Posted by bleauberry on February 17, 2008, at 18:52:05
In reply to Re: Supplements that calm the immune system down? » bleauberry, posted by cache-monkey on February 14, 2008, at 3:55:10
12 molar amalgams? I don't think you need any tests. Here are some to consider though. Mercury is hard to test because it so illusively hides deep in cells, and is also tightly grabbed by bacteria and things like Lyme, all of which thrive on it. Get a hair sample from Doctor's Data. Go to the frequent-dose-chelation group at Yahoo to have it analyses. Mercury leaves telltale patterns that are distinct. A urine porphyrin test, FDA approved for toxicity, is diagnostic of mercury damage. Dentists who specialize in removing amalgams safely can give you a saliva test...one before chewing gum, and one after chewing gum. These tests show the mercury in your saliva from the fillings and the significant rise after chewing.
You ask good questions. Common questions. Too lengthy to answer here. There are solid answers to all of them. They are in the book Amalgam Illness. All about the politics, the controversies, why the medical world is not up to speed, why it takes years or decades for symptoms to show up, and lots of other things you haven't even thought to question yet.
If you are like me, you will poo-poo the idea, hold onto some skepticism and doubt, forget about it because it is too expensive, and then in a year or two realize you are just getting sicker and sicker with new weird things piling up on top of the old things which are also worse then they were a year ago. Bad mistake I made, but it is a common one.
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> Thanks for the info. I've been absorbing it slowly. I've thought about mercury toxicity, as I have about 12 molar amalgams.
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> But, I really don't know what to believe about it. First, why would the symptoms only show up 15 years later? Second, the medical establishment really seems to pooh-pooh it. On the other hand there is all this anecdotal evidence to the contrary. But then there there don't seem to be any scientifically valid tests for mercury toxicity.
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> So it would be a pretty sizeable chunk of money to spend for the 12 replacements based on a hunch...
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> I'm wondering, though, can chelation or other mercury-mitigating therapies be done with fillings still in place?
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> Thanks,
> cache-monkey
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