Greetings fellow Nutrigenomic journey-people. (We really need something akin to a Little Rascals High Sign.) Just a heads-up. Seems Im soon going to be known as that cautionary tale person. Ive been racking my brain over the 14 pages of labs (35 vials) I received from my Practitioner. I should preface this with - everyone makes errors. As an RN, I saw errors DAILY. No one is immune from making mindless mistakes. One error an RN friend made was fatal: A large dose K+ push on a K+ toxic patient, in bed B, after mistakenly - just with the roll of the touch pad pointer - looking at bed A labs, who was severely K+ deficient. The busier we get, the more likely well make a mistake, being human and all. Back to my lab issue. I could not make sense of the changes to my thyroid results. They were very different from prior tests...because (!), just a couple of days ago, I figured out that, mixed in, were 2 pages belonging to another patient. And, the new Practitioner I had forwarded them to was starting to make decisions, based on this other persons labs. So? Double and triple check everything. From every page of your labs (which you should absolutely have copies of, btw) to your meds (I could talk all day about doctor and pharmacy errors), to your supplement labels. Another cautionary tale to drive it home? I had a client evidently get deathly sick last year from Manganese poisoning because she was aiming for high dose intake of Magnesium - for months. Manganese, (Mn) when youre already fatigued could easily look so much like Magnesium (Mg). Throw in increasing Manganese toxicity, which is akin to severe Parkinsons, and how could you possibly see the difference? All we probably need to avoid Manganese deficiency is about 2mg - but its sold in up to 50mg capsules - vs. Mag in 400mg low-end daily doses). So? Slow the heck down. Be in the moment youre in. Dont blindly trust people, especially if they seem busy and stressed. The time you take to double check something could help you avoid painful, costly errors or - maybe - save your life or the life a loved one. Slow, steady, and MINDFUL is the take-away today (and tomorrow, and the next day, and the next after that...) Take extra care. Donna
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:38:08 +0000
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