Getting the Bugs Out

I had a great follow-up appointment with Dr. Bock. I actually had it early this time because of the snow storm that was rapidly moving into the New York area.

Basically, he said Liberty showed some lead and mercury, but nothing terribly significant where he would push the DMSA chelation right away, and that Liberty could have been detoxifying all along (I did some Bio-Chelate at one time) and also the MB-12 shots help.

[I have to stop here and advise anyone who has received results in the mail from France not to try and interpret them themselves...I was convinced my son had lead poisoning!]

Dr. Bock, however, did think that the Virosis findings on the lab results from France were significant and, since I told him about Liberty still having some cradle cap, too, we are going to first do an anti-fungal with Diflucan, and then an anti-viral with Valtrex. We tweaked the supplements a little again, too. After our next follow-up appointment we will discuss doing an IV chelation in another DAN! doctor's office in New Orleans. I will cross that bridge after the virus issue is addressed.

I will have to get liver function tests to make sure those are okay while giving Liberty the Diflucan and Valtrex. I just hope we don't have any severe reactions of die-off. I am sure we had some when we went on the gf/cf diet (7 months ago). I had about 3 weeks of all sorts of wierd acting out, then peace and sleep reigned. Well, that hell was well worth it.

Anyway, I love the fact that I enjoy talking with Dr. Bock and when I get off the phone I feel encouraged and supported. Dr. Bock is really a cool guy. He also has my son on some fantastic (green) superfoods which I appreciate. Liberty's appetite has doubled and he has gained weight.

So, I am particularly excited about doing the anti-fungal/anti-viral routine because of this article by J.B. Handley entitled, "Is Autism an Infection?" that I read about a month ago over at The Age of Autism:

http://www.ageofautism.com/2007/11/is-autism-an-in.html#more

When I read it, something about virus/fungus/metals just rang true. Jenny McCarthy talked a lot about anti-fungals in her book, too. We will see. I know I will have to be careful. The only side-effects that Dr. Bock said he has seen are mainly agitation with some rare stomachache and headache. The nurse told me to get some charcoal to use if Liberty has an upset stomach.

By the way, I had to sign a consent form for Valtrex being "off label" since it is used to treat the herpes virus.

Onward, and hopefully upward, we go.