Re: genetic testing--Sue

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Hi Sue, if you can spring for the DVD's even tho they're expensive

and I haven't watched the whole thing, I'd get them. Because they

will help you understand the whole model....on garry gordon's list,

somebody wrote in about an adult patient and he said, " Just pretend

they have autism. " The model of poor methylation, chronic infection,

metal poisoning, etc...and all the things to avoid and things to try,

and so on, its rather complex. And its easier to watch a DVD

presentation than read a book and its inspiring. Garry GOrdon is a

marvel but he IS a salesman so just don't get too annoyed by that.

Amy Yasko is very pioneering and smart. In fact maybe I " ll go watch a

little now.

>

> Hi Jill,

>

> > Sue, it might be worth spending the $200 to buy the DVD's from the

> > 2004 conference by Yasko, Gordon and other doctors. I have to

review

> > the last DVD I watched again, as I only absorbed about half. Its

very

> > technical. There are 8 DVDs in all.

>

> You wrote this last June.

>

> I've printed out the power point presentation by Amy Yasko, but

without

> accompanying words I'm not able to understand everything. There is

> also an audio online of one of her presentations, but I can't get

the

> volume up to where I can hear it. Do you still think I should buy

the

> DVDs, or should I just go ahead and try to get the tests for my

> daughter?

>

> My concern now is that the website that sells the three genetic

tests

> doesn't offer anything in the way of analysis or explanation--or at

> least, not that I can find. I'd really like for my daughter to do

the

> tests, so I've e-mailed them with questions.

>

> > Blake, are those only methylation genes [in the Yasko test]?

> > Theoretically then one might get the basic test here and also the

> > genovations tests that got...or some of Dr Shoemaker's

tests.

> > To see if you have mold genes, biotoxin genes, glutathione genes,

and

> > methylation genes, as well as HLA subtypes associated with lyme.

>

> That sounds like a good plan to me. I see that Genovations at

least

> gives a boilerplate analysis.

>

> Here's something interesting about the cost of genetic testing,

from

> the Nov. 7 2005 Newsweek:

>

> " Since the HapMap's initiation three years ago, the price of

analyzing

> a single SNP has fallen from 50 cents t less than a penny, so more

labs

> can participate. New technology has sped up the process, too. 'A

lot

> of people have spent the last 10 or 20 years waiting for this

> moment...[but] most of them didn't think it would come this soon, "

says

> . 'The pace has been unbelievable.' Believe it. "

>

> Sue ,

> Upstate New York

>