Hi bg, thanks for your response. Really interesting and I think that is part of my senario along with the persistant viral infection.

I do recall a very dramatic deterioration after dental work and some of that was wisdom tooth removal. This can of course leave a person with cavitations, which is kind of like having a form of wet gangrene in the mouth. Just as you mentioned, the combination of this potent bacteria with any remaining mercury or even by itself can be devastating to the immune system.

However, it is very hard to have anything show up and have it show up accurately, let alone finding someone who will open up each ex wisdom tooth site to clean it out regardless of what has shown on xray. This is near impossible.

So many of us could well be dealing with multiple issues and not realise which is souly responsible for our symptoms or if it's the combination of many things at onetime...

This is why we make these heroic attempts at diet etc in the hopes of getting some form of relief or control at the very least if we cannot actually heal or get rid of the underlying condition. I think it is necessary regardless because the body builds itself on good food and it can aid the detoxing, but so much of the time I feel as though I am wasting my time these days. Seems like I dont get the relief and improvements I once did, but again what I do have is persistant and does not seem to allow for any long term improvements.

Bg, the panoramic xray I have really does not seem to show any sign of amalgam. I still have it and am looking and still really cannot spot it. Obviously it doesn't show up too good on xray when you have a lot of white filling over the top of it making things look ok. Though some people have been able to spot theirs on xray. Mind was only spotted through removal of composites.

I sure hope that dentist did remove it all and not just mention it! Im sure he did. Also another danger for a person who has a combination of potent bacteria from gum/jawbone infection is using any potent sulfur supplements like garlic etc. Not sure what it is, but was told that it has the ability to do something to the bacteria/mercury, which then becomes a FAR more toxic form and can do a lot of damage.

Dont know what exactly, but I do know that supplements of garlic are devastating to me, yet never used to be. So I steer clear of them. Ok with the food though. But yeah, sometimes those of us who have ended up worse can at least prepare others to avoid making similar errors.

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I am not optimistic that this extra bit of amalgam removal will make much if any difference to my condition because I my dramatic deterioration came after the mercury poisoning and was viral/bacteria related. So that in itself for me was actually and is actually worse than anything I've experienced because it has put me in a much weaker condition and now my body hangs onto toxins and doesn't let go.

E.g. I'm sure everybody recalls me smoking up a storm of cigarettes ages ago? The toxins from that are STILL haunting me. And I mean muscle tics, metal taste, worse gut problems, crying spells etc. All that from binge smoking for one day. This is unfortunately the senario anytime I get a massive exposure of toxins. I cannot find anything really to grab the toxins and escort them out. DMSA won't help this time around, has no effect on me whatsoever anymore. So certainly whatever was in the cigarettes, is now helped by DMSA.

Definitely some of it was metal related because I can taste it. Try to imagine if you detox systems are totally overloaded and overburdened. Then imagine where the toxins from a big exposure would go. And it's astounding where they end up when your body is highy compromised and cannot deal with them. Even my eyes are affected. It seems that this cannot be possible, but believe me it is. I've had it more than once and it's not a case of recovering in a few days or weeks for me with something like that. I've always had that tendency, but with the viral infection it is chronic now.