I just received a Leigh's Toxic metal result from another check we did last time.
Sigh.
Not good. She is still holding too much Tungstein, Tarium, Cadmium, Mercury and Lead.
It mean she has to go through another dreadful chelation.
This time with DMSA which is less difficult than RNA metalIII that we did last spring-autum.
When these chelation meds are taken, Leigh gets very agitated, she will cry a lot and she stops trying to think whenever we interfere with her will. And the worst pain is sound. Everything gets amplified.
The good part is that after a painful 6 months, she will do a little better than before she started the chelation. We call this the bounce back.
Chelation's side effect don't just cease after the day we stop.
It ceases gradually.
Then why do we have to do this? There are a few things we need to keep in balance in order for her treatment to go right. One is her gut flora in balance, the other is essential elements in body right (mostly minerals and these get tested and come out in no. to tell us what she lacks and so on), the other is her mythelation cycle (this will be whole other post because it's not simple and I am still learning) and this toxic metals... all toxic has to be out of her system in order for everything to work all together.
It's very hard for us to deal with the pain she goes through when she does her chelation (the tantrums are bad but the worst is that sometimes she hits herself and so on..) and more painful as she has no idea why she is in such bad situation when we do start. it's an agony going through it.
I hate seeing the metal detox results. So far, I have like 10 of them from past 3 years and every time I receive the result through post, I can't sleep for days and I can't work on anything.
Leigh still takes forty something pills a day to get her gut flora and essential minerals right.... and also her brain activity to go right.
It's like we are walking on our toes and now the chelation ;(
I thought we were through it, too bad, it's not that easy.
I whine, but there is no choice, we just have to get the toxic out... and face the reality.
Monday, April 06, 2015
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I am so sorry to hear about the results. I think it's the first time you have gone into details of Leigh's reactions to chelation. It sounds really bad, especially how sound amplifies. It must be hell.
I went cold turkey with my meds and one period was really rough with voices in my head. I thought I was going crazy and I did hit my head to make them go away. Dang.
It must be hard watching Leigh suffer so. It's tough.
Leigh is really brave to be taking so many pills. My maximum was ten plus and I can't imagine 40!!
I read that chelation is a really harsh procedure. Is Leigh ready to go through one again? Fingers crossed everything will go smoothly. Hugs
We really need to get the toxic out ... so it means we will be doing at least one chelation per year -- for the next 5 years at least? (while $$ last I think- hah)
It's not cheap either...
But the doctor's words ring like bell too, that she will be so much better socially and in other ways if the toxic is out... see how much difference it made with only a 20% out.
Besides, it will be more difficult if she grows up so it's better we do it while she is young...
So much to consider...
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