Tuesday, I am scheduled to get my first amalgam replaced. I am really scared. Despite the fact that I am really ill, brain fogged, exhausted, etc., I still function enough to work part time with my own business and take care of my home and family. As always, I have some important things coming up for work, and am afraid removing the one amalgam will make me nonfunctional because I am so chemically sensitive and I'm not sure how I will be with the replacement material. I am debating going to the office and getting samples to bring to my other dr. who uses the electrodermal screening machine to see what I am least reactive to, and then going back another time for the replacement. I did have a compatability test done, and I am not sure what the dentist will recommend. The dr. with the electrodermal screening machine also told me to wait a bit until I can move my bowels three times per day before amalgam replacement - he has me taking ground flax seed to try to get this to happen. I don't know if I should just do it, or if I should wait. Part of me wants to just do it because I feel like I know I need to finally do something about this, and the other part is so afraid of irreparable damage. Any advice? What was it like for you guys after you got your first replacement done? I'm always afraid to take a risk of taking something new or doing something like this because I need to function. I have to work - my husband recently started a new business and I, as sick as I am, am the one holding it together here financially.

Thank you all again for your support and feedback.
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