Hi Rachie, no problem, hope some of it might be of some help, but living with this thing is a nightmare regardless.

I know exactly what you mean about how internally you can be in great distress, but you can to a point put on an act to other people but inside you want to die or scream. The ones who see the distress I'm in are my parents.

I think you're going the right way about it by taking steps to get them out in a safe manner. I cannot believe a dentist did that to you, but have heard of it before (preventative dentistry). Filling in teeth to the extreme to prevent future problems. Sadly they create them.

Yeah candida is part of the syndrome, this is why I have to stick to a strict diet or my suffering increases even more (even when I think it's not possible).

HOpe the supplements help a little and whether the milk exclusion does or not will be interesting. I find personally that sugar, gluten and yeast are the worst culprits, but for me, I have to stay off milk now because it's enough to feed candida on it's own (I used to be ok with it and was able to still use it). But now finding out that it complicates or inteferes with mercury excretion, it's probably better I am not on it anyway.

Sometimes one can live with mercury, but it does depend on where it is and what other factors are involved at the time and how long your body has been battling. At some point, it usually catches up and this can be from other factors weakening your immune system to make you more suseptible to the mercury that you may have been fighting better against previously.

I am close to your age (33) and have lost 19 years of my life to this poison. I don't know if I'm bitter or not, I don't really know half the time how to feel or who I really am because I haven't felt like myself for a very very long time.

I don't see me ever coming right, i feel damage has been done because I am no longer healing, which I always used to be able to do. Other factors are obviously involved though.

Keep us posted on how things go with you. By the way, the way to really test for mercury is a hair test, not so much to test the level of mercury (because mercury can hide and not come out), but to look at the minerals and see how deranged they are. Mercury poisoning causes deranged minerals in the hair. This is the signature of mercury pretty much.

Don't worry about others thinking you're nuts, I get the same thing. I can only relate to others with this toxin and that is all, though I am VERY lucky to have such wonderful supportive parents who believe me and listen. But nobody can truly understand the agony of this toxin, other than someone who has it in them.