Hi Kathy,

I am sorry to hear of this, it's tragic and I really hope we can help you a little on this forum.

If it were me? I'd spend no money on any foods containing sugar and wheat/gluten. I'd knock those out for starters, as they are toxic and can interfere with your body's ability to cope with mercury as well as detox it. Sugar will suppress your immune system, feed yeast and cause all manner of problems. Wheat (contains mercury as a fungicide) and has gluten (which can cause illness). I would eliminate coffee also and reduce milk intake. It depends on how well you do with natural sugars/high carbs. You maybe ok with fruit, but I'd keep it limited and concentrate on proteins in meats, yoghurt (sugar free), eggs. So I'd start by knocking a few unnecessaries/baddies off the list.

If you can eliminate the bad? You'll still do yourself a big favour because your body has more chance to deal with the other problems and heal better. You may feel worse at first, as just eliminating those can cause a detox reaction.

Next? That is tough because you need to chelate the poison out of you. I hesitate to recommend some things, because I know mercury can be mobilised easily and make symptoms worse, but you really are stuck and I cannot recommend medical chelators, they are very expensive.

Believe it or not, natural Butter is recommended by Hal Huggins as a natural agent for mercury. Not only is it good for you but apparently naturally chelates mercury. Though I have issues believing that side of it, I know it does the body good. Unfortunately we know how expensive dairy food is, so not sure how well you can do with that.

Garlic is another one that may help you or it may make you feel worse. It apparently can help chelate/mobilise metals, but it is more of a mobiliser, so you would need to be careful because you do not wish to bounce mercury too much around, it can go into more sensitive areas. Garlic apparently changes the form of mercury into 'salts' (or something) which can more easily be eliminated by the body. It is recommended by a dentist here for his mercury toxic patients. Crushed garlic is as good as any and you can mix it with stir fry or anything. However, if you find it causes too many symptoms? Then you may need to leave it off the list. it's high in sulfur and some mercury people find their symptoms worsen too much with high sulfur foods. But some claim it helps them and feel it also helps detox.

Some people think cilantro is helpful, but it can also pass the blood brain barrier and may not be a wise move. Some do well, some do not. Be careful with this.

Algin is apparently very helpful if a person has mercury where the algin can soak up. But it's not a chelating agent. It can help with symptoms though and you may find it useful.

Your budget is very limited, so I would really work on changing your diet (if you haven't already) and concentrate on building yourself up. Good things to eat are meat, eggs (free range if possible), yoghurt (acidophilus), raw nuts/seeds, vegetables and maybe if you can limited fruit and non wheat, non gluten grain. Avoid yeast too if you have candida. I know this too costs money. So you maybe limited in what good foods you can buy. Just be aware of the damage of the bad ones.

Candida is a big problem with mercury toxic people and some wind up suffering more from candida than mercury, even if the mercury is the cause of candida. You might want to do a search on candida symptoms on the net. You maybe suffering this also.

I'm sorry I'm not much help. I'm really trying to find things you CAN do, without actually breaking you financially.....

If you really want to do a tried, tested and logical chelation programme? And you cannot afford the medical chelators? Then you could be a candidate for using alpha lipoic acid. It is an antioxidant and removes mercury from organs, which is what you really want. This is apparently THE one to use and you can use it alone. BUT, it must NOT be used too early on after recent mercury exposure or amalgam removal, or it may take more mercury into the brain. You need to use it 3 months or more post exposure. Becuase during those first 3 months, the blood levels of mercury reduce. Then you can add ALA to start chelating the organs.

It needs to be used at very low doses, every 3 hours (around the clock, so you need to wake during the night unfortunately. You maybe able to extend it to every 4 hours during sleep, but go back to every 3 during the day. The reason for the frequent dose is to keep the levels of ALA (alpha lipioc acid) even in the blood stream. This means that it reduces mercury redistribution (reduces it bouncing into worse areas, brain being one of them). You keep the movement of mercury more stable, even and safe and the removal more efficient.

You can do this for 3 days straight and then take a break of 3 days or more and repeat the procedure over and over. You do this until you are well. This may take months. This is an option for you if you can afford to get alpha lipoic acid. You can get it online, in healthfood shops or chemists. If you can get a low dose? Do so. Get the lowest dose you can find. if the lowest is still high? You may need to split the doses for yourself.

You would be wise not to start with a very low dose - e.g. 12.5 mg (half a 25 mg capsule/tablet). Some maybe get away with more, some may need to start with less. Depends how poisoned and sensitive you are.

Again this depends whether you can afford this also. People who are financially tight, need to have a grass-roots option for chelation and it should not have to break them financially, as much as they are already broken physically. It's unfair that people have to pay so much to fix what has been done to them by the dental profession.

At any rate, I hope that maybe you can do something at least in the meantime.