Nicola, I had chronic Epstein Barr Virus for years. It went away when I had my 17 amalgams and root canaled tooth removed (I'm just arriving at the 7 month post-removal mark). And I'm crossing my fingers that the EBV will stay away. I wanted to tell you one thing that really helped me with my EBV -- or it seemed to alleviate some symptoms anyway -- was Cat's Claw. I don't know whether you've already looked into it, but I just thought I'd mention it. It REALLY helped with my symptoms. I don't think I could have gotten through alot of days without taking that Cat's Claw.

I just love your posts, Nicola. They're so informative. Interesting about your B12 status. I just added another holistic doc to my "team." I don't know how well versed he is in heavy metal toxicity. He's a holistic Gyn and I went to him for Gyn problems. But he's taking all sorts of functional tests on me to see if we can identify more of my body's weaknesses -- he's looking at the entire body. Maybe I'll start to get some more answers soon and I can take steps to bolster and strengthen my system and eventually do a detox.

Tracy, I'm so sorry to hear about everything you're having to contend with. On your Mum's kidney stone -- I had a bad bought with a kidney stone a few years ago. I also experienced severe infection from it. The urologist had to surgically remove the stone and blast me with antibiotics finally. That was after waiting about 6 weeks to see if I could pass the stone -- which I couldn't. I think it was stuck. Anyway, I share this with you because I finally had to request the surgery and by that time the docs agreed that the stone had to be removed because it was making me sick.

Nicola and Tracy, I hope you both start feeling better soon and can have some energetic, yet serene, days ahead.

Hugs,
SomedaySoon (Sharon)