Don't worry about asking question! They are not silly. We were all there at one point!
EDTA is a chelation agent. There is some controversy whether it is the best thing for pulling mercury out of the body. My doctor did some research with it in a product called Detox Max. It has a very unique delivery system. He actually had the patients' urine tested before taking it and after and it did pull the mercury out of the body.
http://www.agriorganics.com/detox-max-plus/FIRS stands for Far Infared Sauna. It is very good at pulling toxins and heavy metals out of the skin. I had to have some blood work done to make sure I could handle it though. I found a spa in Chicago that charged $20 for 30 min sessions.
Greens smoothie: I basically made myself a fruit smoothie (ie: water, apple, stevia, and frozen berries) and put in a tsp of a greens powder. You can buy this at the Vitamin shoppe, Whole foods, or a local health food store. Sea veggie are good for detoxing heavy metals. Algin is made from brown seaweed.
It took me years to get up the nerve to give myself a coffee enema. It just freaked me out for some reason. It is also called the liver detox emema. If you do a search on line you will find out more info about it. Dr Shery Rogers has a book called Detox or Die, and she discusses the detox enema and the FIRS a lot.
I only used the algin when I was chelating at first. It binds to the mercury in the gut to help it get eliminated from the body. It helped to decrease brain fog for me during chelation, but it did irritate my eczema sometimes. Sometimes I still take it when I eat fish.
Let me know if you have any more questions.
Mickey: I feel so much better it is amazing. I don't have brain fog anymore, my acne is gone, even the color of my skin looks different. I always thought of myself as having pale-pinkish skin, but now it almost looks like I am slightly tan. My feet were always pink to, not anymore. I still occasionally get a headache and some neck shoulder pain around my periods due to hormonal issues. But before, I had so much shoulder pain that I could hardly carry a purse without increasing my pain. I'm exercising again, 2-3 times a week, my sex drive has improved, and I'm sleeping better. Less dry itchy skin, eczema is better. Mood is better. Less negative thinking. My immune system is so much better to. I work in a hospital and I don't seem to get the things that are going around like everyone else is. I also sweat more and feel like I am better able to regulate my body temperature. I also think getting rid of the mercury helped me to heal my gut. I was on the candida diet for a year without to much success. I successfully got rid of 2 kinds of yeast, 3 parasties, and C-diff after chelation!!! I was also allergic to 4-5 kinds of grasses and trees, cats, dogs, ragweed, dust, mold, pollen. I had a skin test and I only have a mild allergy to dust now. I also had the allergy shots which may have contributed to that success. I got rid of a food allergy to eggs and gluten. I think I also got rid of the dairy and soy allergies, but I do not have the money to get re-tested. It is not covered by insurance. I've been slowly adding these back into my diet without problems so far. I think I could come up with more things that improved if I thought about it longer... I don't think I could have done it without the guidance of my doctor and the support and knowledge I had from the this site and the yeast connection site. I would like to dedicate my "success post" to Sandi Flood. She was the one that helped me to get the mercury/candida link and I could not have done it without her. She drilled it into my head and provided me with so many helpful links and informative research. She will be missed.
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