Ok, most of you know that something has been slowly eating my brain away since October. We were almost sure it was late-stage Lyme, but the most sensitive test
showed only borderline positive, and 3 weeks of treatment had no effect, so the doctors couldn't agree on whether it was really Lyme or not.
At the end of May I saw a specialist who actually knew what she was doing, who ordered a slew of tests (no, seriously, like 300 tests!) , some of which we finally got the results of yesterday.
According to the metals test, I have 20X the maximum acceptable amount of tin in my body!
The symptoms of tin poisoning read like my diary!
Now, there's still a lot to figure out. I might still have Lyme, and we don't know where the tin is coming from. It could be anything from the tap water to the fact that I eat the skins on my baked potatoes. Tin is found in everything from pesticides to toothpaste.
I also had slightly-too-high amounts of lead, and my thyroid is out of whack. But, this is the first clear positive test result we've gotten!!
I think we might have found it.
At the end of May I saw a specialist who actually knew what she was doing, who ordered a slew of tests (no, seriously, like 300 tests!) , some of which we finally got the results of yesterday.
According to the metals test, I have 20X the maximum acceptable amount of tin in my body!
The symptoms of tin poisoning read like my diary!
Now, there's still a lot to figure out. I might still have Lyme, and we don't know where the tin is coming from. It could be anything from the tap water to the fact that I eat the skins on my baked potatoes. Tin is found in everything from pesticides to toothpaste.
I also had slightly-too-high amounts of lead, and my thyroid is out of whack. But, this is the first clear positive test result we've gotten!!
I think we might have found it.
