Re: Porphyrins, Urine through Doctor Data/turn around time

February 17, 2011

Turn around time for the French Porphryins test varies widely depending on the

number of tests submitted at any one time. We got ours back in a week. Others

have said they waited several weeks (3-5).

I got my results via email.

Pam

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> > > Hi Haven,

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> > > Thank you for your concern and you are welcome

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> > > No, we didn't start off at a lower dose. My son is always a slow

responder and I was ok with a higher dose from the beginning. We did talk about

doing some test later to check his liver function (forgot the name of the test).

However, before you warned me about his high DMSA dose, I was already

contemplating to remove it from the protocol. In the challenge test done in mid

January, the result showed that he had slightly elevated lead level (8.6) and

much higher mercury level (23). Since his mercury is high which apparently is

the main cause for his neurological dysfunction and I want to focus on getting

it out of his body first. Plus, with the tendency of yeast flare-up from DMSA,

it is just not worth the fight when we are dealing with a chronicle

yeast/bacteria battle. For us, the priority should be mercury out first.

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> > > I do like my DAN and believe he truly cares about his patients. He might

not be the ultimate go-to doctor (he even jokingly admitted that I sometimes

know more than he does) but his laid back bedside manner and reasonable fee

($190 per visit) keep me coming back BTW, he never charges me for anything

else. I get all the supplements he recommends from either local health food

stores or online retailers. I guess he is an exception.

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> > > Thanks again for your insight.

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> > > April

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