Hi Jen, welcome to the forum!
I'm sorry to hear of your illnesses and so often heavy metals are part of it, or in some (perhaps many) can be the cause. I hope you might find some answers or help on this forum. So many of us have truly been through the mill and hopefully maybe able to pass on some things that are helpful in your journey towards better health. Mercury has definitely been mentioned and connected with such sicknesses such as lupus, lyme disease, M.E., candida, multiple schlerosis, autism etc. It's a terrible toxin and can poison even in very small doses.
May I suggest that you check this link out here as a starter:
http://herballure.com/ubbthreads/sh...=5&o=&fpart=1#Post248810Because many of the things you may wish to know, could well have already been answered quite extensively on that thread already and hope it maybe of help to you too.
Here is a thread on lyme on this forum:
http://herballure.com/ubbthreads/sh...&sb=5&o=&fpart=1I am not certain I suffer this (lyme) personally, but it's always a possibility. I'm not sure how many others on this forum suffer this condition, perhaps they will respond.
I stopped bothering to test for mercury as all my testing turned out with false negatives! So many reasons for apparently "low" levels. But the link I gave you above, should answer this better than I can here! I have not done a proper test for mercury and haven't looked into it, I knew by my symptoms and reactions to chelating that I was heavy metal toxic and on the right track. I eventually healed from it or improved greatly by amalgam removal and proper chelation, but I rushed in and made things much worse for sometime before that. Oh if I could turn back time! lol. I got much better in the end, but that was stuffed up by viral infection in 2003 which is permanent and has done me more damage I think than anything else. I cannot detox from this, as I could from mercury.
You chelate for as long as it takes. Sorry to be so vague, but that's how it is. Chelation is very individual and some people need to continue chelating for years 2-3 years in some cases, more in others, less in others, all depends on how toxic you are. You chelate until you do not respond anymore to chelation and you are full convinced you are well and then some! Best to chelate even after you "Feel" well because chelation can reach a point where it can almost keep you well. To stop it, may eventually cause a regression of symptoms because more mercury may still be dumping out of your organs and fill you back up again. So it's wise to keep chelating for about another six months to a year after you are feeling well.
I think getting 2 fillings done at a time is fine. Slow maybe the best approach and getting full protection. If the dentist provides absolute FULL protection in everyway, sometimes they get away with removing a bit more than 2 at once, but again it depends on the condition of the patient, the preparation of the patient (supplements, diet, etc). there is no point in taking unnecessary risks just to "get it over with". only to wind up an invalid at the end of it.
I knew for sure I had mercury poisoning by my vast and bizzare symptom list that didn't really match anything as much as it matched the mercury list. I know other illnesses can cause many similar symptoms, but this just went that step further <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Plus the metal symptoms I got when attempting to detox it out! I also tasted metal and sometimes smelt of it when I exercised.
Some people respond badly to chlorella, some respond well. You'll be the best judge of that. I would be cautious with things like this though, because they can really mobilise mercury and make you feel very sick. It is normal to experience some worsening during detox (healing crisis), but not to the point of being completely intolerable. I've taken it before and I had far too many symptoms. I stuck with Andrew Cutler's protocol to get me through it instead in the end. His was far more tolerable for me and it seems others too.
I also had issues with high sulfur foods back then too when I was very metal toxic, because they stirred up the metals in me too much. But I tolerated them more as I got less metal toxic over time.
But some people thrive on sulfur foods, so again you will know by your reactions what is more suitable for you. You can get doctors who specialise in heavy metal chelation, some maybe wonderful, some are not. It's a very very difficult area.
