ljames, When I tried to treat the candida I had horrible reactions -- they were far and above normal die-off healing reactions. I'm wondering, you mentioned your Lyme -- how do you think it would be handled post-amalgam removal? You mentioned that many things need to be treated in a new way.

And Dulak, I'll try to answer your questions without using too much space. I have 16 fillings, one root canal and 3 crowns. uuuugh! I have an appointment for a consultation next week with a new biological dentist and I"ll see what he has to say. Don't know what the plan of action will be at this point.

Six years ago I was told by a Naturopath that my health problems (at that time they were allergies, candida, recurrent bacterial infections, and estrogen dominance) were caused by my teeth. I thought it was a bunch of hooey, but kept it in mind nonetheless. She told me not to remove the amalgams until I was feeling better. I never really felt better -- so I never pursued the amalgam removal. Plus the ND had given me a card for a dentist she recommended, except he wasn't a mercury free dentist!

So, like so many who are desperate I tried all sorts of healing modalities and learned alot along the way. Some of the things I have tried or still do are acupuncture, chiropractic, oxygen/ozone sauna, therapeutic diets, supplementation, massage therapy, allergy elimination and desensitization. I have a candida doctor, I balanced my hormones myself with natural progesterone cream and some vitamin supplements and diet. For the allergies I've tried conventional allopathic treatment with limited success. Tried the NAET acupunture technique but found it long and tedious. And ended up doing a modality called BioSET which is founded on the NAET principles but was not as invasive (no needles) and I felt as though I progressed quicker.

Anyway, I think taking that ND's advice and waiting until I felt better was perhaps not the right thing for me. Each year there seems to be a new illness or medical event. I rather think I was placing the cart before the horse in trying different treatments!! I should have fixed my teeth first.

At any rate, better to have the amalgams out then in. And even if I only see marginal benefits, it will have been worth it. It's the only thing I haven't tried! lol! And I'm ready to get on with my life.

Why I didn't read all the material that is out there on mercury and metal toxicity six year ago, I'll never know. It was a big mistake for me not.

SomedaySoon