Guest guest Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 I always record volume collected so I can use the creatinine concentration (mg/dL) to calculate total grams of creatinine to adjust the ug/g metal metal result for total amount of excreted metal. Looking at the 4 UTMs in the past 1 year (during which we probably had ~20 chelations), we consistently see ~ 13.5 ug of aluminum, 1.7-2.1 ug Pb, 0.2-0.4 ug Hg, 0.07-0.12 ug of Cadmium, ~0.06 Antimony, and ~0.013 Uranium excreted. With this 4th UTM, there was no increase in Hg excretion. Thus, with each chelation, we continue to only remove about 1/70th of the mercury he got in one of his 3 flu shots. Very depressing, as zyto indicated various Hg forms are huge stressors for him. However, the output for Aluminum more than doubled to 31ug. Lead almost doubled to 2.8 ug, Antimony and Uranium and Cadmium doubled to tripled, and cesium was in the yellow at a level 5 times higher than the last report in early '10 (only this and the last UTM reported Cesium, so I can't compare with the two from '09). I should note these items were all barely or midway into the yellow on this recent UTM (most usually are). We never get in the red. Sawyer has had a total of about 70 IV chelations in 3 years, so we have been at this a long time. I would have to say that the LED had a small effect inducing/facilitating heavy metal detox for Sawyer, but the effect may not be significant as our biggest problem (Hg) was not impacted by the treatment. If I could continue LED at home there may be some cumulative benefits to multiple treatments, but I have no vials. We followed the recommended protocol which involved just 2 LEDs for Sulfa (the first was kind of a bust due to poor patient cooperation), 1 for chemical toxins, and 1 for heavy metals. Based on the modest results and factoring in the high RT travel time to the office and very high costs involved to bring LED on board, I am really disappointed and discouraged from pursing additional LED. Does anyone have a different view? Should I be dancing about the aluminum or cesium? Has anyone else seen UTM data that indicated LED is effective for some or most heavy metal toxic patients? Thanks Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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