Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Irked again.
Here's the latest information I came across. Everyone at the FDA should be fired and it should be completely revamped. Not just for this particular article and their purposeful secrecy about it from the public, but how can they be so stupid, period? They are putting millions of innocent people's lives at danger every day by allowing harmful substances to be used in medicine and in the marketplace. When is the insanity going to stop?
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Thinking things through...
It has been just a little over three weeks since I finished up the last round of chelation. I've noticed a lot of ups and downs during this time, mostly downs. Lots of headaches, extra fatigue, just an overall feeling of unwellness, off-balance and dizziness, and some irritability has creeped back in. I don't know if it's good to be feeling so bad yet - is it that my body is trying to adjust to the lack of heavy metals in my system or are heavy metals being introduced back in because we haven't found where they are coming from yet? In any case, I've been trying to maintain a small level of activity so that I can rest when I need to, although being a full-time wife, mom, and homeschool teacher has it's responsibilities that don't allow huge amounts of time to 'work' on healing. It also seems the weather affects me greatly. Seasonal changes especially cause fluctuations in how I feel, and having SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) stemming from the HMT does not help right now with it being winter. I'm hoping that will eventually change as I continue healing.
I will be retesting in March, and I'm guessing I will have another round of chelation in April-May. In a way I'm wanting to do it all sooner because I think overall things are getting better. It's just hard to see that some days when I still have symptoms that feel more overwhelming since I've become so sensitive to everything during this time. I just keep thinking if I could remove all of the toxins faster I could really concentrate on getting better right away rather than this constant 2 steps forward- 8 steps back yoyo that I'm riding on. I would probably have 30 steps back, but then I could take each step forward without having to worry about going backwards again. I know that's not a safe way to go, however, and I need to be patient. It took several years to build up the amount of toxins in my body...it will take just as long if not longer to get them out. I need to let my system heal slowly so that it can heal properly.
I will be retesting in March, and I'm guessing I will have another round of chelation in April-May. In a way I'm wanting to do it all sooner because I think overall things are getting better. It's just hard to see that some days when I still have symptoms that feel more overwhelming since I've become so sensitive to everything during this time. I just keep thinking if I could remove all of the toxins faster I could really concentrate on getting better right away rather than this constant 2 steps forward- 8 steps back yoyo that I'm riding on. I would probably have 30 steps back, but then I could take each step forward without having to worry about going backwards again. I know that's not a safe way to go, however, and I need to be patient. It took several years to build up the amount of toxins in my body...it will take just as long if not longer to get them out. I need to let my system heal slowly so that it can heal properly.
Monday, February 9, 2009
A newsletter from Dr. Hal Huggins
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Newsletter from Dr Huggins February 2009
The past few years have been spent examining diseases and associated chemistries controlled by dental materials beyond just mercury. 35 years ago I made a huge mistake. Armed with 12 patient cases, I went to the dental associations asking that mercury be banned due to its obvious poisonous consequences. There were consequences, none of which reduced mercury consumption. Personal consequences resulted in assaults that I had no idea my parent organization would launch, especially when the “code of ethics” spelled out, “If you discover anything that concerns the health of the professional, or the public, you are required to expose that information to the professions and the public”. Sounds pretty responsible, but it was not true when evaluated against liability, financial loss and professional embarrassment. I feel exonerated to a limited extent by the recent admission of the FDA that there were reasons why they limited mercury in all areas of public exposure, except dental fillings, and I was pleased that they stepped in the right direction by saying mercury amalgam fillings should not be placed in pregnant women and children. I’ve always wondered why pregnant women are so special. Why should I not be protected as well as they? Today, there is another problem to be confronted. Toxins from root canals, implants and cavitations provide even longer acting consequences than mercury. This time I shall share my findings with non-political entities to turn discoveries and observations into scientific research that can improve the health of the planet far more than providing government paid drugs to cover up symptoms. By mid February, press releases will be sent out telling of some of the 40 most influential chemistries I have monitored during the past 40 years. 200,000 data points have suggested to me that mercury is not the only dangerous dental material. Porphyrins, spinal taps, cholesterol, white blood cells and albumin have been great teachers to demonstrate how influential toxins from dental procedures can be. You, the public should have a choice. You may choose to smoke, consume alcohol, drive too fast – but! You know the potential consequences. How many people know the consequences of housing the 40 anaerobic bacteria in implants, the 60 in root canals, or the 80 in cavitations? How many know the adverse consequences of trying to fight these microbes with antibiotics? Should you be told the consequences, or just accept the fact that dentistry has raised the requirement bar of 30 million root canals per year up to 60 million per year. Why the increase? Did they stop making tooth brushes? When would organized dentistry get around to telling you that these bacteria (found in 100% of the samples tested with DNA identification methods) are more damaging than smoking or drinking (or cocaine)? Watch for information as it hits the media, and please let us know what you saw and where you saw / heard it. This will assist us in getting this important message to the most valuable listeners. You.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Family test results
My family's toxic element screening results came back yesterday. I was a bit surprised by the variation of toxicity they have. All four of us have tested high in lead. It's strange, considering we live in a fairly new house, only ten years old. There's no paint chips from old paint anyone is eating, we get our produce and meats from various places, and we haven't gardened any fruits and vegetables in our yard. Because the kids have never chewed on their toys, we don't believe that could be a problem. The only thing that's the most common is our water supply. I will be contacting someone to come and test our water soon.
Now what perplexes me the most is that Peanut had high levels of metals no one else had. According to her results, she should be sicker than me, and she seems the most healthiest of the four of us. She was off the charts in tin. She was also high in platinum, ribidium, thallium, and borderline in antimony. Doshi was low toxic in tin, and borderline barium and thallium. All four of us were high in mercury, Sparky just over toxic, and the kids just under toxic. I have been just under toxic since starting chelation, but I was over toxic to begin with.
I am still in the process of chelation with DMSA. I have 1 1/2 weeks left and then I retest in 2 months. Sparky and the kids will begin 6 weeks of chelation and retest in 3 months. I am very thankful we did the testing on them all, and that there's something we can do to right the situation. The hard part is finding the cause of it so we can stop it all from happening. The kids' level of mercury was from passing through the blood-brain barrier in utero from Sparky's and my high levels (yes, sperm carries mercury with it) as well as from the environment in which we live. Their levels will probably rise again some in the future, but hopefully not to the levels they are now. As for the other metals, we are a bit more confused. We don't know where they are coming from, so we will be working on figuring that out in the days and months to come.
Chelation and me: things are going okay. I have had some rough days with severe stomach cramping and 'pulling' headaches. I am learning to limit my activities for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during this time just because I don't know how I'll be feeling. On the upside, between physical therapy, the chelation, and sinus rinses, my off-balance and dizzy feelings have gotten much less. I am hoping that I will continue in an upward turn in that and hoping in a few weeks I can feel confident enough to drive again. I do still have a lot of back and neck muscular pain yet however, but hoping that will soon get better as well.
Now what perplexes me the most is that Peanut had high levels of metals no one else had. According to her results, she should be sicker than me, and she seems the most healthiest of the four of us. She was off the charts in tin. She was also high in platinum, ribidium, thallium, and borderline in antimony. Doshi was low toxic in tin, and borderline barium and thallium. All four of us were high in mercury, Sparky just over toxic, and the kids just under toxic. I have been just under toxic since starting chelation, but I was over toxic to begin with.
I am still in the process of chelation with DMSA. I have 1 1/2 weeks left and then I retest in 2 months. Sparky and the kids will begin 6 weeks of chelation and retest in 3 months. I am very thankful we did the testing on them all, and that there's something we can do to right the situation. The hard part is finding the cause of it so we can stop it all from happening. The kids' level of mercury was from passing through the blood-brain barrier in utero from Sparky's and my high levels (yes, sperm carries mercury with it) as well as from the environment in which we live. Their levels will probably rise again some in the future, but hopefully not to the levels they are now. As for the other metals, we are a bit more confused. We don't know where they are coming from, so we will be working on figuring that out in the days and months to come.
Chelation and me: things are going okay. I have had some rough days with severe stomach cramping and 'pulling' headaches. I am learning to limit my activities for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during this time just because I don't know how I'll be feeling. On the upside, between physical therapy, the chelation, and sinus rinses, my off-balance and dizzy feelings have gotten much less. I am hoping that I will continue in an upward turn in that and hoping in a few weeks I can feel confident enough to drive again. I do still have a lot of back and neck muscular pain yet however, but hoping that will soon get better as well.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Is it really MS?
I was looking for side effects of DMSA and came upon this website. http://www.flcv.com/indexd.html. I found it had a lot of info on it that I've been through before, but it's good to read through it again.
I also bumped into a website last night that dropped me on another website with a symptoms list for MS. I have had, and still have, several of the symptoms on that list. I was saddened to see how many people were signed up for this particular website support group who have been diagnosed with MS. I have to imagine 95% of them have been misdiagnosed with MS. I am beginning to believe that MS is not exactly the correct name- it should be named HMT (Heavy Metal Toxicity). Like I mentioned before, my maternal grandfather died of 'MS'. I unfortunately have not been able to find out from family whether or not he possibly could have been mercury poisoned because they didn't know his dental health nor what kind of metals he was exposed to in his line of work (dairy man). My guess is that he was exposed in some form or another. And my guess is that it wasn't 'MS' that took his life, but the heavy metals in his body destroying his nervous system.
I have to imagine, if I didn't figure out what was wrong with me and take necessary action a couple of years ago, I would be diagnosed with MS today, with no real answers as to why and how. I feel absolutely terrible for these people who get that diagnosis without their doctors ever figuring out the cause and being able to give them some better form of life back. What saddens me even more is that the MS Society won't even look at heavy metals as a possible cause. I find anywhere I can post or reply to posts on health websites about the terrible things mercury does to the body now, and I hope to someday start a support group that will help pay for individuals to get the mercury poison out of their teeth. I know of several individuals already that could use the financial support, and I only wish I could help them.
I also bumped into a website last night that dropped me on another website with a symptoms list for MS. I have had, and still have, several of the symptoms on that list. I was saddened to see how many people were signed up for this particular website support group who have been diagnosed with MS. I have to imagine 95% of them have been misdiagnosed with MS. I am beginning to believe that MS is not exactly the correct name- it should be named HMT (Heavy Metal Toxicity). Like I mentioned before, my maternal grandfather died of 'MS'. I unfortunately have not been able to find out from family whether or not he possibly could have been mercury poisoned because they didn't know his dental health nor what kind of metals he was exposed to in his line of work (dairy man). My guess is that he was exposed in some form or another. And my guess is that it wasn't 'MS' that took his life, but the heavy metals in his body destroying his nervous system.
I have to imagine, if I didn't figure out what was wrong with me and take necessary action a couple of years ago, I would be diagnosed with MS today, with no real answers as to why and how. I feel absolutely terrible for these people who get that diagnosis without their doctors ever figuring out the cause and being able to give them some better form of life back. What saddens me even more is that the MS Society won't even look at heavy metals as a possible cause. I find anywhere I can post or reply to posts on health websites about the terrible things mercury does to the body now, and I hope to someday start a support group that will help pay for individuals to get the mercury poison out of their teeth. I know of several individuals already that could use the financial support, and I only wish I could help them.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Testing x3
Sparky and I decided just recently that he and the kids should be tested for heavy metals too, so this last weekend all three of them took the toxic element screening. We'll find out in a month if they are affected by toxic metals as well. It will be really interesting to know, because if they are all affected, then we have something to work with - something that all of us do or eat that's causing the high numbers. If it's just me, then it will be pretty perplexing since the kids and I are together and do a lot of the same things and eat a lot of the same things 90% of the time.
The DMSA chelation is going as expected. My first three days were pretty bad - extreme headaches, fatigue, etc. My fourth day was slightly better, but ended in another 'thyroid storm' * in the middle of the night. I have four and a half more weeks to go of chelation.
Even though I have had to address other toxic metals along with mercury, my hope is that those who stop by and read my story would be convicted to stand up to your dentist the next time he or she wants to place amalgam fillings in your teeth. It's a long lonely road when you don't feel well, and even though you think you may never go through what I have, I thought those same things, too. Yet it happened, and I have missed a lot over the last four years because of it. I especially missed special times with my children when I couldn't sit still long enough or it hurt me physically to cuddle with them, or my headaches were too intense to spend time with them, or my chest hurt too badly to read to them. I spent hours crying with my husband rather than spending time enjoying being with him. I haven't felt the confidence to drive in almost two years, causing me to be dependent on others, and stuck at home every day not being able to run errands or do fun field trips with the kids, putting a burden on Sparky because then he had/has to chauffeur me around in the evenings and weekends. I am not asking for sympathy. I know others suffer even more than me, but I want anyone who will read what I have to say to understand this poison can alter your life like you never expected. Please consider my story and be informed.
*discussed in an earlier post
The DMSA chelation is going as expected. My first three days were pretty bad - extreme headaches, fatigue, etc. My fourth day was slightly better, but ended in another 'thyroid storm' * in the middle of the night. I have four and a half more weeks to go of chelation.
Even though I have had to address other toxic metals along with mercury, my hope is that those who stop by and read my story would be convicted to stand up to your dentist the next time he or she wants to place amalgam fillings in your teeth. It's a long lonely road when you don't feel well, and even though you think you may never go through what I have, I thought those same things, too. Yet it happened, and I have missed a lot over the last four years because of it. I especially missed special times with my children when I couldn't sit still long enough or it hurt me physically to cuddle with them, or my headaches were too intense to spend time with them, or my chest hurt too badly to read to them. I spent hours crying with my husband rather than spending time enjoying being with him. I haven't felt the confidence to drive in almost two years, causing me to be dependent on others, and stuck at home every day not being able to run errands or do fun field trips with the kids, putting a burden on Sparky because then he had/has to chauffeur me around in the evenings and weekends. I am not asking for sympathy. I know others suffer even more than me, but I want anyone who will read what I have to say to understand this poison can alter your life like you never expected. Please consider my story and be informed.
*discussed in an earlier post
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Test Results II
I got my test results this week from the toxic element screening. It was encouraging because things are happening, yet a little discouraging, because I still have more chelation to do. Most of my numbers came down some but not enough, and I did guess that before finding out the results because of how I've been feeling. I will be starting another round of DMSA chelation for six weeks starting next week, and then I retest in three months. I am not looking forward to it because this time the chelation falls right over Christmas. The last round wasn't too kind to me and I did not feel well throughout. My hope is, this time will be different and as the numbers fall even further I may actually start feeling better. I'll post the numbers below, as well as the previous test numbers so they can be compared. In red is above the 'permissible' limit. DL meant not detectable. You may notice that gallium was off the chart in test #1, but undetectable in test #2. Gallium is used for medical purposes, and also used in composite fillings. What little I have learned about it is that it's not typically toxic, so I'm guessing having it that high had not much effect on me, plus it was probably the residual that had made it into my body after having my dental work done. You may also notice that platinum jumped into the above allowable range. It was explained to me that it was high due to the presence of DMSA (for chelation) in my body, and "elemental platinum has very low toxicity except for those who have dermal sensitivity" (Genova Diagnostics).
Element/ test #1/ test #2/ RR (what it should be under)
Lead/ 22.2/ 11.5 /1.4
Mercury / 1.74/ 1.19 / 2.19
Aluminum/ 4.0/ 5.9 / 22.3
Antimony / .136/ .079/ .149
Arsenic / 17/ 17 / 50
Barium / 4.5 / 3.4/ 6.7
Cadmium/ .33 /.15/ .64
Cesium/ 6.0/ 6.2 / 10.5
Gallium / .107/ dl/ .028
Nickel/ 2.31 / dl/ 3.88
Platinum/ dl/ .035/ .033
Rubidium / 1,456/ 1,580/ 2,263
Thallium / .486/ .289 / .298
Tin / .95 / .47/ 2.04
Tungsten / .049/ dl/ .211
I also started physical therapy this week to retrain my vision to correct the off-balance and dizzy feelings I have constantly. I have about 30 minutes of exercises to do twice a day. The physical therapist said it will take some time to retrain my vision. As promising as it might be, I'm still a little perplexed that the NP did not order any testing to find the cause of the off-balance/dizziness but went right to PT instead.
I guess overall things are going in the right direction, and I am somewhat encouraged. I am not getting excited about anything yet, however, because I don't like getting excited about something and then to be let down when it doesn't happen. I am hoping and praying that I will feel improvement after these next six weeks, but I am waiting to feel the results before I celebrate.
Element/ test #1/ test #2/ RR (what it should be under)
Lead/ 22.2/ 11.5 /1.4
Mercury / 1.74/ 1.19 / 2.19
Aluminum/ 4.0/ 5.9 / 22.3
Antimony / .136/ .079/ .149
Arsenic / 17/ 17 / 50
Barium / 4.5 / 3.4/ 6.7
Cadmium/ .33 /.15/ .64
Cesium/ 6.0/ 6.2 / 10.5
Gallium / .107/ dl/ .028
Nickel/ 2.31 / dl/ 3.88
Platinum/ dl/ .035/ .033
Rubidium / 1,456/ 1,580/ 2,263
Thallium / .486/ .289 / .298
Tin / .95 / .47/ 2.04
Tungsten / .049/ dl/ .211
I also started physical therapy this week to retrain my vision to correct the off-balance and dizzy feelings I have constantly. I have about 30 minutes of exercises to do twice a day. The physical therapist said it will take some time to retrain my vision. As promising as it might be, I'm still a little perplexed that the NP did not order any testing to find the cause of the off-balance/dizziness but went right to PT instead.
I guess overall things are going in the right direction, and I am somewhat encouraged. I am not getting excited about anything yet, however, because I don't like getting excited about something and then to be let down when it doesn't happen. I am hoping and praying that I will feel improvement after these next six weeks, but I am waiting to feel the results before I celebrate.
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