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I have definitely not been tested for that. I will start reading up on the symptoms (besides headache...obviously I have that) to see if this might be something I need to get done. Since they have found this result (and I presume they believe it is the cause of her other symptoms) does this give them a treatment plan, or is their method of treating her headacbehes still unclear? It would make sense to me since (from what I have found on the internet) elevated lead can cause headaches and a lot of other symptoms that the first thing to do would be to try to get that under control and see whether that helps...but I am not a doctor and only read a little bit on the internet. The medicines they use for chelation therapy do seem very strong (again from what I read on the internet) so it might help your husband feel more comfortable with the idea if the doctor talking about it has done it a lot with children. I know that would make me feel better if I were worried about it. I would NOT want someone who was used to giving adult sized doses trying to guess how much to give to a 9 year old. Even if it was someone who worked with kids all the time it would still sound a bit scary. I hope you and your husband are able to work out some sort of agreement on what to do about this for your daughter. Mary
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