Hi Becky, <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

You're welcome. lol yeah actually I'd rather wear levis anyway!!! I love them.

Yeah, I have definitely been on the merry-go-round in these areas. Many years of it and making stupid mistakes along the way. So much of which could probably have been avoided if I had made wiser decisions, but we live and learn.

You can get well from this. So don't give up. It takes time, it takes effort and everything you do for your body is part of getting better. Not just amalgam removal and chelation, but diet, and getting things working again. Removing as many toxic potentials from your person and your life as you can, to reduce overall toxic load. Some people do the diet, the parasite cleanses, colon cleanses and find it's helped them greatly on their road to healing after amalgam removal as well as removing any other toxicity from their life (within reason).

Everybody is different, so sometimes what works for one may not be so great for someone else. You can only try and find your own way, but hopefully some suggestions on here might be of help to you.

My food reactions I believe stem from internal infection, related to a virus I got in 2003 (which never left my system), plus possible gangrene in the jaw after tooth extraction. many possibiities. Certainly it's not so much mercury because I had already been detoxing and healing from that already. Things went horribly wrong with virus and other possible infection. Far worse than just the mercury believe it or not. At least with the mercury, hellish as it was, I could actually detox it. This is different.

I personally find that the candida diet with healthy food, plus simple supplements to support me (antioxidants) are desperately required for me. If I don't have them? Things seem to go down hill even further. It's frightening.

But when you are mercury toxic and/or have candida? Yes, sometimes you will find yu may react to supplements. I had that mainly I think with mercury. Because you don't always know if it's allergic, or a healing response. When you have a load of mercury,sometimes certain things can set off a detox and you can feel revolting (worse). So you sometimes assume that you're allergic, when it may not always be that.

Diet helped me to handle things better. But you can still get healing reactions from certain foods and even healthy fats too. The body really does want to get well and when it's given the right stuff, it tries to push these things out (that's if it's not blocked from doing so, or hindered greatly by something else).

Yep, I had to give up grain and most dairy too (apart from acidophilus yoghurt and butter). Milk, cheese etc, are bad bad bad. They feed candida like crazy. As does grains and fruit for me too. Some people can do ok on these things, so long as they don't venture onto the bad sugars. But I have a stuffed immunity and bad candida, so even natural sugars and things can cause it to flourish. One piece of fruit can do it. As can milk or grain.

I tend to stick to proteins and fats and vegetables (low carb). That's all I can really handle. I can eat nuts and seeds too, but am off them for now because of the valve thing.

I'm off supplements right now too, becuase of that. Seeing how things go. So far no difference, but it's early days I guess.

At least you are putting out feelers to find out what dentist you feel most comfortable to do the work. It is dreadful to get a dentist that charges so much. I always steer clear of ones like that, because I think "what exactly is your REAL motivation???" It makes me think the money is far more important than the patient's health, so that's a warning signal for me. I know they got their overheads to pay for etc, but come on, if other dentists do not have to charge so much, nor should they. Especially for something like this.

whoever you choose, let's hope it turns out well for you.

Thanks for the kind words too! My attitude isn't so hot in reality. I get very very down to it, but having this forum helps me to keep going and I hope it does for you too.