, my hair test did not meet the counting rules for " deranged mineral

transport " - and there is really nothing in the results that reveals mercury

intoxication. But I was told (and I pretty much agree) that just because I

didn't meet the rules doesn't mean that I should rule out some degree of mercury

intoxication. Everyone's body chemistry is different....besides, I have a lot

of mental and physical symptoms that are consistent with " amalgam

illness " /mercury toxicity. So I'm not yet willing to drop mercury intoxication

from the list of things that could be going on with me.

Also - if I have pyroluria (and the test result says that I have it in spades) -

it would mean that my body has been deficient in zinc. And supposedly, zinc is

important in your body's defenses from heavy-metal toxicity - from what I've

read, it is involved in making something called " metallthionen " (sp.) that binds

with heavy metals and excretes them from the body.

~Svetaswan

> >

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> > I don't technically have autism (although I might be somewhere on the bottom

>part of the spectrum), nor do I have a family member with autism - but I've

been

>an occassional lurker of this group because I've strongly suspected that I

>suffer from mercury intoxication, and this group is such a treasure when it

>comes to this and related issues.

> >

> > Anyway - I recently took a home urine test for pyroluria through the

>Bio-Center Laboratory, and I received my test results back today. I have some

>questions and concerns about the results - and I thought that this might be a

>good place to ask since it's possible that some members here are familiar with

>this test.

>

> >

> > According to Bio-Center, the " normal " range for the pyroluria (pyrroles)

>urine test is 0 - 20 ug/dL. Anything higher than 20 would be strongly

>suggestive of pyroluria, I think. Well, my result is an astronomical 126! In

>some ways, I'm glad to see this result - for it could be an important

>explanation for my severe psychological issues.

>

> >

> > But, I worry that the result might be " too good to be true " . See - shortly

>after I sent my sample back to Bio-Center, I emailed a Bio-Center employee with

>the worry that the timing of my sample-collection may have been " off " - and

that

>it may result in a " false low " or " diluted " result. At the end of the email, I

>mentioned how important an accurate result is to me - since an accurate

>diagnosis could explain my lifelong struggles. This may or may not be

>reasonable, but I worry that this revelation that I've been having problems may

>have caused them to have a certain " bias " when it came to evaluating my sample

>and generating the result. Maybe they had so much sympathy for me that they

>inflated the result?

>

> >

> > Part of me thinks it's stupid to have this worry - but there is that part of

>me that is skeptical and unsure. Bio-Center has a good reputation, right?

>Would the soundness of the scientific process win out over any personal biases?

>

> >

> > For anyone who've taken this test, may I ask what your results were? I just

>want a feel for how atypical my results might be. How confident should I be

>that this is a sound, accurate result?

> >

> > Thanks for any feedback,

> >

> > ~Svetaswan

> >

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