Re: I need a doc to guide me through this

[Guest guest]

Dr Jeff Bradstreet is in Florida. He is a DAN! dr with an autistic son. Dr.

Jerry Karzinel (sp?) is his partner. You can get more info re: their practice

at www.goodnewsdr.com (I think that's the address).

I know the info is overwhelming...Hang in there!!!! Ask lots of questions. All

I can say is: IT IS WORTH IT. My autistic son has come SO far (and still has a

long way to go, but we are farther than I ever thought possible). I hope you

find good help...

Blessings on your journey -

, mom to (8, metals issues) and (7, autistic)

[ ] I need a doc to guide me through this

I've spent the evening reading posts on this site and I am feeling

oh so confused. Everything is so technical and there is just too

much information for this little old mom. Can anyone recommend a

good doctor who will get us to chelation. We have a few hundred

supplements in our cabinet and nothing seems to really make a

difference. Some people say nothing will really help until you get

the metals out. I have a 4 year old autistic girl who keeps getting

closer to 5 every day. I really need the guidance of a good

doctor. We are in ville, Florida. Thanks, Terri

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[Guest guest]

This is just my feeling and I have been doing this for one year.

There is no doctor who can do all the work for you and save your

child. Doctors can help, some more than others, but nothing can

replace a mother spending hours on the net reading and sharing info

with other parents. I thought at first that seing a DAN doctor would

just solve everything. I was wrong. I saw a lot of DAN doctors and

each has somehow contributed to my son progress, but nothing as much

as what I have found on this list and other lists.

At first, you could read the info under the Files section, especially

the ones that explain how to do a hair test and interprete it, what

supplements to take. That is a bit less overwhelming than all the

daily messages.

> I've spent the evening reading posts on this site and I am feeling

> oh so confused. Everything is so technical and there is just too

> much information for this little old mom. Can anyone recommend a

> good doctor who will get us to chelation. We have a few hundred

> supplements in our cabinet and nothing seems to really make a

> difference. Some people say nothing will really help until you get

> the metals out. I have a 4 year old autistic girl who keeps

getting

> closer to 5 every day. I really need the guidance of a good

> doctor. We are in ville, Florida. Thanks, Terri

[Guest guest]

I sent the names of a couple of doc's privately.

Publicly I'd like to remind everyone that I have had far more detailed

biochemical discussions with housewives who had liberal arts degrees

than with any famous DAN! doctor - while this stuff is quite technical

and can seem overwhelming, I have been quite surprised at how well

mommies and daddies figure it out - which also explains a lot of my

generally bad attitude about doctors who don't since they do have the

advantage of proper training.

Don't get overwhelmed one day and give up. Keep picking at things a

few times a week and you'll figure out a lot more than you think you

can - and also help your kid a lot more than you think you can.

Andy . . . . . . . . . . . .

> I've spent the evening reading posts on this site and I am feeling

> oh so confused. Everything is so technical and there is just too

> much information for this little old mom. Can anyone recommend a

> good doctor who will get us to chelation. We have a few hundred

> supplements in our cabinet and nothing seems to really make a

> difference. Some people say nothing will really help until you get

> the metals out. I have a 4 year old autistic girl who keeps getting

> closer to 5 every day. I really need the guidance of a good

> doctor. We are in ville, Florida. Thanks, Terri

[Guest guest]

> I've spent the evening reading posts on this site and I am feeling

> oh so confused. Everything is so technical and there is just too

> much information for this little old mom.

when I read this, I have to " take myself by the hand " and

take myself back and remember how VERY VERY overwhelming

I found this list, for a VERY long time. I decided, at

some point, that I would just find a dentist or someone

who could tell me what I should do. That seemed very

reasonable to me at that point. I also remember wondering

if I could somehow sort it all out and muddle through.

I had pads of paper with notes about all different things

(mostly chelation agents and products and where to buy

them). I got DMSA and DMPS mixed up continually and

thought that one was " good " and the other " bad " but I

didn't know which was which. (I finally realized people

were saying contradictory things, so no wonder I was

getting them confused.) It was just such a mess to me.

This lasted a while. Now I think it is mostly quite

straight-forward. LOL. My point in this is that I

try to remind myself of this so that I can respond

with compassion for the very real difficulty.

The " learning curve " can be pretty icky--- but also

rewarding.

I really really doubt that it is " too much " for you.

A lot of folks have managed to wade through it, and

here we are now....... I do think it helps to try

to ignore the majority of the posts--- the ones that

are incomprehensible, for example, or are about

things you don't need to understand just now.

You could also use the same technique (pick what is

interesting and RELEVANT TO YOU) in this file:

http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/ANDY_INDEX.html

> Can anyone recommend a

> good doctor who will get us to chelation. We have a few hundred

> supplements in our cabinet and nothing seems to really make a

> difference. Some people say nothing will really help until you

get

> the metals out. I have a 4 year old autistic girl who keeps

getting

> closer to 5 every day. I really need the guidance of a good

> doctor. We are in ville, Florida. Thanks, Terri

I don't know anyone to recommend, but here are my general

thoughts and ideas about how to find a doctor for chelation:

http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/HOW_TO_find_doctor.html

(This page is really more about HOW to find a doctor, and

not WHETHER to find a doctor, by the way.)

good wishes,

Moria