Thank you so much Virago, Elvis and Russ for giving me your thoughts and advice. I really appreciate it.
I did consider having the tooth extracted—that was actually my first thought. It seemed like a logical and affordable route. Hell, I thought recklessly, if it comes to it, I’d rather just have them all out than keep suffering worsening health. But then I spoke with someone in my town who has had her mercury fillings replaced and asked her about extraction and her reaction was that that’s a VERY bad idea, that you should always do everything you can (without poisoning yourself of course!) to keep your teeth in your jaw -- due to meridians. I don’t know quite understand the whole meridian thing, but what I have read so far online about it does seem to make some sense. It seems that other organs along the same meridian could suffer consequences. I saw that people have posted some stuff about their experiences with meridian connections elsewhere on this forum, but it’s all still a bit murky yet to me. I need more information on this. But the upshot is that I am now wary of jumping right into summary extraction until I understand the options better.
So the extraction option is something I will definitely be asking the mercury-free dentist about on Wednesday along with the meridians & teeth question.
I think I agree that it’s better out now rather than waiting until after my exam. My fear is, precisely, that I might somehow get further mercury poisoning during the procedure, even with the dentist’s best precautions, as has happened, unfortunately, to others on this forum… But, my thinking is it only went in 4 weeks ago now so presumably whatever damage it has done has been limited versus say if it had been in for 4 years.
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I also have a question with regard to the cognitive effects of mercury poisoning: my short-term memory has been shot for years as has my ability to retain new information (I use various strategies to get by). I know these symptoms are commonly reported with candida and mercury poisoning. But what I want to know is does anyone ever find that on waking up in the morning, they experience a short spell of complete loss of awareness, as in not knowing who or what you are, what planet you’re on, what you’re supposed to do next, etc. I.e., total absence of normal consciousness even though I am definitely not asleep anymore at this point. I struggle to emerge from that state of primal blankness for several moments and then –finally and to my relief-- I remember who I am, etc.
I know this sounds weird—it is weird. Surely not normal brain function. Maybe it’s just stress… but come on, could I be that stressed upon waking in the morning?? I’ve never heard of this, but it has happened occasionally to me in the past, and has happened several times over the last week. It’s scary not to know who you are, even if it’s only for a minute. (I don’t do drugs btw! )
OP
P.S. Elvis: The mattress was chucked long ago!
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Here is the website of the dentist I’ll be going to :
http://www.mercola.com/forms/garcia_practice.htmAnd here’s some very encouraging independent feedback I found online from one of her patients (she was writing in to a forum on mothering):
“Hi I just signed up as a new member to this community website and love it so far. I have a wonderful holistic dentist, but she is in Schaumburg, bit of a hike from Oak Park. I heard there's another good one in Oak Park but I don't know the name. If I find out, I'll definitely post it.
My dentist's name in Dr. Lina Garcia and she is terrific. I had all of my mercury fillings out with her and I couldn't say enough good things about her. There is such good energy in her practice! You go there and you know you are in good hands and can completely trust her. It is amazing! She is holistic minded and she after I had the last of my fillings taken out, she gave me a homepathic detox kit. She also does radio talks on autism.
Her office # is 847.592.0969. She practices out of the same office as Dr. Mercola, a very famous holistic doctor. She might have a website as a link to Dr. Mercola's but I'm not sure. I bet if you googled her, you'd find her. Otherwise, call the office and I'm sure Julie could direct you to the site.”
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=655433So, fingers crossed. I’ll post an update after Wednesday.
OP
