scarlet
05-15-2006, 05:53 AM
Reflux mums you really need to read this,
OK well this appointment was just weird, I really don't know what I am feeling at the moment, I suppose a bit cautious and also hopeful.
Let me start off by saying that what I am saying next is the opinion of the person who treated Parker today, not me, I am not too sure what to believe yet.
Well we started off with history, and then I had to lay down with Parker on top of me sitting and I had to put my hand on his back to get a flow through him, then I put my arm in the air and she would put different vials of allergens in Parkers hand and test his resistance through my arm.
It was so strange, generally I could hold resistance with her well, and then when a bad allergen was put in his hands she would try and it was like my arm was giving way. Apparently muscles react to the allergen and go weak when they are touching it.
She did heaps of vials and this was the conclusion. There are lots of categories of allergens (ie dairy, wheat, egg) and in those categories are sub categories. Today we worked out the Categories Parker has some allergy to.
This is what it came up as:
eggs, dairy, grain/wheat, soy, grass, dust and also sugar mix. (sugar is really the only surprise there as I had worked that all out)
Then what they do is pick one category and each session will test that category, she said we should do sugar first. So more vials and it was concluded that he was allergic/intolerent to lactose and cane sugar.
Here is the strange part, she can treat this allergen in one session so as it will not harm him anymore and he can eat it again. This was done by Parker holding the vial while she did this thing to his spine, it was like constant hammering, she said this is where the accupuncture points are it aligns them so they are no longer a problem???? Parker thught it was great and laughed the whole time. She retested, did it again and retested and this time, my arm didn't resist to it.
More strange, she was able to test stomach acids??? and Parker came back normal and she said that means his reflux comes purely from his food intolerences, and once we are finished I should see the Dr and talk about coming off the meds????
She went on to say that most babies as they grow, get better with food intolerences and thats why a lot of reflux cases, they grow out of it. In my case she beleives that Parker had food intolerences, when I breastfed I wasn't aware so they passed into him and thus creating his reflux.
It would actually make sense as to why with the pH study Parker generally only refluxes when eating.
So as you can see this sounds really good, but I am sceptical but also at this stage willing to do it, cause it isn't invasive and we are looking at a lifetime of meds, if he doesn't "outgrow it" in 4 months.
Any questions or suggestions, let me know.
OK well this appointment was just weird, I really don't know what I am feeling at the moment, I suppose a bit cautious and also hopeful.
Let me start off by saying that what I am saying next is the opinion of the person who treated Parker today, not me, I am not too sure what to believe yet.
Well we started off with history, and then I had to lay down with Parker on top of me sitting and I had to put my hand on his back to get a flow through him, then I put my arm in the air and she would put different vials of allergens in Parkers hand and test his resistance through my arm.
It was so strange, generally I could hold resistance with her well, and then when a bad allergen was put in his hands she would try and it was like my arm was giving way. Apparently muscles react to the allergen and go weak when they are touching it.
She did heaps of vials and this was the conclusion. There are lots of categories of allergens (ie dairy, wheat, egg) and in those categories are sub categories. Today we worked out the Categories Parker has some allergy to.
This is what it came up as:
eggs, dairy, grain/wheat, soy, grass, dust and also sugar mix. (sugar is really the only surprise there as I had worked that all out)
Then what they do is pick one category and each session will test that category, she said we should do sugar first. So more vials and it was concluded that he was allergic/intolerent to lactose and cane sugar.
Here is the strange part, she can treat this allergen in one session so as it will not harm him anymore and he can eat it again. This was done by Parker holding the vial while she did this thing to his spine, it was like constant hammering, she said this is where the accupuncture points are it aligns them so they are no longer a problem???? Parker thught it was great and laughed the whole time. She retested, did it again and retested and this time, my arm didn't resist to it.
More strange, she was able to test stomach acids??? and Parker came back normal and she said that means his reflux comes purely from his food intolerences, and once we are finished I should see the Dr and talk about coming off the meds????
She went on to say that most babies as they grow, get better with food intolerences and thats why a lot of reflux cases, they grow out of it. In my case she beleives that Parker had food intolerences, when I breastfed I wasn't aware so they passed into him and thus creating his reflux.
It would actually make sense as to why with the pH study Parker generally only refluxes when eating.
So as you can see this sounds really good, but I am sceptical but also at this stage willing to do it, cause it isn't invasive and we are looking at a lifetime of meds, if he doesn't "outgrow it" in 4 months.
Any questions or suggestions, let me know.