Monday, May 12, 2008
Arsenic Update
Sarah's bloodwork from January showed 5 times the OK level of arsenic in her system. Not good. Dr. Cave said to start by having the water at our house tested. Luckily, Aunt Mary is a chemistry professor at Rice University and has access to cool science stuff that can do that. So, she took several samples from our house. The tests came back as showing that all the heavy metals in our water were at minimal levels. So, that rules out the house water and leaves us back at square one as to what the source is. Mike is being tested to see if he has it as well, as he was experiencing the symptoms more than Sarah. Meanwhile, we are both receiving IV chelation treatments to pull the heavy metals out of our system. Will keep you posted.
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Hey...Have a DIFFERENT lab draw your blood again, and re-run your arsenic test.
Also, arsenic is actually best detected in your urine, so you might want to have them test both. Also, hair testing will show if you've had chronic exposure.
Often, labs make mistakes. I'm not saying this was a mistake, but it won't hurt to check. Also, tubes can become contaminated, which will make results wacky.
All worth thinking about.
-Charlie
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