gigi22
1/20/2010
11:48:59 PM | All -
Just a followup on the testing I had done. After my initial update, I had a heavy metal provocation done. This is where you will take a drug for a short period of time (3 days) to pull metal out of the body tissues. Urine is collected for 24 hours and analyzed in the lab. Though most of my metals showed up "within reference range", a few were elevated, like barium and lead. The problem is that there was enough cumulative metal showing up which indicated that I have a high metal load, so its important that I detox these metals out in order to move forward in getting well.
In additiion, the provocation test also pulls out essential elements, and indicated that I was deficient in a lot of vitamins/minerals, the worst one being B12, which was almost undetectable in my body tissues. The blood tests for b12 can be misleading and don't really indicate what level of b12 can be used by the body tissues.
I also discovered how different my hair test was compared to the provocation test. The hair test can be good at showing what you've recently been exposed to and what your body is good at excreting. The provocation test is better at indicating your body's burden of metals.
I will be taking another metal provocation test after a 4-month timeframe to see how much I've improved.
I certainly am learning a lot on this journey to get my health back!
I urge you all to get tested for heavy metals. I believe it was a key to my rapid decline in health. |
