Re: ER letter: I loved your letter....mine wasn't asstrong--here is mine

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Shirley, Your letter was wonderful, and to the point. (You do get further with Sugar!) I just wanted to let you know some info for future reference. MMR does not contain Mercury. They are live virals. The mercury is used to preserve the dead virals (inactive virals?) In the DPT, HIB, and Hep B. The mercury in these DO cause weakened immune systems, the MMR is the catalyst/trigger/last straw, it is viral overload, but there is no mercury in it. This is confusing to many, especially to the parents, like us, who have mercury damaged children, the MMR was the final straw...but not because of mercury in that instance, it was because of viral overload. -Shari

Re: Re: [ ] Doctors Lyn, I would be happy to share Mike's history with you for your case studies. But first, let me thank you for all the work you have done in this very important area. I am becoming increasingly convinced that mercury poisoning underlies all of autism. I finally figured out that Mike's case was most likely due to mercury about a year ago, but I had no idea of the scope of the mercury problem until I went back into practice (this time as a DAN! doctor). Almost every child I tested had the same lab abnormalities as my son, including the high levels of various heavy metals. Very uncanny! Anyway, thank you for starting this list and for everything else you have done in the pursuit of the truth about what happened to our children. Feel free to edit this, because I'm not sure exactly what info you want. Mike - DOB 10/18/94 Unremarkable pregnancy. Born by planned C-section (advanced maternal age and very large baby). Weight 9 pounds, 2 oz. Very healthy. Apgars 8/9. Uneventful first year. Got all immunizations on time. Sat at 4 months, crawled at 7 months, walked at 10 months. Spoke first word at 9 months. By 12 months, had 10 to 15 words. Good eye contact, good imitative skills, very social. Stopped talking 5 days after MMR plus Hep B at 12 months, gradually lost all imitative skills, all interaction and eye contact. By 18 months was in his own world. Would not even respond to his name. We asked everyone why he was acting this way, including several pediatricians - no answers. Finally diagnosed as autistic at 26 months. We began an intensive ABA program (Lovaas) at 28 months. We took him to see Dr. Cave at 29 months. She ran a number of tests, including hair analysis for heavy metals. He was very high in lead, aluminum, and antimony. Mercury was only slightly elevated. She gave him DMSA 100 three times a day for 5 days, followed by 100 mg twice a day for 2 weeks (the old treatment). By 1 month after this first chelation course, he had improved noticeably - behavior was better, no longer as "zoned out" as before, was no longer pale, looked healthier. Repeated the hair analysis several months later. This showed a significant drop in lead, but still high antimony and aluminum, and to our surprise, a high level of mercury. No one knew what this meant at the time - this subsequent high level of mercury meant that mercury had been mobilized back into the bloodstream, thus could finally show up in the hair. Looking back, if we had realized the significance of this finding then, Mike would be completely recoved now. After this, we pursued other areas like getting rid of yeast and pathogenic bacteria, gluten and casein-free diet, getting rid of multiple food allergies, and did not return to the heavy metal issue until he was 4 years old. By this time, I had taken over his case. I repeated a hair analysis for heavy metals when he was 4. Mercury had dropped (of course - it had gone back into its favorite storage areas), but aluminum and antimony were still very, very high, and the lead was back up to elevated range. I started him on a kinder, gentler course using DMSA 200 mg TID for 3 days, off for 11 days while repleting minerals. I repeated this 2 week cycle for a total of 4 cycles, then got a toxic urine screen on the last cycle. To my surprise, tons of mercury were coming out. That is when I started investigating mercury-autism connection in Mike's case. After a few weeks, I was convinced that mercury was responsible for a lot of his problems, so we continued with the same 2 week cycles of DMSA for several more months, repeated the urine toxic metal screen with almost the same findings. From April of 1999 to the present, I have been doing these 2 week cycles, 4 to 6 at a time, then allowing him a month off now and then to fully recover from the chelation. We got a urine toxic metal screen last month (4/00) which showed mercury at 2.7 ("normal" range > 0 - 3). This is the first time he has ever been in the "normal" range for mercury (provocative urine). One year ago, Mike was essentially non-verbal and preferred to engage in meaningless self-stimulatory behaviors. Today (5/00), he speaks in sentences, addresses people by name to get their attention, and no longer "stims" non-stop. His receptive language is excellent, expressive is still 2 years behind his peers (but is catching up fast). His pronunciation, which had been so bad as to make any words completely unintelligible, is now improving to the point that we can understand almost everything he says. I intend to continue chelation until no more mercury comes out on provocative urine toxic metal screen. Hope this helps, Amy