I have a brother who was suffering from various symptoms about 10 years ago – ruining his life for about 3 years. He had his fillings replaced and was almost instantly better. Now I have similar, Chronic Fatigue, Irritable bowel, brain fog, and am contemplating the same, in fact I have made an appointment. However, my question concerns my mother, who is 80 and in very poor health. She has all the symptoms I have mentioned - and others, and a doctor has suggested she has her fillings replaced (I’m sure she has a mouthful of silver, dating back many years, but I’m not sure how many). At 80, do you think she is too old to go through it all, especially the detox?

Hi Topcat welcome.

The answer really depends on her willingness to detox. My Dad had a complete mouthful of mercury plus a bridge and finally had them all yanked in one day and got dentures.

His health plummeted and is suffering terribly with all kinds of problems. He is unwilling to eat healthy or be compliant with any vitamins. So for him detox will be next to impossible.

We are all happy the mercury is out of his mouth but unfortuntaly it's still riddled throughout his body.

Best wishes with your upcoming removals.

Thanks for that

I'm sure my mother would be quite happy to follow any guidelines, but as I said, she's really not well, and I wonder if she could cope with it all, physically.

How willing is she to go the whole holistic route?

If she changed her diet and started taking supplements like vitamin C to boost her immune system, she might be able to gain the strength she needs to detox.

If she is already quite ill and you're not sure whether she'd be willing to do these things, then maybe some reconsidering is in order.

I can sympathise with your situation. Knowing what we know, as helpful as it is to us and those we can influence, becomes a frustrating burden when we see others who are ill and who would not listen if we tried to advise them. My husband's aunt is a good and kind lady whose health is deteriorating. There are some simple things she could do to improve the situation but she is in her 80s and well . . . some people aren't so willing to change by that time. One of the worst things she eats is margarine but there's no way I'd be able to convince her of how bad it is for her, she just would not listen.

Good luck with this, it sounds tricky.

When people get to that age the only way I'd suggest detox, mercury removal, etc. would be under the care of a holistic doctor who you really have a lot of confidence. No time to start trial and error as at her age her body won't be in a position to handle that kind of stress.

I'd proceed very cautiously.