Jinx and the rest of you fighting with mercury, we will make it!

I have been through the worst of it, hospitilized a few times, sent home, seen x number of regular doctors, told I was fine and sent home again... Russ posted my story so I will not dwell on the past much in this post.

Here I am 2 and a half years later after first having experienced mercury poisoning. I can say the good news is, there were many days, even weeks where I have almost forgotten about it. I say almost because the horror of going through it cannot really ever be forgotten.

However, I am now back in the detox cycle where I have been stuck the majority of the summer. I have a few good days, then bad days...as the circle goes..I get more tired and less ready to fight it every time the symptoms come back. It just wears on you, doesn't it? I don't know whether I was somehow re-exposed to it or if it's just the body's natural reaction to get the rest of it out while I am off work...The funny thing is that when I work I feel better, generally, and since I've been on a summer vacation I have felt worse most days. So maybe it's just that my body can finally let go and detox. I think the hot summer temperatures we had in Europe also didn't help.

Anyways, not to go on, I would actually like to offer a few words of advice, so that when once again we have to face it, we can be strong enough. It is a game of endurance after all, like Russ says. I look at it as a battle, but feel at times a very weak opponent, and how could I not be against something as treaky as mercury?? It fights and destroys us in so many ways. When I am having a bad detox day it's like a cold winter day and I cannot imagine what it feels like to sit in the warm comfortable sun again. It just takes control of your mind.

Here are a few things that have made me feel better over a period of time, and i hope that time is coming again.

For those of you that do not have money, this can be tricky, because I have found that good health actually costs...But I hope that you can find a way because it will be worth it.

First of all, diet is very important, also if you have time please look into macrobiotic diet, it has made a big change in my life, gives energy etc. I do eat meat however. A good dairy, sugar free diet including power foods like grains, shitake mushrooms and many other japanese products will give you the energy to fight when the time comes. Also, I strongly encourage buying reishi mushroom, also known as ganoderma and can be used for making tea. It is a strong anticancerogen and serves many other benefits to our fragile health. In Europe all of these products can be purchased in health food stores which are popping up on every corner.

Also, it would be beneficial to find someone who specializes in acupuncture and through this practise you will improve your organ function and get your energy levels up. Along with the good diet you will have a good start. Drink lots of herbal teas and hot water whenever you can. Meditate and/or pray for good health when your mind allows it.

As far as the supplements, I take algin, vitamin c, magnesium, calcium, Q10, vitamin e/selenium. I do not take all of the supplements all the time, but take breaks as I feel I should.

I also get aqua detox foot treatments which seem to help.

On the days where fear and anxiety is uncontollable and where I have too said the words to my husband looking desperately "please, help me!" I take a mild sedative to keep my sanity and get some sleep. Otherwise I feel like I would pull all of my hear out as my body keeps twitching in agony. It must be a bad scene to watch, but it's much worse living it, as most of you know from experience.

So, no big words of wisdom, but some of encouragment, God knows we all need it here. Keep your chin up! If anyone is ever passing Belgrade, I have an excellent acupunturist to recommend, he has cured many people and I regularly see him about once a month.

Take care.
Nina