LEAD POISOINING---CHELATION THERAPY
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:45 pm
Hi all
I don't know if I've mentioned this here or not, but I just had a procedure to see if I have lead poisioning or not. My husband has been concerned about this possibility for at least a year and my doctor, who thought it was a possibility, finally scheduled the procedure this past week.
I had chelation therapy last Tuesday. I was given EDTA via IV (EDTA is an abbreviation for ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid). The procedure took four hours and the drip rate was pretty fast. EDTA leaches lead from organs (if there is lead poisoining) and you excrete it through urine, which is collected for 24 hours. I had to be admitted--lovely hospital gown and all--during the time of the therapy and I had to continue to collect my urine until at home until the 24 hours was over, after which I had to take my urine to the hospital lab. My urine had to be kept on ice the entire time and it was kept in one container. I will know by this Wednesday, hopefully, if there was any lead in my urine.
A simple blood test for lead poisoning is usually done within 90 days of exposure. My doctor decided it was a good idea to do the chelation therapy since my exposure to lead paint was over such a long period of time.
One of the first symptoms of lead poisoning is PN, along with the numbness I have been having. So, I hope I have lead poisining--as crazy as that sounds! If my urine has a lot of lead in it, I will probably heave more therapy. If not, the mystery regarding the numbness continues.
However, I have to tell you that I DO feel a lot better. It could be because my body was "detoxed". It could be "power of persuasion".
For those of you who wonder how in the world I would get lead poisoning---I have sanded 100's of old windows, many having lead paint, without the benefit of a mask in sometimes close quarters, breathing in the dust. Stupid, I know--but, I just didn't think about the possibility of it doing me harm. I use these windows in my hobby/business.
Thanks!
Jan
I don't know if I've mentioned this here or not, but I just had a procedure to see if I have lead poisioning or not. My husband has been concerned about this possibility for at least a year and my doctor, who thought it was a possibility, finally scheduled the procedure this past week.
I had chelation therapy last Tuesday. I was given EDTA via IV (EDTA is an abbreviation for ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid). The procedure took four hours and the drip rate was pretty fast. EDTA leaches lead from organs (if there is lead poisoining) and you excrete it through urine, which is collected for 24 hours. I had to be admitted--lovely hospital gown and all--during the time of the therapy and I had to continue to collect my urine until at home until the 24 hours was over, after which I had to take my urine to the hospital lab. My urine had to be kept on ice the entire time and it was kept in one container. I will know by this Wednesday, hopefully, if there was any lead in my urine.
A simple blood test for lead poisoning is usually done within 90 days of exposure. My doctor decided it was a good idea to do the chelation therapy since my exposure to lead paint was over such a long period of time.
One of the first symptoms of lead poisoning is PN, along with the numbness I have been having. So, I hope I have lead poisining--as crazy as that sounds! If my urine has a lot of lead in it, I will probably heave more therapy. If not, the mystery regarding the numbness continues.
However, I have to tell you that I DO feel a lot better. It could be because my body was "detoxed". It could be "power of persuasion".
For those of you who wonder how in the world I would get lead poisoning---I have sanded 100's of old windows, many having lead paint, without the benefit of a mask in sometimes close quarters, breathing in the dust. Stupid, I know--but, I just didn't think about the possibility of it doing me harm. I use these windows in my hobby/business.
Thanks!
Jan