Yep, that’s what I was told when I asked the DAN doctor about some lumps/bumps at the injection site of the MB12 injections.  Now I’ve been doing these for Little Bug twice a week every week since early December so I’ve kinda got it down right.  Everything up until a couple of weeks ago seemed fine but then Little Bug pointed out to me that he had a bump.  I figured maybe somehow I went in at the wrong angle or something and it would go down.  Well it didn’t go down and I was getting worried.

Our next DAN doctor appointment hadn’t been scheduled since our doctor was looking for another office to move to and we were told they’d contact us within 30 days.  Well it was well over 30 days and I hadn’t heard a peep and couldn’t locate them and the office they were at previously didn’t have any contact information or maybe they just weren’t sharing it.   Anyway, I remembered we hadn’t gotten the results back on a test I mailed in (and paid for)  so I took a chance and called that company and thankfully they had a contact number for the doctor.

Once I actually got a hold of someone we scheduled an appointment two days later.  Well by now, it’s been almost two weeks and I had continued Little Bug’s injections on schedule so guess what? More bumps and again right at the injection sites.  Ok, now I’m really getting worried and I don’t like this one bit.

So we make it to our appointment and the doctor tells me it appears that he’s developed an allergic reaction to the MB12 so I ask what other options we have.  She recommends we try the MB12 cream but continue with the injections till the cream comes in.  Uh hello! If it’s an allergic reaction do I really want to do that?  I went ahead and did it one more time just to see if he’d get another bump but with the stipulation that if another bump appeared that was it. I don’t care how many I have unused.  Sure enough another bump so no more injections.

Of course not only is the cream extremely expensive it’s bright red and can stain and it has to be applied twice a day everyday and remain on his arm for 45-60 minutes. Not easy to get a kiddo not to move his arm or get red stuff on his clothes.  But if it’s easier for my Little Bug it’s okay by me.  (That photo up there is what the MB12 looks like on his arm after about 20 minutes. Fortunately it washes off easily.)

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Well, we went back to our DAN doctor for the results of the two test kits we’ve sent in so far.  Some good news, it isn’t Candida and his mercury level was within normal limits (actually pretty low) so I was glad to hear that.  Little Bug was also checked for Celiac Disease which she said also came back negative so it isn’t that either.  Also very glad to hear that.  We do still need to get him on a GFCF diet though.  Little Bug apparently has a lot of allergies especially to foods.  Now to figure out what foods he can eat and better yet, how to get him to eat them.

I’m not the best in the kitchen, ok, so I stink in the kitchen/cooking department.  This is going to be a difficult one to overcome but we’ll give it a try.

The doctor says he has a leaky gut.  Now, I’ve heard of this before and I think she’s right on track with this one.  Little Bug has never seemed right when it came to his gut but I could never get any other doctor to even check him.  All I was ever told was, “here, put him on this (as they handed me a prescription)” and when I asked for how long I got this, “for the rest of his life”.  Uh, no! That doesn’t work for me.  So, first things first, we have to get Little Bug’s intestines working correctly and healed before we move much further.  I think the new GFCF diet is a major part of that healing for his body and the enzymes to help his body break down the foods he does take in.  I think the GFCF diet is going to be a more difficult hurdle for me to overcome than it is him though. It’s a whole different way of thinking about food, more work, more preparation, more caution when it comes to eating out or eliminating it all together.

One thing, I though was odd was that Little Bug’s cadmium level was pretty high.  As I read the report and how these levels could be so high, I couldn’t understand how as it seems to mostly relate to cigarette smoke.  We don’t smoke and don’t allow our kids to be around anyone that does.  Hmmm?   Still scratching my head on that one.

Little Bug had more supplements added to his list of daily supplements and I think I’m spending more time giving him supplements than I am at work.  At least, I have the flexibility right now. I hope it keeps up.  And speaking of that, one mom I ran into the other day at school says to me, “he is very lucky to have a mom like you that will do all that for him”, and she doesn’t hardly know me.  That really made me feel good and I needed that.  After this visit, I was just overwhelmed again.  I hope not every visit to this doctor is going to be so overwhelming.

They drew more blood for more testing so as soon as we get those I’ll update you again.  Hopefully it will be good and not require any more supplements.  I don’t know how much more I can put into Little Bug on a daily basis.

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