Hello Birdlady. This is the first post I have seen a post here by you in a very long time. I have been occasionally reading your blog. I had 25 mercury fillings, almost all of which I have had for over 20 years. I have decided to stop the high dose (around 15 mg a day)iodine and focus on chelation. I am doing 50 mg ALA + 50 mg DMSA every 3 hours for 3 days(2 nights) each week. How many mercury fillings did you have?

Most of my adult life I was around 50 pounds overweight. Once I started having the mercury fillings replaced, I started losing weight. A few months ago I became concerned because I started becoming too thin, even though I was eating plenty of calories. It seemed like no matter how much I ate I would still lose weight. Then that stopped and I started gaining weight. Now I am having trouble losing the weight I gained, and am struggling just to stop myself from gaining more weight.

Birdlady, I read in your blog about your water retention. Have you tried using herbs like asparagus, burdock, milk thistle, licorice root, dandelion, or some detox teas? I am convinced that water retention is quite often due to the body trying to dilute toxins. Do you drink enough water? Taking in too little salt or taking in to much salt might lead to water retention.