Posted on 02/23/2005 7:45:53 AM PST by CraigG
Izzy, Do you think it helped at all?
Thanks for the info.
I'm sure it did. We had multiple tests done, they showed a decrease in metals present. If you do a HAIR test, though, be aware of something - presence of mercury (or in our case, uranium) in the hair, is a GOOD thing. It means that it's being excreted. Our first test showed uranium (among other things) in the blood, but NOT in the hair. That means it was being absorbed by the tissues.
BUT.
Having said that, we know our son is a lot better, but we don't know exactly why. It could have been the chelation. It could have been the GFCF diet. It could have been the other supplements we gave. It could have been the ABA therapy. It could have been a combination of these.
What combination? Which one helped most?
We don't know, there's no way to find out, and the bottom line is, we don't really care.
If you have an issue in your family, my first recommendation is read. Read, read, read. One book I recall is "Children with Starving Brains". Written BY an M.D, but written FOR the average Joe.
Welcome to FR BTW.
Another massive lawsuit in the works I see.
Heres one for the books. Since I had poor teeth enamel (genetic) I ended up with every single molar having massive mercury amalgam fillings. I have had them since my permanent teeth came in (including replacements). I eat lots of tuna, have kept my vaccinations completely up to date for years, "played" with metallic mercury in the lab, worked with mercury compunds, used mercury medical solutions (such as Mercurichrome), etc. so I finally had both a mercury and heavy metals test done on myself last year just to see what levels there may be in the body. It came back that I was just fine.
Actually, Googling thimerosal and autism now I see a lot less lawyer websites than a year or so ago. Up until then, the first 50 hits or so were almost all lawyer or affiliated sites. Now there are onlyh a couple. The only thing that can mean is that the facts are about as solid as it can get that there is no causation.
Like I said earlier, thimerosal was mandated to be removed from children's vaccines around 2000, although some multi-use vials with the preservative in it still exists. But what these people fail to realize is that single use dosepacs were prevalant long before 2000, so the amount of thimerosal a child was getting is much lower than it had been, and yet we still see autism cases continue to rise.
Glad to read this. Thanks! :-)
Don't you realize, it's a big conspiracy. The evil profit-mongering pharmaceutical companies snuck in and changed your test results in the middle of the night, so no one will get wise to their plan to poison everyone with Hg.
In fact, their secret headquarters is located in Dallas, underneath the "grass-knoll" next to Dealy Plaza....... and if you listen vary carefully, you can hear their secret radio transmissions through the mercury-filled amalgam fillings in your teeth.
< /paranoid nutcase mode>
A number of supporters of the thimerosal-autism connection have "corrected" the numbers of the Danish studies, manipulating the numbers in ways that would make Enron accountants blush. They can, through mathematical sleight-of-hand, turn the exponential upward curve into a downward trend, but they have yet to explain why the autism numbers in Denmark keep rising every year if the prevalence is dropping. So, no matter how many possible mechanisms are proposed, no matter how they "massage" the data, the cold, hard facts are these:
-Autism numbers have kept rising.
How many countries are in on this "conspiracy"?
Things have gotten quite quiet here since the facts have reared their ugly head...
Be patient; they're just awaiting further instructions from the "Mother Ship"....
Vaccination-Autism Link Unproven (Junk Science)
Fox News | 4/1/2005 | Steven Milloy
Posted on 04/01/2005 8:37:16 AM PST by Born Conservative
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1375487/posts
Sorry for the big time lag in my reply. Raising an autistic child is time consuming... waiting for instructions from the "Mother Ship" wasn't the problem.
You must not know very much about the Danish study you reference. No, the country of Denmark is not in on a conspiracy. But the report you reference is not from the Danish government. It's authored by a Danish drug company. But don't take my word for it. You can see what Congressman Dave Weldon thinks of this study as well as the other crap that came from the IOM & CDC. Let me know what you think after reading this: http://www.generationrescue.org/pdf/weldon.pdf
Excuse me, but I was taught that evolution takes thousands to millions of years to do its work. The precipitous rise in cases of autism, HFA, asperger's syndrome, ADHD et al since the 1930s simply cannot be explained away as a byproduct of evolution. Yes, the human race is constantly evolving, but to postulate that genetic mutations are occurring at a faster rate now than before WW1 also requires that you accept the fact that something must be causing these mutations.
ASDs have risen by 10,000 percent since 1948. Not only that, there are noticeable plateaus and spikes, roughly corresponding with the introduction of new childhood vaccinations. And nearly all of these new shots have used thimerosal-based preservatives, including many manufactured after 1999.
Mercury in any form is one of the most potent neurotoxic elements known to man, and has been known as such for hundreds of years. It's only now that we are pretending otherwise. There is no safe level of mercury. Why are so many people spending so much time defending something so dangerous? By this logic, we should start using lead-based paint and lead pipes again. Oh, that's right; there's a proven connection between lead and neurological damage. And, of course, there's no wealthy corporation making millions of government dollars manufacturing what amounts to a slow-acting nerve agent to inject into our kids.
I couldn't agree more. Faced with increasing numbers of struggling, distraught and exhausted families, and a growing mountain of evidence against thimerosal and other mercury-laden products, the reaction of the drug companies is...
Admit error?
Remove the mercury?
No, that would be the right thing to do. Instead, we get another drug. Another experimental psychoactive chemical to push on young minds in a desperate attempt to provide temporarily relief without having to admit culpability.
Someone is making a lot of money at our expense.
Congratulations. You're fine.
Statistics of one are irrelevant.
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