Hi Jeanie, welcome to the forum <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Very similar to yourself, I too discovered Cutler's protocol about 8 years ago! An interestingly enough, I also had the DMPS IV challenge test beforehand when I was not fully aware of the dangers. So I can totally relate! I had amalgams out by 1997. My challenge test I think was in 1999 and I'm pretty sure I found Cutler's protocol not too long after that.

The DMPS IV flooded my entire system with mercury from literally erupting the storage of it. It did not unfortunately pull enough of it at that point into my urine, so my test didn't show much at all. instead, I suffered massively from acute mercury symptoms after that and came up in hot, red, itching rashes everytime my body heated up (mercury rising?). I was like a thermometer you could say. Bathing, exercise etc would bring it up to the surface of the skin and it was absolutely incredible. It covered me literally from head to toe, and even the palms of my hands were itchy, my ears were also covered. Though it did force the mercury to come out via the pores of my skin, the experience went on for years, until gradually my mercury levels dropped further and further till proper improvements were finally experienced.

Seaweed is good because mercury blocks the action of iodine and displaces it. Iodine is a biggy that mercury inteferes with and iodine is contained in seaweed, so it's a good supplement to use regardless. I am unsure if it's a "chelating agent" as I don't know of anything that says it directly attaches onto the mercury, BUT indirectly, as it's replacing what mercury is displacing, then they compete with eachother and often that's enough to cause "some" displacement/detox of mercury (to a point I believe). In all honesty, I don't know exactly what happens, but that's the impression I get from what I've read. Similar to selenium. Replacing these elements can be vital, because that is what mercury intefers with and depletes. Zinc can be another one. I found personally that the most important nutrients for me, were vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, zinc etc and have just discovered my desperate need for more iodine. I had cut out iodised table salt, which is good in respect of eliminating a bleached mineral robbed salt, but I did not consider the loss of much needed iodine and unfortunately in my country, we are already low in iodine and it's becoming an epidemic, so they are trying now to add iodine back into bread. I suffered over time from giving up iodised salt and using a healthy alternative rock/sea salt. Which was great, except for the loss of iodine. So I'm now using rocksalt and taking iodine supplementation.

I admire you for the special Ed training! Who knows how many mercury toxic inviduals are suffering from such learning difficulties? I hate to imagine. Autism? Hmmmm, interesting how so many kids have developed it following vaccines eh? Makes me sick thinking about it.

anyway, I'm glad you have gotten your toxic taps removed (amalgams). And hopefully you will benefit from removing the storage of mercury still in you. Many many methods for doing that and sometimes one may not suit another. I used many ways to try and erupt it out of my tissues, e.g. chlorella, garlic, homoepathic detox kit by "heels" (which was excellent, but potent). Many I found caused too many intolerable symptoms by mobilising mercury too much. I finally found Cutler's protocol and that appeared to be the ticket for me in the end, along with my good diet, hot baths, exercise (walking/rebounding) and quality antioxidants which were highly necessary. I found ways of getting the metals out of me, but not all of them were pleasant, but I believe over time, all of them did get the muck out. Cutler's sped it up, made it more tolerable and more effective though.

Anyway, sorry for going on. Long story!
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PS, good to see you on the "other" forum too <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />