Can you believe my doctor checked me for it and it's NEGATIVE!??
He was shocked, his nurse was shocked, I was shocked. I think they were more shocked than me!
Hahaha.. even more shocking was that my doctor's was positive~!
So now on to the 23andme .. I need to get busy getting my results interpreted.
Posted by WPinVA (Member # 33581) on :
Well, that's good. One less thing. There are lots of other mutations though, so perhaps you have one of the other ones.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I know .. I figure I have plenty of others.
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
I don't understand what you mean by your doctor checked it for you. For me, I did the 23andme test, interpreted by geneticgenie, and the results were clear as day, showing some MTHFR gene mutations.
Posted by WPinVA (Member # 33581) on :
You can also have it checked with a blood test ordered by a doctor.
Posted by ukcarry (Member # 18147) on :
I am not sure what he means by 'it'? I have eight results for MTHFR alleles and 99 results under the heading of methylation.
The two that are normally regarded as being the most crucial are MTHFR A1298C and MTHFR C 677T ,especially. the latter, so perhaps he was referring to that? If so, it is good not to have any mutation n the latter, but it doesn't mean that all is plain sailing. In fact I am 'normal' for C677T too, but have a lot mutations in the methylation category and am homozygous (ie both genes are mutations) for A1298C.
The FUT2 results, for example, have bearing on your B12 status.
Have your 23andme results come back yet, Lymetoo?
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Yes, I have my results but have not had time to connect with livewello or other sites. I've been really busy. I may be able to do some of that today.
My doctor just did a blood test.
Any tips on getting this done?
Posted by ukcarry (Member # 18147) on :
For livewello.com, the instructions were quite good as to how to upload your 23andme. You need to use a laptop or desktop rather than tablet and after payment, you get lists of results under headings, methylation being one such heading. You can see at a glance, as the homozygous results (mutations from both parents) are highlighted in red, and the heterozygous ones(mutation from one parent) are highlighted in yellow. We printed these results, but they stay accessible on Livewello's site.
You can access on the site info about your ethnic ancestral makeup and any inherited condition in your genetic makeup. Yoy can also read about some health conditions in relation to your results, but you need to pay the extra annual subs, as I finally did yesterday, to get some of the info on health conditions (personalised). I think, if you use Livewello, that it is worth doing that, but probably not straightaway. Give yourself time to navigate the site a bit.
Frustratingly, I have yet to make many changes, as the person I sent my stuff to and had a Skype consultation with is very busy (she is probably the most experienced UK person so far as this is concerned), so I still haven't received my report from her a month after that consultation! She was good in the consultation thogh, so I would advise you to work with someone experienced who can steer you through any supplement/dietary changes etc that might benefit you.
Because a mutation/polymorphism isn't necessarily causing you a problem, it is likely that a practitioner will want you to have at least a test that will evaluate your nutritional status, so that they can cross reference your genetic results with that to identify problem areas.
Don't try to read too much at once, as if you are anything like me, you will get befuddled! Good luck!
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I thought Livewello was one of the ones that were free?
Poo ...
I need to get my printer working.
THANKS!
Posted by sixgoofykids (Member # 11141) on :
Genetic Genie is free and will show the methylation genes.
I am homozygous for the MTHFR gene C677T. No surprise there. I've been taking Methyl Guard since I found out a couple weeks ago and I think it's helping. Too early to know for sure. I've also started on DAO for histamine and have gone on a low histamine diet. That is helping for sure.
I liked the results I got from Promethease and it was only $5.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Thanks, sixgoofy!
Posted by maritzap (Member # 11146) on :