Hi Sunshine, thanks for that. Yeah, guess I'm having a downer and feeling sorry for myself at the moment. sometimes it only takes on tiny deviation on diet to bring out the worst in me. (alcohol coffee). Unreal, the painful lessons continue.

I think since these infections, it's been no let up, which would account for my feelings of failure and becoming easily injured by relatively minor things and for long long periods of time. At least with mercury, horrific as it was, there was the sense of "something" happening over time, breakthroughs, though slow did happen and there was not this tremendous vulnerabiity and lack of healing.

So yeah, next on agenda is the ALA, but also looking into cavitations and hoping some dentist/oral surgeon will help....though again I cannot guarantee they will. Something very bad is definitely there 24/7 to hold me to such a low health point.

You know it's funny, but the most risky time for me is when I have better days. Like when my symptoms are a bit easier, it seems then that Im at high risk for deviating from diet (which I don't do, but even light cheats are a big issue). Yesterday I was having a relatively good day and babysat relatives and of course that night, when the parents got home, I got offered an alcoholic coffee and really the words "no thank you" could easily have been used and what did I do? I sat and thought "well I feel pretty good actually" .....and it went from there <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Does anybody here find that even a very light seemingly harmless deviation can cause such a big issue? Isn't this an example of a severely compromised immunity, that cannot stand up to even this? Whether mercury related or infection....?

Wow, it just never ceases to amaze me how bad it can get. I've got to grips with most other no no foods, but more get added as time goes on. I can usually get away with a few black, sugar free coffees, so long as I don't overdo it. but just one alcoholic one with a bit of milk added and I'm down again!

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