My visit to Toxocolgist

Last week I finally got to see the top toxicologist at Kaiser Dr. Washington.  I’ve been waiting three months for this appointment.  We spoke on the phone a while back and he offered to see me, but was pretty clear that there really is no treatment for mold sickness.  I kept the appointment anyway in the hopes that he would write me an outside referral to go see a Mold/MCS doctor.  How Kaiser works is this….if they are unable to provide needed treatment they will write a referral and then your treatment will be covered, less your co pay of course.  Since Kaiser doesn‘t have an MCS doctor (yet) I wanted to give it my best shot.

I drove down to L.A. with my expectations pretty low because I didn’t know if he would even believe in MCS.  Well he does and was actually very knowledgeable.  I told him my story, he reviewed my mold testing reports (on the house) and commented that 200,000 spores is a “big number“.  He said that he had no doubt that all my symptoms were from the exposure……….all very classic mold.  Ugh….EVERYONE should know this since some of us are genetically predisposed to become very ill from mold exposure and it is estimated that as many as 25% of homes have a toxic mold problem!!!. If I’d only known that my bazaar set of symptoms…..well anyway…

Regarding the MCS; he explained that there are 2 different schools of thought: A) that it is a severe physical reaction to trace amounts of toxin based on the theory that the body has exceeded it’s ability to rid itself (of toxins) due to excessive exposure…..and/or theory B) it is a conditioned response developing with ptsd that can FEEL very real.  He then explained that he is a subscriber of theory B…..BUT if/when they prove theory A he will change his mind.

He then said that it most likely falls somewhere in the middle. Whatever the cause…..it sounds like he sees a lot of MCS cases so he wrote me the referral and wished me the best.  This is huge for me.  I can now see a Mold/MCS doctor with insurance coverage !!

Another cool thing; he wants to oversee the detox protocol (great) as he warned me that some mold doctors can detox too fast and detox out things that the body actually needs…eesh.  I've heard this warning from other Canaries....so I’m ALL for having him as an advisor.  He wants to follow up with me in four months….so if it helps he can refer other MCS sufferers.

I have complete respect for this doctor and I understand his stance as a western MD and am grateful for the chance to work with a Mold/MCS specialist.
More to come…..