All about me and baby girl S

[FireWithin]

and maybe a bit about my crazy boys.

There has been quite a bit of upheaval since little S has been born.

I am seeing lots of connections between dd and ds2 and am seeing that I am reactive to more things (having a reaction right now - I suspect it is carob).

So what is happening? 

why the ppd? (to be honest, it has been tinged with psychosis - pls don't quote)

so my hormones are going wild - or is it just nutrient depletion?  I'm trying extra 5-htp

why the extra reactions?

I am all body itchy a lot, even when I don't think I am reacting. 

feel total depletion in nutrients although I thought I have been careful

My ds2 reacts to over 20 things, but baby dd is reacting to quite a bit more - what has happened.

what I want to work on:

thyroid (numbers came back fine - will post later)

lyme test

strep test

ds2 just spit for the genetic test so that should give us more information.

oops got to go - baby woke up during transfer to bed with DH.

I need to gather info about thyroid issues causing allergies.  I need to give info to new doc, so I can get some cred.

Edited by FireWithin - 12/6/10 at 7:02am

[FireWithin]

test results

25 OH Vitamin D Total
                            35 ng/mL                    30-100
    Interpretation:
    Vitamin D Status              25 OH Vitamin D
    Deficiency                        <10 ng/mL
    Insufficiency                     10-30 ng/mL
    Sufficiency                        30-100 ng/mL
    Toxicity                             >100 ng/mL

Tests: (1) Free T4 (3150)
  Free T4                   0.86 ng/dL                  0.54-1.24

Tests: (1) CBC (1000)
  Order Note: RBC Morphology Scan: Microcytes 3+, Hypochromia 2+, Stomatocytes 1+
  Total WBC                 6.3 K/uL                    4.6-10.2
  RBC                       4.53 M/uL                   4.20-5.40
    RBC=RBC Morphology Flag. Blood Smear is Performed.  See the Note.
  Hemoglobin           [L]  11.2 g/dL                   12.0-16.0
  Hematocrit           [L]  35.8 %                      37.0-47.0
  MCV                  [L]  79.1 fL                     80.0-100.0
 Red Cell Distribution Width
                            14.7 %                      11.0-15.0
  Platelet Count            393.0 K/uL                  142.0-424.0
! Mean Platelet Volume      7.7 fL                      5.6-11.6
  MCH                  [L]  24.8 pg                     27.3-33.3
  MCHC                 [L]  31.4 g/dL                   31.8-35.4
  Neutrophils %             66.2 %                      37.0-80.0
  Lymphocytes %             23.6 %                      10.0-50.0
  Monocytes %               6.3 %                       0.0-12.0
  Eosinophils %             3.0 %                       0.0-7.0
  Basophils %               0.9 %                       0.0-2.5
  Neutrophil Count          4.1 K/uL                    2.0-6.9
  Lymphocyte Count          1.5 K/uL                    0.6-3.4
  Monocyte Count            0.4 K/uL                    0.0-0.9
  Eosinophil Count          0.2 K/uL                    0.0-0.7
  Basophil Count            0.1 K/uL                    0.0-0.2

Tests: (2) TSH (3120)
  TSH                       0.47 uIU/mL                 0.34-5.60

Tests: (1) Iron (2350)
  Iron                 [L]  37.0 ug/dL                  50.0-212.0
    <

Tests: (2) TIBC (2358)
 Total Iron-Binding Capacity
                            366.0 ug/dl                 250.0-400.0
 Percent Iron Saturation
                       [L]  4.4 %                       20.0-53.0

Tests: (1) Total T3 (3130)
  Total T3                  111.0 ng/dL                 87.0-178.0

Tests: (2) Ferritin (3180)
  Ferritin             [L]  4 ng/mL                     11-307

clearly my blood loss caused some problems, but I absorb and hold onto iron very well, so I am not concerned long term about that.

My thyroid numbers look fine.  I lean toward hyper - maybe that is why I don't feel tired with my iron numbers as they are?

Do you think it is worth it to demand a antibody thyroid test.  That was the only thing that I was originally thinking about.

My vitamin D numbers never changed from a year ago.  Will work on more clo for me, plus extra D.  I found a possible K solution but need to keep checking to see if it bothers dd

[FireWithin]

energy medicine:

for my emotional issues I am on sepia 200c for as long as my pendulum tells me to.  I am on the 5 phosphates, plus extra cal phos.  I am on the following FEs: agrimony, elm, cherry plum, olive, star of Bethlehem.

[changingseasons]

I so wish I had some suggestions for you. Just wanted to give a

[Theloose]

With the 2 seconds I have right now, what jumps at me is to focus on methylation for the short term.  Have you been following the choline stuff?  It interacts with folate a lot as a methyl donor, and the main sources are egg yolks, liver and wheat germ.  And then folate and b12, of course.

[chlobo]

I just want to say that I wouldn't discount what low iron might be doing.  I know you said you aren't concerned but are you directly addressing that with a supplement?

ETA:  I see no reason why they wouldn't do the antibody test.  Just to rule it out.  Especially if its covered by insurance.  Kind of seems like a no-brainer.

Had the new doctor heard of the new lyme test?  Given the tick experience you had right at birth I would definitely want that tested sooner rather than later.