Re: The Idiot Doctor Chronicles: Another One Bites the Dust!

[Guest guest]

It's my understanding that you don't even START chelating for

mercury toxicity until your mercury fillings have been removed.

So if he didn't address that, I would be even MORE wary.

Have you been to Andy Cutler's site:

http://www.noamalgam.com/

There's a Yahoo group too:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/adult-metal-chelation/

Other stuff:

http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/

http://www.amalgam.org/#anchor71950

> >

> > I think you've made a good choice, especially without any

testing to

> > show some problems. At your age do you even have any mercury

> > fillings? I know when I first started out I really didn't even

want

> > to take Armour, only the iodine, although the fatigue got the

better

> > of me and I couldn't take it anymore.

> >

>

> Well, most of my fillings are from when I was a kid, so I am

assuming

> that they are mercury. I've only had a couple replaced as I needed

> two crowns (YUCK!) and one filling replaced.

>

> He didn't even ask me about my fillings. He was just going on and

on

> about all of the toxins in Ohio, that it's the dirtiest state in

the

> Union, blah, blah, blah.

>

> One thing I can say is that I probably won't be getting my fillings

> replaced unless TOTALLY dentally necessary. I have terrible

> dent-o-phobia. There's not enough HC in the universe for that!

LOL!

>

> I have no problem with being on thyroid meds, even if for life.

But

> this idea that autoimmunity can be reversed is VERY interesting to

me,

> whether or not it reverses thyroid med requirements. More

important

> to me would be that the autoimmunity doesn't continue on to other

> glands, etc., which may already be happening. This dr and several

> others that I have consulted with have made a good argument for

this

> autoimmune reversal.

>

> But...

>

> If you look at all of the possibilities that have been discussed as

> possible " causes " for the immune reaction - iodine deficiency,

stealth

> infections, gluten intolerance & heavy metal toxicity - it would be

> reasonable to consider that I might have any or several of them.

So

> why start with the most invasive & expensive, especially without

testing?

>

> If he had said let's start testing for all of these, that would

have

> been a VERY different story. But his approach was, do the

chelation

> FIRST, then if that doesn't work, we'll look at the other issues.

>

> Seems bass-ackwards to me!

>

> Warmly,

>

>

[Guest guest]

>

> It's my understanding that you don't even START chelating for

> mercury toxicity until your mercury fillings have been removed.

>

> So if he didn't address that, I would be even MORE wary.

>

Thanks for the info & links, . That seals the deal for me then.

I won't be having my fillings removed any time soon for a variety of

reasons:

1) I'm quite terrified of dental work; not enough HC in the WORLD for

that much dental work.

2) I would be concerned that the dental work alone would send me into

adrenal hysteria! WAY TOO MUCH STRESS FOR RIGHT NOW!

3) My teeth are very sensitive. They are even more sensitive when I

am hypo.

4) Concern for infection. Just a gut feeling, but I've been more

reluctant than usual to do any dental work right now, because I don't

feel that I can stave off infection effectively being hypo.

I'm not discounting that mercury can be causing a problem, but I'd

want to know, given the above-listed reasons, that all other bases

have been covered...like iodine deficiency, which occasionally causes

hypothyroid! (I'm not being snarky to you, , but rather it's

directed at the Grand Master Chelator!)

Dr. told me that hair testing is a good way to test for heavy

metals.

Warmly,

[Guest guest]

>

> It's my understanding that you don't even START chelating for

> mercury toxicity until your mercury fillings have been removed.

>

> So if he didn't address that, I would be even MORE wary.

>

Thanks for the info & links, . That seals the deal for me then.

I won't be having my fillings removed any time soon for a variety of

reasons:

1) I'm quite terrified of dental work; not enough HC in the WORLD for

that much dental work.

2) I would be concerned that the dental work alone would send me into

adrenal hysteria! WAY TOO MUCH STRESS FOR RIGHT NOW!

3) My teeth are very sensitive. They are even more sensitive when I

am hypo.

4) Concern for infection. Just a gut feeling, but I've been more

reluctant than usual to do any dental work right now, because I don't

feel that I can stave off infection effectively being hypo.

I'm not discounting that mercury can be causing a problem, but I'd

want to know, given the above-listed reasons, that all other bases

have been covered...like iodine deficiency, which occasionally causes

hypothyroid! (I'm not being snarky to you, , but rather it's

directed at the Grand Master Chelator!)

Dr. told me that hair testing is a good way to test for heavy

metals.

Warmly,

[Guest guest]

>

> I agree completely. I was super low on Progesterone

> too and am adrenally fatigued.

>

> After being on Progesterone for three months and HC

> for two and a half I am now having a few mornings a

> week where I wake up feeling pretty normal and not

> having that feeling worn out thing before I even get

> out of bed. So it's moving along.

>

> The biggest improvement came from starting the

> Progesterone, for sure.

Well, , I can't WAIT to do my sex hormone testing, because I

think I'm having low estrogen symptoms now too, even though previously

I had estrogen dominance symptoms. Might make sense if it's because

my adrenals are such crap right now! We'll see!!!

[Guest guest]

>

> I agree completely. I was super low on Progesterone

> too and am adrenally fatigued.

>

> After being on Progesterone for three months and HC

> for two and a half I am now having a few mornings a

> week where I wake up feeling pretty normal and not

> having that feeling worn out thing before I even get

> out of bed. So it's moving along.

>

> The biggest improvement came from starting the

> Progesterone, for sure.

Well, , I can't WAIT to do my sex hormone testing, because I

think I'm having low estrogen symptoms now too, even though previously

I had estrogen dominance symptoms. Might make sense if it's because

my adrenals are such crap right now! We'll see!!!

[Guest guest]

>

> I agree completely. I was super low on Progesterone

> too and am adrenally fatigued.

>

> After being on Progesterone for three months and HC

> for two and a half I am now having a few mornings a

> week where I wake up feeling pretty normal and not

> having that feeling worn out thing before I even get

> out of bed. So it's moving along.

>

> The biggest improvement came from starting the

> Progesterone, for sure.

Well, , I can't WAIT to do my sex hormone testing, because I

think I'm having low estrogen symptoms now too, even though previously

I had estrogen dominance symptoms. Might make sense if it's because

my adrenals are such crap right now! We'll see!!!

[Guest guest]

>

> Please let us know your test results when you get them

> back, would you ? I'm sure interested to see

> what they will be!

Oh yes, I certainly will. I think I will wait to talk with Pete until

after I do that too.

>

> [i love my treadmill, I love my treadmill, I love my

> treadmill, I love my treadmill, I love my treadmill

> *clicks heels together three times*]

>

Unfortunately (HA!), I don't think I'm feeling well enough yet to jump

on the treadmill. %(

Although every time I see my Electra Townie sitting lonely in the

garage...

http://www.electrabike.com/04/bikes/06bikes/townie/06_twn_14.html

adorned with her adorable Longaberger basket...

http://www.longaberger.com/products/product_detail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes & produc\

tId=60809

....I get sad, because I was having such a great time going out for a

ride every morning this summer before I got sick. Hopefully by spring!

Warmly,

[Guest guest]

>

> Please let us know your test results when you get them

> back, would you ? I'm sure interested to see

> what they will be!

Oh yes, I certainly will. I think I will wait to talk with Pete until

after I do that too.

>

> [i love my treadmill, I love my treadmill, I love my

> treadmill, I love my treadmill, I love my treadmill

> *clicks heels together three times*]

>

Unfortunately (HA!), I don't think I'm feeling well enough yet to jump

on the treadmill. %(

Although every time I see my Electra Townie sitting lonely in the

garage...

http://www.electrabike.com/04/bikes/06bikes/townie/06_twn_14.html

adorned with her adorable Longaberger basket...

http://www.longaberger.com/products/product_detail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes & produc\

tId=60809

....I get sad, because I was having such a great time going out for a

ride every morning this summer before I got sick. Hopefully by spring!

Warmly,