Heya,

Thanks for the info guys and thanks for the phone numbers Demi.

My update hasn't gone very far forward. I still haven't got an appointment on the skin allergy tests which my GP's were supposedly hurrying along for me. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

If I can scrape the cash together (at least £300 with no protection that I know of) then I can get the fillings taken out and replaced with something else. I don't know which kind of filling they will be replaced with.

Maybe doing them in stages is the best way to go. I do have a lot after all. I'm also sure they're helping my teeth corrode because the same damn fillings are always getting bigger despite looking after my teeth. It's getting more difficult because brushing my teeth has been making me feel sick for a couple of years now.

I've ordered the two books this site sells on amalgamate and intend to show any good info to my doctor or consultant or whomever it 'should' concern. Just looking forward to them being delivered now.

Funny you should mention tap water. There's a lot of heavy metal in English tap water and I've noticed it can make me very sick. I'm usually MUCH better off on bottled water... sadly it's so expensive. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> Sorry to whine here but I'm sick as hell and only have minimal benefits to live on (about £40 a week) so getting money for the things I need to keep me healthy is a joke. I have had many seizures in front of doctors and health workers who have seen me with regarding getting Disability Living Allowance etc but I'm still apparently healthy enough to work. Life is odd. Sorry the Government is a joke... yes that's closer. Just feels like the government lot did the dirty on me and now are burning my bridge back to health.

Thing is... about the blood tests that only show damage that has already been done....
it might be worth me taking these tests because there's a lot of damage here. If it's because of amalgam fillings then I could really do with it showing up on the tests. And yes it's the only way that I can think of right now to pay for my fillings to be changed. There is no other way I can think of to pay at all and the hospital people in the blood clinic tell me they can't do the tests unless I give them the name of the blood test I need. It's a bit awkward because I don't know yet.

If I can get these blood tests done and prove that I have damage from amalgam fillings I'd be pleased to share it.

I have to confess I'm scared to death of taking out these fillings and it going wrong.

Also... I know this might be a lot to ask but is there a well informed person on this site that would mind taking me through this procedure step by step (such as pointing me in the right direction on what blood tests I need and how to figure out what the findings mean unbiasdly)?

I figure that I don't mind taking the long road round on this if I can get some 'solid' proof for the rest of us here on the site. I've lived with chronic pain and the rest of the symptoms for so long now a bit more won't make a difference if it helps more people than just me. I can't help thinking of how many children like me sat there scared when they got their first filing and they were told there was lead in it. (It freaked me out when I was a kid and I got told they were putting lead (even then I knew it was a poison) into my mouth.) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

So... that's me asking for help and offering an extension to my daily pain if it helps in the long run. It may come to nothing but the offer's there. I'll check back soon.

Good luck to everyone here and wish me luck also. xx