New here, have some questions...shocker, right? lol

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Hi, I have been lurking for about a month while I get things together to start

Cutler's protocol for my son, Elijah. He is eight, diagnosed with PDD-NOS

simply because no diagnosis fits him quite right. He is kinda spectrumy but not

autistic and not Asperger's. Too verbal for the former, not verbal enough for

the latter. Plus his emotional development and relationships are pretty normal

for his age, plus a dozen other reasons. Anyway...

We are thinking chelation now because blood tests show a recent exposure from a

shattered fluorescent light tube in a room he slept in all night...his 4 year

old brother did it while everyone was asleep when we were on vacation. All

three boys slept in the vapors all night. I think the heart attack I had that

morning took a year off my life. Ever since I have been working toward

getting him to a place where we could do this. I wanted to make sure I chose

the right protocol etc. He has been through so much over the years, I don't

want to mess things up any more than is absolutely unavoidable. I'm sure y'all

can relate to that!

Anyway, so I know about that exposure, he has one very tiny amalgam we are

having removed right before starting chelation (the wait is four days until

starting the DMSA, right?). He also had all his vaccinations prior to my

awareness about the toxicity of them (pounding my head against the proverbial

brick wall of regret, don'tcha know) plus one flu shot when his younger brother

was born with lung problems in the middle of flu season...not sure I regret that

one! If one of us had made iel sick he would have died, without a doubt.

I asked for a thimerosal-free one but they were out of them and I was scheduled

for a c-section the next week. I thought it wasn't a big deal.....

One last possible exposure is a CFL bulb that broke on our playroom carpet 2

years ago. I cleaned it up at the time, unaware that there was a special

procedure or anything. I have been doing research about the whole thing and now

I am thinking I need to replace the carpet (I will do the whole thing, it is old

and dusty anyway) and the vacuum cleaner (which is already relegated to the

garage). The question is how I handle the clean up now? Is replacing the

carpet enough? What about the furniture sitting on that spot? And the hardwood

underneath? It is enough to make a person move! Actually...I wish I could but

at least I know what to suspect and worry about in this house now. The enemy

you know....

Anyway, any advice on how to handle this would be so appreciated. I keep

googling and getting more confused. Would there be any benefit to contacting

some sort of Health Dept. type of person or would that end up with hazmat guys

in my living room over something that isn't that bad. I would REALLY love a way

to get a test of the airborne mercury levels in all the rooms of our house but I

don't know if that happens WITHOUT the hazmat guys. <wry grin>

Chrissy

mama to Elijah, 8, will be starting AC chelation this spring or sooner.

iel, 5, will be chelated when I will be able to give him night doses. He

currently sleeps like the dead. I tried to give a drink of water the other

night, just to test him, you know? He WOULD NOT wake up. Just kept talking in

his sleep and pushing me away. lol

The baby, Alec, is 2. He only got vaccinated through 6 months, thank goodness.

I will also chelate him when he is older. I have a mouth LOADED with

amalgam...it stands to reason all my babies, nursed for over 2 1/2 years each,

have gotten a fairly decent load of my mercury delivered to them. :(

The husband (years and years of flu shots and allergy desensitization shots, not

to mention a ton of amalgams) and I will likely chelate at some point too, but

we have to get Elijah started first and I need to be as together as possible for

that.