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Chelation Dose Increase Schedule

I’m posting this because it’s a question I get asked fairly often and didn’t want to look this up again! 🙂 For round 1 and 2, I used 8mg DMSA only For round 3, I added 8mg ALA, but this made him sick to his stomach, so I dropped it down to 4mg. For round […]

Round 31: Complete

Another round of chelation complete! 35 rounds, here we come! 🙂

More progress….

So, we took a ride yesterday and did a few different things – and I have to comment on it because when we’ve tried going several places with Nicholas – it always seemed to end in a breakdown of sorts…. So, first stop: Toys R Us. Yes, I know, I know – the kid does […]

Round 30: Complete

Wow — I cannot believe we hit 30 already! Time really flies. Increased the doses of both ALA and DMSA this round. DMSA: we increased from 16.67mg per round to 20mg per round. ALA: we increased from 8.33mg per round to 10mg per round. Round 50… here we come!!!

Round 29: Complete

Just keeping count!

Progress Update on Nicholas

We are so excited with the way Nicholas is progressing. Every day, he’s just getting better and better!! A couple of things he has done since my last update: – He is singing the ABC song in it’s entirety. I didn’t even know he could. I just started singing it to him and he joined […]

Height/Weight Stats

Just making record since we started armour thyroid today: Nicholas is 41 inches and 62 pounds. Height for age percentile: 25th-50th Weight for age percentile: >97th Weight for height percentile: >97th Growth Percentile Calculator Update: June 13, 2009 Nicholas is 70 pounds. We did not check his height. Update: April 16, 2010 Nicholas is 45 […]

Started Nicholas on Armour Thyroid today

Last year, Nicholas went from weighing 42 pounds to 64 pounds in less than 6 months time. I suspected a thyroid problem, but the labwork did not point in that direction. So, I kept looking for answers – not finding any reason for this. One thing that was mentioned as a possibility was that his […]

Round 28 Complete

Almost to 30 rounds – woo hoo!! (Hey, small goals…small goals! Before we know it, we’ll be at 50! One little step at a time!)

Round 27: Complete

What an incredible round! Nicholas is so “on” while on round, that it kills me to end the round. But 27 rounds down… and we keep going…..

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