Sparky brought home my extracted tooth yesterday after his visit to my dentist (I'm going to start calling him "Dr. C" just to make it easier) to get his teeth cleaned. The tooth was sent to Dr. C, and he looked at it and noticed that there was still an infection at the end of one of the roots and it was making the dentin soft. VERY soft. I took a good look at it last night and saw the same thing. Okay, sooooooooo....... I think I'm starting to put some puzzle pieces together, and figuring this out little by little what happened when I got really sick 2 and a half years ago when I thought this all started, but it started long before that. Just for the sake of having it in print, I am going to share my thoughts on how it all happened, so humor me, please!
All the amalgam in general as well as the original root canaled teeth still probably have something to do with this, but I'm going to pinpoint just this particular tooth for this part of the puzzle and what part it possibly played in the collapse of my health.
Let's look back to my teenage years, which was roughly 20 years ago. I got a cavity in this particular tooth (#18). I went to the dentist and had it filled with an amalgam filling. Since amalgam fillings only have a supposed life of 10 years, I should have had it replaced 10 years ago. I didn't. Sparky and I, in our young married years, saw a lot of different dentists because we hadn't found anyone we were really happy with. One dentist was too rough, another was too expensive, another didn't care that I tasted metal in my mouth after he placed a filling, and yet another called us all the time to set up cleaning appointments way too often, etc. When we finally found a dentist that we stuck with for several years (but still wasn't crazy about) he suggested I needed a LOT more work, and a LOT more amalgam fillings. We couldn't afford it, neither in time nor in funds, so we put him off. That tooth in particular, #18, he proposed an amalgam filling with a precious metal crown over it. Yep....precious metal. Not only mercury in the amalgam, but metal on top of it. I didn't do it, even though I didn't know the dangers at the time.
Okay, back to the timeline... four years and two babies (with very hard pregnancies as well as a miscarriage) later, I still did not have the work done. And the filling was failing. I mention the hard pregnancies and the miscarriage because I've read mercury can play an integral part in both.
At this time, I was introduced to some wonderful (and I do mean wonderful) whole-food products by a good friend, and I started buying them and using them faithfully. Some of these items, like I mentioned in an earlier post about Fortune Delight, were also cleansing in nature. These products did a lot of good for me, and I probably would have been a lot worse off had I not had them because I was full of the silver poison! I also started using some special toothpaste and tooth whitening products from this company. The stuff is great for someone who doesn't have 26 amalgam fillings! These awesome products cleaned my teeth... too well. It totally cleaned off any type of residue that was keeping the mercury from seeping out so quickly from my teeth into my body.
Back to the tooth: by this time, the filling in #18 had failed. But I still wasn't seeing the dentist because it didn't hurt. It was only unknowingly draining every ounce of mercury and mercury vapor into my body. By February 2005, I came down with a nasty case of what the nurse practitioner at a clinic told me over the phone was bronchitis. I struggled with that for a couple of weeks, and even when I look back at pictures during that time period, the pictures don't even look like me.
A few months (and a lot of stress from every where in my life) later, I ended up going on antibiotics for strep throat. Within a few days I would start feeling sick like I've never felt before. At that point my whole world turned upside down, and I was on a quick roll down a loooooooong sloping hill. My doctor didn't even know how to help me, and later on he told me that I freaked him out because he couldn't figure out what was wrong with me.
I continued to stay sick and muddle through until the following March when I was asked by a friend if I thought my amalgams could be the cause. The light went on. I started a little bit of research and came to a conclusion that it just might be it since I had almost as many fillings as I had teeth. It took six months, however, before a dentist could ever touch my teeth, because I couldn't function. On my good days I had to make up for the several bad and catch up on everything else. I did go and see Dr. K in June hoping to get started soon, but an accident broke his ankle and he was out of work for a couple of months. He introduced me to Dr. C for Peanut, but I decided I needed to see him, too.
As Dr. C made his way around my mouth that September, working on teeth and replacing the amalgam, he came to #18 tooth this last spring. He cleaned it out but noticed it was a deep decay under the filling and into the root. He tried to save the tooth anyway, but it was too late. Within a couple of weeks I was back in the dentist chair, and the root canal happened. A few weeks after that and my health started sinking lower again, this time the pain that came with it was unbearable at best. I had neck pain and head pain and head spasms and dizzy spells. Dr. C was convinced he took out all of the root when he did the root canal, and as you've read in previous blogs, he kept trying to help relieve the pain by changing the occlusion. Then this last Monday came, and I had had enough. The tooth was extracted, and it almost has completely come to an end, except.... I was lied to (but not purposefully) by the oral surgeon. It happened because the ADA has chosen to lie to their dentists and oral surgeons, and he didn't know any better. And I'm frustrated beyond belief.
When I went to the oral surgeon on Monday, I specifically asked that they would remove the periodontal ligament after he removed the tooth. He looked at me very strangely and told me that the periodontal ligament comes out with the tooth and I would be just fine. Well, according to Dr. K in the cities and some websites that I've placed in previous posts, some of the ligament stays with the bone and needs to be ground out with a dental burr. This will stop cavitation from happening and eventual disease in the rest of the body. Now I knew this, but I couldn't get this doctor to understand my need for it to be done (nor did he probably know how to do it). I contacted Dr. K today, and asked him to refer me to one of his oral surgeons who DOES take care of this. My concern for this to get done is not only for my longterm health, but the antibiotics that I was put on on Monday still has not started to work because the ligament is still there holding onto anaerobic bacteria.
I think the hardest part of all of this is that I keep seeing a light at the end of the tunnel, but someone keeps moving it farther as I inch up! Anyway, this is how I see this tooth playing a part in the collapse of my health. It's just one piece of the puzzle, but I think a huge, important one. It was a big tooth, with big roots.
Now as my kids hug me when I don't feel well, I tell them both...don't let this happen to you! Please take care of your teeth! Please brush often, and please think about what you put in your body! ...And that goes for you all, too!
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
It's Gone!!
Yes, the tooth is gone. What a huge sigh of relief, and my neck and head have already thanked me.
My dentist called me early Monday afternoon and we talked about the tooth. He told me that the oral surgeon who could extract it was leaving town today (Tuesday), and was willing to see me yesterday afternoon. I went gladly and willingly as soon as I could.
When the assistant brought me back and sat me in the chair, I was nervous and excited at the same time. Nervous I still might not be better when the tooth was gone, and excited that I might be better afterward. I decided I was only going to have novacaine, and I'm glad I did. It took longer to let the novacaine do it's job than what the oral surgeon did! When I was ready, he and the assistant came in and got the extraction tool ready. Within a matter of a minute, the tooth was out (in pieces), and gauze was dropped in it's place. I got to see the tooth, and it was not pretty (if there is such a thing as a pretty tooth!). It had broken open in the root area and I could see the posts that my dentist used to give support for the crown. I wanted to investigate longer, but they weren't willing to let me stay there very long.
A matter of hours later, I commented to Sparky that my neck didn't hurt much any more. It didn't!! And the pain in my head slowly disappeared, too. Of course there is still pain in the jaw, and now I feel achy in that area from where the novacaine was administered. The doctor put me on clindamycin, and gave me a prescription for motrin 800 mg. He also gave me a prescription for vicodin, but I chose not to fill it. The pain has been tolerable, and my neck is not tight and painful at all today. I've had some head pain, but it is minimal. I'm a little disappointed that I'm still having dizzy feelings, but they could be from the motrin, since it can be a side effect of the meds. Another thought is the infection that the antibiotic is addressing. It could just be a matter of time and it might go away. I'm hopeful, anyway.
BUT IT'S GONE! I'm very happy about that. It feels strange to have a big gaping hole there now, though. I'm concerned about dislodging the blood clot, too, since I've had dry socket before and it's even more painful than what I've been going through recently. I don't want that to happen again!
I will also be patiently and eagerly watching to see when zirconium implants will be available, that's for sure.
My dentist called me early Monday afternoon and we talked about the tooth. He told me that the oral surgeon who could extract it was leaving town today (Tuesday), and was willing to see me yesterday afternoon. I went gladly and willingly as soon as I could.
When the assistant brought me back and sat me in the chair, I was nervous and excited at the same time. Nervous I still might not be better when the tooth was gone, and excited that I might be better afterward. I decided I was only going to have novacaine, and I'm glad I did. It took longer to let the novacaine do it's job than what the oral surgeon did! When I was ready, he and the assistant came in and got the extraction tool ready. Within a matter of a minute, the tooth was out (in pieces), and gauze was dropped in it's place. I got to see the tooth, and it was not pretty (if there is such a thing as a pretty tooth!). It had broken open in the root area and I could see the posts that my dentist used to give support for the crown. I wanted to investigate longer, but they weren't willing to let me stay there very long.
A matter of hours later, I commented to Sparky that my neck didn't hurt much any more. It didn't!! And the pain in my head slowly disappeared, too. Of course there is still pain in the jaw, and now I feel achy in that area from where the novacaine was administered. The doctor put me on clindamycin, and gave me a prescription for motrin 800 mg. He also gave me a prescription for vicodin, but I chose not to fill it. The pain has been tolerable, and my neck is not tight and painful at all today. I've had some head pain, but it is minimal. I'm a little disappointed that I'm still having dizzy feelings, but they could be from the motrin, since it can be a side effect of the meds. Another thought is the infection that the antibiotic is addressing. It could just be a matter of time and it might go away. I'm hopeful, anyway.
BUT IT'S GONE! I'm very happy about that. It feels strange to have a big gaping hole there now, though. I'm concerned about dislodging the blood clot, too, since I've had dry socket before and it's even more painful than what I've been going through recently. I don't want that to happen again!
I will also be patiently and eagerly watching to see when zirconium implants will be available, that's for sure.
Monday, October 1, 2007
Remove it already!
I was reading these testimonials not because of the dentist (but she sounds great), but because of what these people had gone through... http://www.mercola.com/forms/testimonials_dental.htm
Oh my word is all I can say.
I called my dentist's office today and talked with the receptionist (who also assists my dentist at times) and told her my tooth was still giving me problems. She is going to talk to my dentist and call me back, but I asked her to tell him I just want the tooth gone. And after reading the testimonials in the website above, I am more than ready to get rid of it. The sooner the better.
Here's another page with some very useful information on it:
http://www.mercola.com/forms/dental_corner.htm#dentalarticles
Oh my word is all I can say.
I called my dentist's office today and talked with the receptionist (who also assists my dentist at times) and told her my tooth was still giving me problems. She is going to talk to my dentist and call me back, but I asked her to tell him I just want the tooth gone. And after reading the testimonials in the website above, I am more than ready to get rid of it. The sooner the better.
Here's another page with some very useful information on it:
http://www.mercola.com/forms/dental_corner.htm#dentalarticles
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Even I'm Amazed....
Listed below is another list from a different source (http://www.mercuryexposure.org/index.php?page_id=61) that shows even more relation to health problems and mercury.
- ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder (Medical Science)
- Agglutinin formation (Medical Science Publications)
- Allergy (Dental Handbooks)
- ALS - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Medical Journals)
- Alzheimer's (Dental Science)
- Anger (Dental Handbooks)
- Anorexia (Medical Journals)
- Anxiety (Dental Handbooks)
- Astenovegetative syndrome (Medical Science Publications)
- Asthenia (Medical Science Publications)
- Asthenic-vegative syndrome (Medical Science Publications)
- Ataxia (Dental Handbooks)
- Autism (Vaccine Journals)
- Bad Temper (Dental Handbooks)
- Blisters (Dental Handbooks)
- Bloating (Dental Handbooks)
- Blood Pressure Problems (Dental Handbooks)
- Bloodstream (Medical Science Publications)
- Blurred vision (Environment Newspapers and Dental Handbooks)
- Bone marrow (Medical Science Publications)
- Bones (Medical Science Publications)
- Breakdown (Medical Science Publications)
- Cancer (Medical Journal)
- Cardiac effecters (Medical Science Publications)
- Cardiovascular self-regulation (Medical Science Publications)
- Cardiovascular system (Medical Science Publications)
- Cerebella ataxia (Medical Journals)
- Chemical depression of work function (Medical Science Publications)
- Chest Pains (Dental Handbooks)
- Chronic fatigue syndrome (Dental Handbooks)
- Chronic inflamation (Dental Handbooks)
- Chylamydia trachomatis (Medical Journals)
- Circulatory changes (Medical Science Publications)
- Circulatory systems (Dental Handbooks)
- CNS Central nervous system (Medical Science Publications)
- Concentration loss (Dental Handbooks)
- Constipation (Dental Handbooks)
- Cortex (Medical Science Publications)
- Cortical excitation (Medical Science Publications)
- Cortical neurosis (Medical Science Publications)
- Cytomegalovirus (Medical Journal)
- Decision making difficulty (Dental Journal)
- Depression (Dental Handbooks)
- Depression in functional body (Medical Science Publications)
- Dermographism (Medical Science Publications)
- Diahhrea (Dental Handbooks)
- Digital tremor (Medical Science Publications)
- Diminished working ability (Medical Science Publications)
- Dizziness (Dental Handbooks)
- Ears ringing (Dental Handbooks)
- Emotional disruption (Medical Science Publications)
- Energy loss (Dental Handbooks)
- Enlarged glands (Medical Science Publications)
- Enzymatic protein function (Medical Science Publications)
- Fatigue Medical (Science Publications)
- Feet cold (Dental Handbooks)
- Fever (Medical Journals)
- Fibromyalgia (Dental Handbooks)
- Fine tremors (Medical Science Publications)
- Food allergies (Dental Handbooks)
- Frequent urination (Dental Handbooks)
- Functional disturbances (Medical Science Publications)
- Functional shifts (Medical Science Publications)
- Galvanic response (Medical Science Publications)
- Gnarled limbs (Environment Newspapers)
- Gum Problems (Dental Handbooks)
- Hands cold (Dental Handbooks)
- Hard pulse (Dental Handbooks)
- Headache (Medical Journals and Dental Handbooks)
- Headaches (Medical Science Publications)
- Herpes I (Medical Journal)
- Herpes II (Medical Journal)
- Hormonal protein function (Medical Science Publications)
- Hypersensitivity (Dental Handbooks)
- Hyperthermia (Medical Science Publications)
- Hypoxia (Medical Science Publications)
- Idiopathic autism (Vaccine Journals)
- Immune system (Dental Journals)
- Immuneological protein function (Medical Science Publications)
- Infection (Medical Science Publications)
- Infectious diseases (Medical Science Publications)
- Influenza (Medical Science Publications)
- Insomnia (Medical Journals)
- Intestinal disturbance (Medical Science Publications and Dental Handbooks)
- Intoxication (Medical Science Publications)
- Introvert (Dental Handbooks)
- Irregular heartbeat (Dental Handbooks)
- Irritability (Medical Journals)
- Jaw inflamed (Dental Handbooks)
- Joint pain (Dental Handbooks)
- Kidneys (Medical Science Publications)
- Less muscular capacity (Medical Science Publications)
- lichen leukoplakia (Dental Handbooks)
- Liver (Medical Science Publications)
- Low blood pressure (Dental Science Publications)
- Lower muscular capacity (Medical Science Publications)
- Lumbago (Dental Handbooks)
- Malaise (Medical Journals)
- Memory (Dental Handbooks)
- Memory loss (Medical Science Publications)
- Mercurial syndrome (Medical Journals)
- Mercury etiology (Medical Science Publications)
- Metabolic changes (Medical Science Publications)
- Metal taste (Dental Handbooks)
- Micromercurialism (Medical Science Publications)
- Moderate hypochromic anemia (Medical Science Publications)
- Monotypic functional shifts (Medical Science Publications)
- Mood (Dental Handbooks)
- Morphological disorders (Medical Science Publications)
- Muscle pain (Dental Handbooks)
- Muscular insufficiency (Medical Science Publications)
- Nervous heart (Dental Handbooks)
- Nervous systems (Dental Handbooks)
- Neurological symptoms (Medical Science Publications)
- Numbness (Dental Handbooks)
- Olfactory analyzer (Medical Science Publications)
- Optic thalami (Medical Science Publications)
- Paralysis (Dental Handbooks)
- Phlebitis (Dental Handbooks)
- Physiology toward pathology (Medical Science Publications)
- Plasma (Dental Journals)
- Positive electrical charge (Medical Science Publications)
- Protein metabolism (Medical Science Publications)
- Psychic (Dental Handbooks)
- Red dermographism (Medical Science Publications)
- Reflex insufficiency (Medical Science Publications)
- Rheumatoid arthritis (Dental Handbooks)
- Sensitivity (Dental Handbooks)
- Sinusitis (Medical Science Publications and Dental Handbooks)
- Spasms (Dental Handbooks)
- Spleen (Medical Science Publications)
- Stiffness (Dental Handbooks)
- Stomach disturbance (Dental Handbooks)
- Stress (Medical Science Publications)
- Subcortical ganglia (Medical Science Publications)
- Suicidal (Dental Handbooks)
- Tachycardia (Dental Handbooks)
- Teeth ache (Dental Handbooks)
- Tremors (Medical Science Publications)
- Temperature response (Medical Science Publications)
- Thyroid metabolism (Medical Science Publications and Dental Handbooks)
- Thyroid uptake of radioactive iodine (Medical Science Publications)
- Ticks (Dental Handbooks)
- Tired (Dental Handbooks)
- Toxic action (Medical Science Publications)
- Urine (Dental Journals)
- Vascular disorders (Medical Science Publications)
- Vascular permeability (Medical Science Publications)
- Vegetative dystonia (Medical Science Publications)
- Vegetative nervous system (Medical Science Publications)
- Vegetative neurosis (Medical Science Publications)
- Vertigo (Dental Handbooks)
- Week pulse (Dental Handbooks)
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Mercury is Nasty
Today I ran across this article, and within it is a video that is a must see. It explains what happens when mercury enters the neurological center of the brain. http://www.drkaslow.com/html/mercury_s_influence.html
The article also discusses reproductive problems, digestive problems, thyroid issues, yeast overgrowth, and mineral displacement.
I am feeling very heavy brain-fog today, and I've been having problems with my right hand going numb at times. My doctor said that the hand problem is connected to the same trunk of muscles as the neck problems I've been having and the chiropractor should be able to address the problem.
I reminded myself again last night that I still have 5 crowns with amalgam under them that have to be removed before I should feel any type of major relief. The struggle of day-to-day living with my symptoms is frustrating at its best, and most days I'd rather just climb in my lazyboy and let the world go by. Don't let this happen to you. Don't get overburdened with metal toxicity and let your health disappear on you. Stop the amalgam insanity by refusing amalgams (and root canals!) at all costs. You'll thank yourself later for it!
The article also discusses reproductive problems, digestive problems, thyroid issues, yeast overgrowth, and mineral displacement.
I am feeling very heavy brain-fog today, and I've been having problems with my right hand going numb at times. My doctor said that the hand problem is connected to the same trunk of muscles as the neck problems I've been having and the chiropractor should be able to address the problem.
I reminded myself again last night that I still have 5 crowns with amalgam under them that have to be removed before I should feel any type of major relief. The struggle of day-to-day living with my symptoms is frustrating at its best, and most days I'd rather just climb in my lazyboy and let the world go by. Don't let this happen to you. Don't get overburdened with metal toxicity and let your health disappear on you. Stop the amalgam insanity by refusing amalgams (and root canals!) at all costs. You'll thank yourself later for it!
Monday, September 24, 2007
A Collision....
I'm feeling pretty much lately like a freight train hit me, and I'm dealing with the aftermath.
I called and talked with my dentist early last week. I couldn't convince him to pull the tooth then, but he did say he would pull it if what he wanted to try didn't work. I decided it was worth him trying what he wanted to if he'd extract it if his idea failed. He wanted to level down the tooth more and see if he couldn't relieve the pain by adjusting the bite. I went in to see him on the 20th, and as he was checking the occlusion (bite), he noticed that the tooth in front of the tooth in question was hitting pretty heavily on the top tooth as well. He leveled both teeth down to make the occlusion more even.
So far I've noticed a lot less pain in that part of the jaw, but my neck and head have not given up their fight. I had some severe pain in my head that lasted several hours over the weekend that advil wouldn't even come close to touching. The pain has returned today in a not so nice way and making the day miserable. The dizzy spells that I have often have surely made themselves known today, too.
I haven't detoxed much with the fortune delight lately only because there have been so many days that I've needed to feel okay to go somewhere or do something. I plan to continue it on the next day when I know I can be home all day and nothing too major is required of me. I know I certainly need it, as I struggle so much with lack of concentration and energy along with a myriad of symptoms that some cleansing would help.
Here is another article that sounds like it could be my life story. http://www.positivehealth.com/article-view.php?articleid=492
How sad it is to see so many articles on the internet today that share people's life stories that are affected by mercury. It's also frustrating to see so much information on the dangers of mercury in fillings all over the internet, yet no one in the government does anything about it to save people from the heartache and pain when they become sick.
I called and talked with my dentist early last week. I couldn't convince him to pull the tooth then, but he did say he would pull it if what he wanted to try didn't work. I decided it was worth him trying what he wanted to if he'd extract it if his idea failed. He wanted to level down the tooth more and see if he couldn't relieve the pain by adjusting the bite. I went in to see him on the 20th, and as he was checking the occlusion (bite), he noticed that the tooth in front of the tooth in question was hitting pretty heavily on the top tooth as well. He leveled both teeth down to make the occlusion more even.
So far I've noticed a lot less pain in that part of the jaw, but my neck and head have not given up their fight. I had some severe pain in my head that lasted several hours over the weekend that advil wouldn't even come close to touching. The pain has returned today in a not so nice way and making the day miserable. The dizzy spells that I have often have surely made themselves known today, too.
I haven't detoxed much with the fortune delight lately only because there have been so many days that I've needed to feel okay to go somewhere or do something. I plan to continue it on the next day when I know I can be home all day and nothing too major is required of me. I know I certainly need it, as I struggle so much with lack of concentration and energy along with a myriad of symptoms that some cleansing would help.
Here is another article that sounds like it could be my life story. http://www.positivehealth.com/article-view.php?articleid=492
How sad it is to see so many articles on the internet today that share people's life stories that are affected by mercury. It's also frustrating to see so much information on the dangers of mercury in fillings all over the internet, yet no one in the government does anything about it to save people from the heartache and pain when they become sick.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Talk about toxic!
In reference to my title of this post, I'm the one who's toxic, and I think yesterday proved it.
I emailed my doctor in the morning, telling him of some symptoms that I was experiencing that were getting a little out of the ordinary (out of the ordinary meaning really bad). He told me to start detoxing by drinking some fortune delight. It's healthy and natural...Doshi loves the stuff so I keep it on hand, and was ready to start. Little did I know exactly what was going to happen! I used to drink FD before I got sick. I liked it, and it was refreshing. The great thing about it is it's an herbal food, and works well with the body to eliminate the bad stuff, especially after workouts. When I got sick, I drank it for a while, but stopped when I noticed the irritability wasn't so bad when it wasn't included in my diet (Irritability to me was bad, until recently when I found out it was good for it to happen - more in an earlier post).
Because I have tried to stay away from anything that will detoxify until all the amalgam is gone, I am so toxic now that only one packet of FD in 12 ounces of water caused one of the freakiest things I've felt in a while. After drinking about 3/4 of it, I started feeling a pulling of stuff inside my head into the rest of my body. I felt so terrible during that time and after, I pretty much lost the rest of my day to feeling completely out of it and just feeling like crud. By last night, the left side of my head and jaw (near the bad tooth) were hurting pretty bad. During the night I woke up and felt that same side of my head had "fallen asleep" and it was tingling very strongly. It was all the way from my chin up to well behind and above my left ear. When that got back to normal, I could feel my jaw on the left side aching considerably. I woke up this morning with pain still there, and a fair amount of irritability. The pain has subsided somewhat, but I can still feel an achiness. I was still irritable, and my stomach was a bit "off", too.
I emailed my doc right away this morning to ask if it was from the fortune delight and he said yes, the body is detoxifying like it should. It's certainly not fun to go through, that's for sure. But he wants me to continue, with a more diluted form of the FD so it's not so strong to my system. He said in about a week I should hopefully feel some improvement.
Because I had used FD before, I never expected the results I got yesterday. I should have thought about how much the dental revisions have put a lot more mercury ravaging around my system, though. Plus, the root canaled tooth has had time to cause so much toxicity with the anaerobic bacteria making it's home there, along with the four other root canaled teeth with their own toxicity.
I also read today about cavitations left behind when removing a tooth. These can, and most often do, turn almost gangrenous. Talk about gross! But almost everyone who's had their wisdom teeth or any other teeth extracted probably didn't have the periodontal ligament removed with it, only to leave behind the 95% chance of bacterium buildup. It doesn't show up on x-rays, and most times there is no pain, so the unsuspecting person goes on with life thinking they are healthy and nothing is wrong with them. Within years, the bacterium usually shows up elsewhere in the form of an auto-immune disease, or worse yet, cancer. So not only amalgams can cause these terrible diseases, but so can root canals, and cavitations (Uninformed Consent, Hal Huggins).
I sure look at situations so differently now when I meet someone who is suffering from cancer or an auto-immune disease. It continually goes through my head...how many silver fillings does this person have? How many root canals? How many cavitations? Do they have dentures that have mercury or nickel in them? If they don't have any of these things, did one or both of their parents since mercury can cross the placenta or attach itself to sperm?
How many dentists have unknowingly poisoned their patients because they don't know any better and have listened to what the ADA is telling them instead of having reason to do their own research? I will say it again. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO INFORMED CONSENT. Do your research. And like me, if you're still not sure, do MORE research before you have anything put in your teeth (or your body!). Even now, after how much I've learned, I'm still making mistakes. I still forget things I've read, and I feel most times like I'm the only one who knows what's best for me dental-wise, because I certainly don't trust my dentist even though he's better than most since he understands the dangers of and won't place amalgam, but I've learned he still doesn't have all the answers, either. So if I'm doing all the learning (and forgetting), there's not a huge support system for me to lean on. Find a doctor who understands mercury toxicity and can help you. Find a dentist who completely understands the toxicity of all things done to your teeth. Be INFORMED.
http://www.piercelaw.edu/risk/vol2/spring/royal.htm
http://www.positivehealth.com/article-view.php?articleid=502
http://www.rooted.tv/?gclid=CK-7nsvK644CFRUHWAodGCh8FQ
I emailed my doctor in the morning, telling him of some symptoms that I was experiencing that were getting a little out of the ordinary (out of the ordinary meaning really bad). He told me to start detoxing by drinking some fortune delight. It's healthy and natural...Doshi loves the stuff so I keep it on hand, and was ready to start. Little did I know exactly what was going to happen! I used to drink FD before I got sick. I liked it, and it was refreshing. The great thing about it is it's an herbal food, and works well with the body to eliminate the bad stuff, especially after workouts. When I got sick, I drank it for a while, but stopped when I noticed the irritability wasn't so bad when it wasn't included in my diet (Irritability to me was bad, until recently when I found out it was good for it to happen - more in an earlier post).
Because I have tried to stay away from anything that will detoxify until all the amalgam is gone, I am so toxic now that only one packet of FD in 12 ounces of water caused one of the freakiest things I've felt in a while. After drinking about 3/4 of it, I started feeling a pulling of stuff inside my head into the rest of my body. I felt so terrible during that time and after, I pretty much lost the rest of my day to feeling completely out of it and just feeling like crud. By last night, the left side of my head and jaw (near the bad tooth) were hurting pretty bad. During the night I woke up and felt that same side of my head had "fallen asleep" and it was tingling very strongly. It was all the way from my chin up to well behind and above my left ear. When that got back to normal, I could feel my jaw on the left side aching considerably. I woke up this morning with pain still there, and a fair amount of irritability. The pain has subsided somewhat, but I can still feel an achiness. I was still irritable, and my stomach was a bit "off", too.
I emailed my doc right away this morning to ask if it was from the fortune delight and he said yes, the body is detoxifying like it should. It's certainly not fun to go through, that's for sure. But he wants me to continue, with a more diluted form of the FD so it's not so strong to my system. He said in about a week I should hopefully feel some improvement.
Because I had used FD before, I never expected the results I got yesterday. I should have thought about how much the dental revisions have put a lot more mercury ravaging around my system, though. Plus, the root canaled tooth has had time to cause so much toxicity with the anaerobic bacteria making it's home there, along with the four other root canaled teeth with their own toxicity.
I also read today about cavitations left behind when removing a tooth. These can, and most often do, turn almost gangrenous. Talk about gross! But almost everyone who's had their wisdom teeth or any other teeth extracted probably didn't have the periodontal ligament removed with it, only to leave behind the 95% chance of bacterium buildup. It doesn't show up on x-rays, and most times there is no pain, so the unsuspecting person goes on with life thinking they are healthy and nothing is wrong with them. Within years, the bacterium usually shows up elsewhere in the form of an auto-immune disease, or worse yet, cancer. So not only amalgams can cause these terrible diseases, but so can root canals, and cavitations (Uninformed Consent, Hal Huggins).
I sure look at situations so differently now when I meet someone who is suffering from cancer or an auto-immune disease. It continually goes through my head...how many silver fillings does this person have? How many root canals? How many cavitations? Do they have dentures that have mercury or nickel in them? If they don't have any of these things, did one or both of their parents since mercury can cross the placenta or attach itself to sperm?
How many dentists have unknowingly poisoned their patients because they don't know any better and have listened to what the ADA is telling them instead of having reason to do their own research? I will say it again. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO INFORMED CONSENT. Do your research. And like me, if you're still not sure, do MORE research before you have anything put in your teeth (or your body!). Even now, after how much I've learned, I'm still making mistakes. I still forget things I've read, and I feel most times like I'm the only one who knows what's best for me dental-wise, because I certainly don't trust my dentist even though he's better than most since he understands the dangers of and won't place amalgam, but I've learned he still doesn't have all the answers, either. So if I'm doing all the learning (and forgetting), there's not a huge support system for me to lean on. Find a doctor who understands mercury toxicity and can help you. Find a dentist who completely understands the toxicity of all things done to your teeth. Be INFORMED.
http://www.piercelaw.edu/risk/vol2/spring/royal.htm
http://www.positivehealth.com/article-view.php?articleid=502
http://www.rooted.tv/?gclid=CK-7nsvK644CFRUHWAodGCh8FQ
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