Betsy Re: Re: lost in Alabama

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Hi Betsy, I feel horrible because I can't remember if I ever responded to

your post or not and I do appreciate you taking the time to write to me very

much. Although I wouldn't wish this on anyone, it is comforting to know there

are

others near me who are going through the same things. I am in Gadsden. I

hope you guys have more resources there than here because Gadsden has little to

nothing to offer. But we are persevearing. I have been trying to figure all

this out myself because I am so tired, exhausted, and broke after 14 years as

a single mom with my baby (well she'll always be my baby even though she

proudly tells me she is not a baby anymore, lol). I have health problems of my

own

and I am now suspecting I could be mercury toxic as well. Eleanor has done a

hair test but I haven't yet but I will. I went through a period a few years

ago of dental work, rogham shot and then had to take the MMR to get in grad

school. It was shortly thereafter that I got sick and have suffered ever since.

So I am hoping to chelate myself as well somewhere in this process. Anyway,

I am in such poor health myself that getting to a DAN dr. hours away isn't

something I could ever do by myself. But I have not given up that I can't learn

this stuff, get what we need and chelate ourselves (at least that's the

goal).

So, by this time you have started with the chelation as per your post. When

you get a minute, please let me know how it is going. wonderfully I hope.

Again, thank you SO MUCH for writing to me.

Kristi in Gadsden

In a message dated 4/11/2007 11:13:54 AM Central Daylight Time,

bbwalczak@... writes:

> Kristi-

>

> Where in Alabama are you? I am in Huntsville. Are you anywhere

> near here? I have been using a DAN in Nashville because there is

> not one in Alabama. There are a few in Atlanta, depending on where

> in the state you are. Our DAN does take BCBS so that might help.

> We have been doing the diet and supplements since the beginning of

> the year, and it has definitely been helping. My son is younger

> than your daughter, but that doesn't matter. We do intend to

> chelate, as a matter of fact we will start next weekend. I too read

> these posts, but please keep in mind that you just started this

> journey and lots of others have been successful before us. Please

> feel free to email me off list if you like. If you are near

> Huntsville and would like to get together, I have a great support

> team, including ABA and other therapists, that you might want to

> meet.

>

> Betsy

>

>

> >

> >I'm a single mother of a 14 year old girl with autism. I've had

> almost no

> >help with her at all from the very beginning...none at all from

> her fathers side

> >and basically only some financial help from my side, but no help

> in caring

> >for her, trying to help her, learn of her condition and

> treatments, etc. When

> >she was only about 2 and not even yet diagnosed, I started having

> a lot of

> >health problems that really interfeared with life. Even after her

> diagnosis, at

> >first I tried to concentrate on getting my own health together so

> that I could

> >do my best to help her. When I made little to no progress with

> that from the

> >medical community I decided to turn my attention to her and just

> get through

> >it all with my health, the best I could. I decided to try ABA

> first. Finances

> >were limited so I had to do most myself. She never did get the

> hours I know

> >she needed but I did all I could and she really did make

> progress. I then did

> >Auditory Integration Therapy. It took a long time to save for it

> and we only

> >did one full round. She really needs another round. Next I

> pulled her from

> >our public schools which had nothing to offer. When I finally

> decided they

> >were doing more harm than good, I decided to homeschool. So here

> is my

> >question and my delima......I feel HORRIBLE guilt because between

> my health and

> >having no help I feel like my daughter has gotten her treatments

> at an alarmingly

> >slow pace. But folks I'm also trying to make a living in the

> midst of

> >homeschooling, my own health, etc. I really feel like I've done

> the best I could.

> >And I'm still trying and looking for what I could do next. That's

> why I'm

> >thinking about chelation. But I've been reading this list and I'm

> SOOOO

> >overwhelmed. I don't know where to start? Worse yet I, I " ve been

> experimenting in

> >trying to diagnos and get help for my own health issues for 12

> years. I feel like

> >I've made mistakes that put my own health in jeopardy more than

> once

> >(primarily from dr's I trusted and shouldn't have). This seems

> like another journey

> >in trying to be my own dr. again. I SOOOO worry about

> experimenting with my

> >daughters health the way I have with mine. I mean what if I do

> something to

> >make her worse or put her health at risk? I see how easily it can

> happen after

> >my own personal experiences. I just long for someone to walk me

> through it. A

> >person who has a protocol that is not an experimentation with her

> health.

> >Someone to tell me step 1, 2 and then 3. I just don't know where

> to start or

> >what to do? Can anyone tell me of a dr. in Alabama who can help

> me? If not,

> >can anyone tell me of a protocol that isn't an experimentation

> with my daughters

> >health? Yet if I don't chelate, have I done my daughter a

> horrible

> >disservice and left things in her body that could and should have

> been removed? I

> >guess the reason I'm freaking out is that I only joined this list

> a few days ago.

> >One of the first threads I read was the woman who's son had pupils

> getting

> >uneven when chelating him. That seemed SO serious to me. When

> she removed the

> >chelators, she said his pupil size returned to normal. I can't

> bear the

> >thought of risking my daughters health by putting her through

> experimentations that

> >I have put myself through. So what it all boils down to is

> this....I am

> >wanting a pretty risk free and side effect free means of chelating

> and somebody to

> >help walk me through this. I'm so freaking tired after 14 years

> of trying to

> >do everything on my own and the horrible health experiences I've

> had myself.

> >Am I expecting too much? Please someone help guide me with

> truth. Thank you

> >for listing to a very tired single-mom but one who still hopes.

> >

> >Kristi in Alabama

> >

> >

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