For the last 2 days my sister needed me to watch her son for a few hours. I used to cringe when she'd ask me because I was always concerned if I could get through the day. My nephew is really behaved quite well for a 5 year old and he is very laid back and easygoing. Any time I watched him and did not feel good he was very understanding. I know adults who are less understanding than my nephew! HA!
It has been very warm lately and of course I was concerned about my heat intolerance. Can I even stand up outside let alone play with him? Yikes. On bad days just walking to the car would make me feel as if I were going to die.
Well it turned out that I not only could stand up outside, but we were playing tag! We sprinted, yes SPRINTED around the yard playing tag for about 30 minutes or so. I'm happy to report he got tired before me and wanted to go in for a drink of water. :) You can not even believe how excited and happy I am about all of this. It was 83 degrees with very high humidity outside so something is going on with me. Am I cured? Nope, but there is a big enough difference that I have noticed. I have a long ways to go, but this is giving me so much hope and optimism. It is actually a little scary! I was afraid to hit POST on this one. Will I jinx it?!
Last night (after watching my nephew for two days and going on walks at the park afterward, cleaning, making dinner, any other normal duties that need done in my house etc) I did have a headache, but it was gone when I woke up this morning. YAY! I have no post exertional malaise today, although that has never been a big issue for me in the past. It is not quite as warm today, but the humidity is very high. That's usually all I need to feel sick and I am doing well.
Like I said, I am NOT cured by any means, but this is very interesting. I just hope I keep getting better and it doesn't stop here.
Showing posts with label mercury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mercury. Show all posts
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Mercury Hives: What Can I Do?
When I started chelating in 2008 with DMSA, I got hives and did not understand at that time what was going on. I thought I had just developed food allergies or something because they lasted for so long. I stopped chelating for about 2 years because I felt really sick and eventually the hives went away on their own. I had changed my diet and part of me thought that was why the hives went away.
Then I decided I needed to start back up on chelation and the hives came back full force.
I knew this was no a coincidence and the hives are indeed directly caused by chelation. In a desperate attempt, I decided to try DMPS to see if it was caused specifically by the DMSA. Much to my dismay, after 3 rounds of DMPS the hives started to show up once I went off-round. This time even more severe than before if you can even imagine that looking at some of the old pictures. In yet another desperate attempt to stop them, I went on Diflucan and took probiotics, but neither of those did anything to stop the hives. In my case they are NOT caused by a yeast flare up or anything like that.
What does this mean? What am I to do?
I sit here tonight with hives galore. They are so very itchy it is hard to concentrate on anything. Taking benedryl barely touches them and the only thing I feel is deliriousness and completely drugged out of my mind. The last time I had to get a dexamethasone injection and take prednisone for them to stop. Even still, the hives continued on for days while on 60mg of prednisone. This is a serious allergic reaction and I do not know where to go from here. I cannot keep doing this.
With DMPS there is a risk of developing a potentially fatal condition called, Stevens Johnson Syndrome.
"Signs and symptoms of Stevens-Johnson syndrome include:
My next step is to take EDTA and see what happens. The Cutler folk will have you believe that I'm going to kill myself with EDTA, but at this point I need to see if the hives happen on EDTA as well. If they do, then I seriously have no idea what I'm going to do. With the amalgam tattoo gone, I thought this would stop. No such luck in my case.
I may start the EDTA tonight and see how I do.
Then I decided I needed to start back up on chelation and the hives came back full force.
I knew this was no a coincidence and the hives are indeed directly caused by chelation. In a desperate attempt, I decided to try DMPS to see if it was caused specifically by the DMSA. Much to my dismay, after 3 rounds of DMPS the hives started to show up once I went off-round. This time even more severe than before if you can even imagine that looking at some of the old pictures. In yet another desperate attempt to stop them, I went on Diflucan and took probiotics, but neither of those did anything to stop the hives. In my case they are NOT caused by a yeast flare up or anything like that.
What does this mean? What am I to do?
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| Hives caused by chelation |
With DMPS there is a risk of developing a potentially fatal condition called, Stevens Johnson Syndrome.
"Signs and symptoms of Stevens-Johnson syndrome include:
- Facial swelling
- Tongue swelling
- Hives
- Skin pain
- A red or purple skin rash that spreads within hours to days
- Blisters on your skin and mucous membranes, especially in your mouth, nose and eyes
- Shedding (sloughing) of your skin"
My next step is to take EDTA and see what happens. The Cutler folk will have you believe that I'm going to kill myself with EDTA, but at this point I need to see if the hives happen on EDTA as well. If they do, then I seriously have no idea what I'm going to do. With the amalgam tattoo gone, I thought this would stop. No such luck in my case.
I may start the EDTA tonight and see how I do.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Hives Got REAL Bad, REAL Quick
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| Hives from heavy metal chelation |
Yesterday the hives got really bad. Like I thought my life was in jeopardy because I started to have trouble swallowing and speaking. I went to the urgent care and was given a mega dose of Decadron (Dexamethasone) and told to take high doses of Prednisone for the next 15 days. Part of me was really worried about all of this and the injection, but I had little to no choice. My throat was starting to swell up on me and I was scared to go to sleep like that. Benedryl, zyrtec and some other type of antihistamine had no affect on the hives and I was freaking out.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Diflucan: Will It Stop This?
I woke up and immediately called my doctor and the message on his machine scared the hell out of me. It said he was going to be out of the office for a whole week. I nearly vomited when I heard this, but decided to leave a message any way. Thankfully I got a call from one of the receptionists/secretaries and she said she would contact the doctor and get back to me. I told her she was a lifesaver and was extremely thankful for this because the hives are getting to the point where I might have to see an urgent care soon for high dose predisone.
I got a call back a few hours later and my doctor agreed to have me try Diflucan. Since the hives are not responding to zyrtec, he thought it was a very good idea. I told her (the secretary) that this is my last attempt before I give in and go on prednisone. The hives are really getting that bad. This picture above is quite tame compared to the hives on my torso and lower abdomen, which you can see below.
As soon as I got word it was available at the pharmacy, we ran over there. I got the prescription and took my first one in the car. haha Now I wait and see what happens. I don't expect miracles because I may have already reached the point of no return. I don't want to go on high dose prednisone. I'm going to be out of my mind if I have to though and that scares me. I might need to buy a cage for my husband to lock me in...lol J/K!!! I really do not do well at all on large steroid doses...
Fingers crossed this works. I am not starting my round today obviously. I was due to start back up again, but I need to get these hives under control first.
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| Hives on neck-Monday night |
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| So itchy! |
Fingers crossed this works. I am not starting my round today obviously. I was due to start back up again, but I need to get these hives under control first.
Monday, April 4, 2011
And It Begins...Hives
Tonight out of the blue, with no other symptoms or issues I started to get hives everywhere. I do not know what to do now. DMSA and DMPS now both are causing hives? Here's the weird thing though...I am not on round. I quit late Thursday night, so it has been 3 days.
The hives were out of hand, so I took a zyrtec. I got some nice picture of the hives, so all of you can see what I go through now. I've got no idea what to do. The only things you can use to chelate cause me severe distress. I still find it odd that it took 3 rounds for it to show up.
Well I have to let this all soak in and see what I want to do from here. To say I am frustrated is a huge understatement.
Update: I woke up Monday morning and the hives are still here. Wow! I'm thinking this must be a candida/fungus flare up or some type. I also have tinea versicolor on my neck now and it is starting on my chest. You can see a spot of it (if you know what you are looking for) in the picture of my neck. I'm not sure what to do, but studies I've read suggest taking Diflucan to control the fungus. We will see what I want to do because I did not really want to do that right now. Blah...never dull when chelating!
Update 2: It is now Monday night I see no end with these hives. Zyrtec surprisingly isn't working. I don't know whether it is because my Zyrtec is 1 year past expiration (haha) or if these hives are just not responding. Ugh I really did not want to go on an anti-fungal, but I might have to give it a shot to see if it clears up.
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| Terrible Itchy Hives on Neck and Scalp |
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| Very large, hard hives near elbow |
Well I have to let this all soak in and see what I want to do from here. To say I am frustrated is a huge understatement.
Update: I woke up Monday morning and the hives are still here. Wow! I'm thinking this must be a candida/fungus flare up or some type. I also have tinea versicolor on my neck now and it is starting on my chest. You can see a spot of it (if you know what you are looking for) in the picture of my neck. I'm not sure what to do, but studies I've read suggest taking Diflucan to control the fungus. We will see what I want to do because I did not really want to do that right now. Blah...never dull when chelating!
Update 2: It is now Monday night I see no end with these hives. Zyrtec surprisingly isn't working. I don't know whether it is because my Zyrtec is 1 year past expiration (haha) or if these hives are just not responding. Ugh I really did not want to go on an anti-fungal, but I might have to give it a shot to see if it clears up.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Heading Back to Oral Surgeon
Update: The pathology did not come back yet, but everything looks good. The visit took all of 3 minutes.
Update 2: Pathology came back and all is well. It was definitely an amalgam tattoo. Nothing was noted other than this on the report. I'm glad it is over with now and it is finally starting to heal really well too.
In about an hour I'll be heading back to the oral surgeon to make sure everything is OK. Recap: I had an amalgam tattoo removed last Tuesday that had been in my mouth for almost 20 years. It was about time to get it out and I do believe mercury leeches from these damn things.
Ever since the removal of the amalgam tattoo I have not been feeling quite right. I don't want to immediately jump to the conclusion it is mercury, but it certainly makes me wonder. The weird panicky feelings I was having last year started to come back yesterday which was just strange. I had been doing really well and then I don't know what triggered my brain to start thinking obsessively. Very peculiar.
I have been having these weird dull headaches. The best I can describe it is almost like a burning. Have you ever accidentally snorted some pool water and your sinuses hurt and burn for hours? That is exactly what my headache felt like. Perhaps I just picked up a mild sinus infection or something. Quite weird though!
Hopefully they will have gotten the pathology back and they will let me know what they found in the tissues. I will ask nicely for a copy of the report and then will post what it said.
I got the DMPS prescribed to me (after a little sweet talking) and it is being compounded by College Pharmacy. I really like this pharmacy as I never had any problems with them and anytime I had questions for the pharmacists they were more than helpful. This is the same place where I got my Methyl B12 injections.
The DPMS is more costly than DMSA. It is about $2.75 per 50mg/capsule. I guess it could be worse. Years ago DMPS was running about $5 a capsule. I'm going to be taking the DMPS 3 x a day for 3 days. Then have 4 off days. If everything goes well I may ask the doctor to up the amount of chelation days.
*Fingers crossed*
Update 2: Pathology came back and all is well. It was definitely an amalgam tattoo. Nothing was noted other than this on the report. I'm glad it is over with now and it is finally starting to heal really well too.
In about an hour I'll be heading back to the oral surgeon to make sure everything is OK. Recap: I had an amalgam tattoo removed last Tuesday that had been in my mouth for almost 20 years. It was about time to get it out and I do believe mercury leeches from these damn things.
Ever since the removal of the amalgam tattoo I have not been feeling quite right. I don't want to immediately jump to the conclusion it is mercury, but it certainly makes me wonder. The weird panicky feelings I was having last year started to come back yesterday which was just strange. I had been doing really well and then I don't know what triggered my brain to start thinking obsessively. Very peculiar.
I have been having these weird dull headaches. The best I can describe it is almost like a burning. Have you ever accidentally snorted some pool water and your sinuses hurt and burn for hours? That is exactly what my headache felt like. Perhaps I just picked up a mild sinus infection or something. Quite weird though!
Hopefully they will have gotten the pathology back and they will let me know what they found in the tissues. I will ask nicely for a copy of the report and then will post what it said.
I got the DMPS prescribed to me (after a little sweet talking) and it is being compounded by College Pharmacy. I really like this pharmacy as I never had any problems with them and anytime I had questions for the pharmacists they were more than helpful. This is the same place where I got my Methyl B12 injections.
The DPMS is more costly than DMSA. It is about $2.75 per 50mg/capsule. I guess it could be worse. Years ago DMPS was running about $5 a capsule. I'm going to be taking the DMPS 3 x a day for 3 days. Then have 4 off days. If everything goes well I may ask the doctor to up the amount of chelation days.
*Fingers crossed*
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Amalgam Tattoo is Gone!
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| Amalgam Tattoo Removed |
He asked me if I wanted to do it now and I said sure why not! Overall it was easy and not a big deal at all. I took some extra hydrocortisone (40mg) just to be sure but I probably could have gotten away with an extra 10 or 20mg.
The area was numbed and then the oral surgeon went to town. The nerve was not an issue at all. In fact he said he did not even see it, so that was good. He went all the way through "multiple tissue planes" to the bone and I could feel the pressure of him scrapping the bone!! WOW! Thankfully the numbing was good, so I didn't actually feel any pain.
Afterward he assured me it was highly likely this spot was just an amalgam tattoo. He said it looked consistent with one as he was removing the tissues, but it is important to know dark spots in your gums can be cancerous too. Because of that, the tissue was sent out for pathology and that report will come back in about a week. I go back to see him next week just to make sure everything is good.
There are dissolving stitches on the incision. It is very bloody and raw looking at the moment, so I have to be careful. He said to take it easy brushing in that area, but I can eat and drink whatever I want. My lip is still really numb, so I am taking it easy. It's funny trying to put lipstick on with a numb lip. haha
He asked me before he got started if I wanted pain pills. I was caught off guard by this question because I did not even think about the fact this might hurt afterward. I was so nervous about the nerve and the procedure, my brain completely left out the part this wound might be extremely painful. haha I told him I am not a fan of pain pills as they make me feel so out of it, but he gave me a prescription any way for vicodin. I did not get it filled yet, so I am hoping it does not hurt too bad. I can already feel some of the novacaine wearing off though and I do not have a good feeling about it. hahah!
I was planning on taking a picture, but I don't know if I can pull my lip back that far without disturbing the area. It is hard taking a picture of this area, so we'll see...
If any of you have a dark spot on your gums, please have it looked at!! Especially if it came out of no where and not related to a tooth restoration or filling. I will let you know what the report says when I see them again next week.
One thing to note. This doctor had a general idea what POTS was and he knew that I needed to take extra HC for the procedure. I was impressed!
Update @ 7PM
The novacain wore off hours ago and it is sore only if I move my mouth around. So I'm trying not to disturb it at all. I don't plan on needing the pain pill because it is only very tender otherwise. Thankfully it is not a bad throbbing pain I have had with other tooth aches and such. Nonetheless this sore is going to be a pain in the ass, I am now realizing because I cannot eat normal foods. haha
Update @ Midnight
Now it is hurting and I don't know. Nothing has changed with it. Eating earlier was rather interesting and I made myself some mashed potatoes. It just more annoying than anything. I want to be able to open my mouth up the whole way and I cannot. Doing that pulls on the stitches and that doesn't feel very good.
However I was able to snap this picture of the wound (seen at the top). It's already looking WAY better than earlier today.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Blood Work, ER and More!
Last evening I decided to go to the ER. The pain started to move more to my back. The wait wasn't too bad despite how busy it was and I was happy with the doctor. At least he didn't call me a heroin addict!
Everything was checked. More X-rays, blood work, and an EKG. He said it was a muscle and to give it another 4-7 days to get better. That's what I'm going to do. I may even cancel my voice lesson for Monday. If it is a muscle apparently I really messed mine up. It has been 13 days today with this chest pain and it still hurts. At least I know it is NOT my lungs, a blood clot, heart problems or a broken rib. I am much more relaxed about it since I know I won't be dropping dead from it.
Today I got my blood work results from Dr. Goldstein and it is not good.
TSH-0.097 VERY LOW
T4- 6.5 (lower than optimal but within lab normal range)
FT3- 2.6 (lower than optimal but within lab normal range)
TSI- <20 OK
TPOAb -<10 OK
With a completely clean thyroid ultrasound and this blood work, it looks like my pituitary isn't working. I'm not completely sure how it all works yet (still researching) but this will quickly cause my thyroid to become hypo. When a hypothyroid is caused by the pituitary it is called Secondary or Central Hypothyroidism. This is exceedingly rare, but with my history of diabetes insipidus doesn't really surprise me. I found a website that said, "Central hypothyroidism is a rare disorder with a prevalence of 0.0002% to 0.005%". If this is referring to the US population, (if I did my math right) that means 600-15000 people have been diagnosed with it. Remember diabetes insipidus is also rare at about 1 in 25,000 people. That is about 12,000 people in the general public. For comparison, primary hypothyroidism (including the autoimmune ones) has a prevalence of 0.8% or about 2.4 million people.
There is another test that can be performed to accurately diagnosis this and that is called a thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test. This will help to distinguish between tertiary (hypothalamus defect) or secondary (pituitary defect) hypothyroidism. An absent or blunted response means secondary. An exaggerated response means tertiary. I don't know if Dr. Goldstein is up for this challenge. I will also need EVERY pituitary hormone checked including LH, FSH, ACTH, PRL, GH etc. Since I had a MRI back in February, I'm not concerned about a tumor. However this does worry me a little because the part of the pituitary that controls the anti-diuretic hormone is on the opposite side where TSH is controlled. That means my entire pituitary gland is being affected. Either it is a large tumor or the mercury after all.
Everything was checked. More X-rays, blood work, and an EKG. He said it was a muscle and to give it another 4-7 days to get better. That's what I'm going to do. I may even cancel my voice lesson for Monday. If it is a muscle apparently I really messed mine up. It has been 13 days today with this chest pain and it still hurts. At least I know it is NOT my lungs, a blood clot, heart problems or a broken rib. I am much more relaxed about it since I know I won't be dropping dead from it.
Today I got my blood work results from Dr. Goldstein and it is not good.
TSH-0.097 VERY LOW
T4- 6.5 (lower than optimal but within lab normal range)
FT3- 2.6 (lower than optimal but within lab normal range)
TSI- <20 OK
TPOAb -<10 OK
With a completely clean thyroid ultrasound and this blood work, it looks like my pituitary isn't working. I'm not completely sure how it all works yet (still researching) but this will quickly cause my thyroid to become hypo. When a hypothyroid is caused by the pituitary it is called Secondary or Central Hypothyroidism. This is exceedingly rare, but with my history of diabetes insipidus doesn't really surprise me. I found a website that said, "Central hypothyroidism is a rare disorder with a prevalence of 0.0002% to 0.005%". If this is referring to the US population, (if I did my math right) that means 600-15000 people have been diagnosed with it. Remember diabetes insipidus is also rare at about 1 in 25,000 people. That is about 12,000 people in the general public. For comparison, primary hypothyroidism (including the autoimmune ones) has a prevalence of 0.8% or about 2.4 million people.
There is another test that can be performed to accurately diagnosis this and that is called a thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test. This will help to distinguish between tertiary (hypothalamus defect) or secondary (pituitary defect) hypothyroidism. An absent or blunted response means secondary. An exaggerated response means tertiary. I don't know if Dr. Goldstein is up for this challenge. I will also need EVERY pituitary hormone checked including LH, FSH, ACTH, PRL, GH etc. Since I had a MRI back in February, I'm not concerned about a tumor. However this does worry me a little because the part of the pituitary that controls the anti-diuretic hormone is on the opposite side where TSH is controlled. That means my entire pituitary gland is being affected. Either it is a large tumor or the mercury after all.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
More Bloodwork Is Needed
Before I jump into the candida rabbit hole, I want to rule out a few things. This rash can be from 923402934 different things. Rash is like one of the worst things to get diagnosed properly. I got the slip from Dr. Goldstein's office to get some more bloodwork! Now the tricky part is making sure I am in a full break out of hives/rashes when I go. Considering how often I am getting rashes, it shouldn't be TOO difficult. Unfortunately the rashes usually show up late at night--like right now. AHHHH itchy.
I'm going to have the following blood work done:
I also wanted this done because it's been at least a year since my last test. I am very curious to see where my WBC are (higher or lower). They were always low for me. Off the top of my head I can't remember the number, but well below what even the lab recommends. My Eosinophils were always VERY HIGH. Most people say it is from allergies and even though I insisted I didn't have allergies they just shrugged it off like nothing. I often wonder if this was a warning sign for alopecia and the development of the autoimmune disease. No one was really ever concerned about it though. "Oh you are young, don't worry about it". That's what EVERYONE always said. Now look where I am at.
I took a new picture of the other spot on my head. This one looks so much better than before. For comparison this is a picture from mid September, so only about 5 weeks ago. There is no hair growth whatsoever on the spot. This was BEFORE I started to chelate with Dr. Cutler's protocol. I do believe I had been using EDTA though.
I just took this picture a few minutes ago. From the time of the last picture above, I have done a full 8 rounds of frequent-dose oral DMSA chelation. Coincidence? I think not.
If it continues to grow how it's been, I think this spot will be completely covered over in 2 months! WOOHOO!
I'm going to have the following blood work done:
- CBC (Complete Blood Count) with differential
- BMP (Basic Metabolic Panel)
- Liver Function Panel
I also wanted this done because it's been at least a year since my last test. I am very curious to see where my WBC are (higher or lower). They were always low for me. Off the top of my head I can't remember the number, but well below what even the lab recommends. My Eosinophils were always VERY HIGH. Most people say it is from allergies and even though I insisted I didn't have allergies they just shrugged it off like nothing. I often wonder if this was a warning sign for alopecia and the development of the autoimmune disease. No one was really ever concerned about it though. "Oh you are young, don't worry about it". That's what EVERYONE always said. Now look where I am at.
I took a new picture of the other spot on my head. This one looks so much better than before. For comparison this is a picture from mid September, so only about 5 weeks ago. There is no hair growth whatsoever on the spot. This was BEFORE I started to chelate with Dr. Cutler's protocol. I do believe I had been using EDTA though.
I just took this picture a few minutes ago. From the time of the last picture above, I have done a full 8 rounds of frequent-dose oral DMSA chelation. Coincidence? I think not.
If it continues to grow how it's been, I think this spot will be completely covered over in 2 months! WOOHOO!
Monday, August 25, 2008
Kooky Machine: ETASCAN (Updated 2014)
Author's edit October 2014: Now that I am a born again Christian, I cannot in good conscious keep this post as is on my blog. I have had to edit things out because I believe tests like these are New Age and/or in the very least leading people astray and into New Age treatments. When I had this done, I was amazed at how it was able to "read" things about me, but I truly believe there is a spiritual aspect to this test that is not compatible with Christianity.
I do not agree with this test now and I have had to repent for many of the things I did in my healing journey. I do not want to cause someone to stumble.
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My journey begins when I went to Dr. Wagner's Nutri-Farmacy. I have written about him a few times on this blog. He's the first person to test my hair for metals and I found out that I had lead from my bath tub! The last time I was in, I was showing him my heavy metal challenge test results. He was pretty insistent about getting me to scan on this machine that supposedly measures some sort of frequency waves in the body. I am not exactly sure about it, but you can read about it on his website in PDF here. This wasn't him out to make a buck because he has given me stuff for free and discounted many many times. He is a very charitable man.
I decided to schedule an appointment to use the machine--why not? I went into this appointment with a smirk on my face. Part of me wanted to see the machine say I had a tumor on my nose, so that I could laugh at it and move on. However, what was shocking was how extremely accurate it was. (edit: How can a frequency machine be accurate? I believe there is a demonic spiritual component to it).
There is a sheet that you have to fill out beforehand. The things you check are added into the computer, but I didn't really see this have any bearing on the results. Not many people know what diabetes insipidus even is, so when I wrote that down on the paper Dr. Wagner looked at me and was like...you wrote down diabetes? I replied, Yes, I have diabetes insipidus. It's water diabetes. Not sugar diabetes.
For those of you who do not know what diabetes insipidus is, then let me give a very very brief explanation. I have a blog concerning this which you can find in my profile. Diabetes Insipidus is when your pituitary or hypothalamus are not properly working. Both of these "glands" are found in your brain. Your hypothalamus produces a hormone called antidiuretic hormone (or vasopressin). Then the antidiuretic hormone travels to the pituitary gland to be stored for later use. The antidiuretic hormone is extremely important because it tells your body to conserve water if it's hot outside or if you haven't drank any fluids recently. Next time when you don't drink much water on a hot day, notice how dark your urine gets. Well with diabetes insipidus it is almost always clear no matter what. (Edit: The diagnosis of Diabetes Insipidus was a misdiagnosis along with many other things I had been told over the years. I simply had POTS, which causes frequent urination).
You can become severely dehydrated quickly simply by forgetting to constantly drink water as you are sitting at home in air conditioning. This is something most people do not understand. It can be a serious problem if not under control.
I put the headphones on to begin the scan. The most ridiculous aspect of the whole thing are the headphones. In order to get an accurate reading of the heart, they stick you all over with wires that read your pulse and blood pressure. But I am supposed to believe that headphones can read the frequencies in my body? RIGHT...
The machine begins to scan and everything looks pretty good. Yellows mean high energy. Red and blacks are very low energy. Then I started to notice my energies start to get lower. My intestines, rectum, a small portion of my stomach were some yellows with a large number of reds and a handful of blacks. This was interesting to me, but I really don't have bowel problems.
Then we got to the brain. Everything was looking good. YAY! I had an MRI done about 6-7 months ago, so I knew everything was all right. Since my sister had a brain tumor at 26 you can never be so sure these days.
I look on the computer and I see pituitary, hypothalamus, adrenals and thyroid coming up. I have to admit that I got a little excited. Dr. Wagner was not in the room at this time, so I was reacting to this stuff alone. The hypothalamus came back really good with A LOT of yellows. That was encouraging to me. Then came the pituitary-anterior and posterior scans...I seriously could not believe what I saw. It was all reds and blacks. It was by far the worst thing I had seen on the scan yet and this is exactly what I have wrong with me. The adrenal scan wasn't great, but really wasn't that bad either. My thyroid also had some reds and a few blacks, which wasn't surprising to me either. My blood was mostly black with some reds. That was quite alarming to say the least. (Edit: Again in conventional medicine, none of this can be confirmed because I was misdiagnosed with many conditions that I did not have. I had Postural Tachycardia Syndrome, but no one knew and this machine did not pick it up).
This is where it starts to get really interesting, yet unbelievable. When the scan was completed, Dr. Wagner goes back in and looks to see what is causing the body parts to be red and black. It can be viruses, toxins, allergens, or food intolerances to name a few. Therefore it could have shown so many different things. For the pituitary gland the first toxin....was MERCURY. I am not making this up! On that list I also saw gadolinium which scared me. That's what is used during an MRI...Not everyone's pituitary is going to have gadolinium in it unless they had an MRI in the past year or so. This is when I became a believer. (Edit: Amazing and terrifying that I used the word, "believer" back then when I wrote this. I think it's telling that I was agreeing with the spirit that was involved in this machine).
Honestly I have absolutely no idea how this thing worked... (Edit: It is spiritual and not science. This is how New Age sneaks in as it disguises itself as energy medicine, healing frequencies and vibrations). It totally defeated all common sense my brain operates on. Headphones can't read frequencies, right? haha I'm going to head back again and see how I am progressing with the "energy solutions". It's a running joke, but I call them "water drops" ...But I may be laughing at myself in the end if this can help me get well.
Edit: These water drops did absolutely nothing for me except make the machine move on to other new spots that needed "help".
Please read these....
Part 2 (More areas are now black..Oh no!! /sarcasm)
Part 3 (Where I realize the whole thing is garbage).
I do not agree with this test now and I have had to repent for many of the things I did in my healing journey. I do not want to cause someone to stumble.
__________
My journey begins when I went to Dr. Wagner's Nutri-Farmacy. I have written about him a few times on this blog. He's the first person to test my hair for metals and I found out that I had lead from my bath tub! The last time I was in, I was showing him my heavy metal challenge test results. He was pretty insistent about getting me to scan on this machine that supposedly measures some sort of frequency waves in the body. I am not exactly sure about it, but you can read about it on his website in PDF here. This wasn't him out to make a buck because he has given me stuff for free and discounted many many times. He is a very charitable man.
I decided to schedule an appointment to use the machine--why not? I went into this appointment with a smirk on my face. Part of me wanted to see the machine say I had a tumor on my nose, so that I could laugh at it and move on. However, what was shocking was how extremely accurate it was. (edit: How can a frequency machine be accurate? I believe there is a demonic spiritual component to it).
There is a sheet that you have to fill out beforehand. The things you check are added into the computer, but I didn't really see this have any bearing on the results. Not many people know what diabetes insipidus even is, so when I wrote that down on the paper Dr. Wagner looked at me and was like...you wrote down diabetes? I replied, Yes, I have diabetes insipidus. It's water diabetes. Not sugar diabetes.
For those of you who do not know what diabetes insipidus is, then let me give a very very brief explanation. I have a blog concerning this which you can find in my profile. Diabetes Insipidus is when your pituitary or hypothalamus are not properly working. Both of these "glands" are found in your brain. Your hypothalamus produces a hormone called antidiuretic hormone (or vasopressin). Then the antidiuretic hormone travels to the pituitary gland to be stored for later use. The antidiuretic hormone is extremely important because it tells your body to conserve water if it's hot outside or if you haven't drank any fluids recently. Next time when you don't drink much water on a hot day, notice how dark your urine gets. Well with diabetes insipidus it is almost always clear no matter what. (Edit: The diagnosis of Diabetes Insipidus was a misdiagnosis along with many other things I had been told over the years. I simply had POTS, which causes frequent urination).
You can become severely dehydrated quickly simply by forgetting to constantly drink water as you are sitting at home in air conditioning. This is something most people do not understand. It can be a serious problem if not under control.
I put the headphones on to begin the scan. The most ridiculous aspect of the whole thing are the headphones. In order to get an accurate reading of the heart, they stick you all over with wires that read your pulse and blood pressure. But I am supposed to believe that headphones can read the frequencies in my body? RIGHT...
The machine begins to scan and everything looks pretty good. Yellows mean high energy. Red and blacks are very low energy. Then I started to notice my energies start to get lower. My intestines, rectum, a small portion of my stomach were some yellows with a large number of reds and a handful of blacks. This was interesting to me, but I really don't have bowel problems.
Then we got to the brain. Everything was looking good. YAY! I had an MRI done about 6-7 months ago, so I knew everything was all right. Since my sister had a brain tumor at 26 you can never be so sure these days.
I look on the computer and I see pituitary, hypothalamus, adrenals and thyroid coming up. I have to admit that I got a little excited. Dr. Wagner was not in the room at this time, so I was reacting to this stuff alone. The hypothalamus came back really good with A LOT of yellows. That was encouraging to me. Then came the pituitary-anterior and posterior scans...I seriously could not believe what I saw. It was all reds and blacks. It was by far the worst thing I had seen on the scan yet and this is exactly what I have wrong with me. The adrenal scan wasn't great, but really wasn't that bad either. My thyroid also had some reds and a few blacks, which wasn't surprising to me either. My blood was mostly black with some reds. That was quite alarming to say the least. (Edit: Again in conventional medicine, none of this can be confirmed because I was misdiagnosed with many conditions that I did not have. I had Postural Tachycardia Syndrome, but no one knew and this machine did not pick it up).
This is where it starts to get really interesting, yet unbelievable. When the scan was completed, Dr. Wagner goes back in and looks to see what is causing the body parts to be red and black. It can be viruses, toxins, allergens, or food intolerances to name a few. Therefore it could have shown so many different things. For the pituitary gland the first toxin....was MERCURY. I am not making this up! On that list I also saw gadolinium which scared me. That's what is used during an MRI...Not everyone's pituitary is going to have gadolinium in it unless they had an MRI in the past year or so. This is when I became a believer. (Edit: Amazing and terrifying that I used the word, "believer" back then when I wrote this. I think it's telling that I was agreeing with the spirit that was involved in this machine).
Honestly I have absolutely no idea how this thing worked... (Edit: It is spiritual and not science. This is how New Age sneaks in as it disguises itself as energy medicine, healing frequencies and vibrations). It totally defeated all common sense my brain operates on. Headphones can't read frequencies, right? haha I'm going to head back again and see how I am progressing with the "energy solutions". It's a running joke, but I call them "water drops" ...But I may be laughing at myself in the end if this can help me get well.
Edit: These water drops did absolutely nothing for me except make the machine move on to other new spots that needed "help".
Please read these....
Part 2 (More areas are now black..Oh no!! /sarcasm)
Part 3 (Where I realize the whole thing is garbage).
Continuing With This Blog
I've decided that I will continue to update this blog with information as I go. The focus of this blog has shifted away from what it's main purpose was in the beginning. However, it may be a good thing to interject the idea that some adrenal fatigue is caused by toxins in our bodies. It may not simply be from what we all think is "stress". We have to remember that "stress" to our bodies includes caffeine, heavy metals, skipping meals, certain medications, life events and exercise. Our bodies cannot distinguish good stress from bad stress.
When I thought I had adrenal fatigue I really wasn't stressed out. There was no reason to be stressed because I work from home with my husband. I had a few stressful periods in my life from family deaths, but day-to-day stress was at a minimum.
Those of you reading this, I just ask you to be open minded when looking for treatment options. A pill isn't always the way to go unless you have no other options. If there are no other options, then you must make sure you are treating the actual problem and not a symptom of another problem--like heavy metal poisoning.
When you think you know everything there is to know about adrenal fatigue, you really don't know much at all..
When I thought I had adrenal fatigue I really wasn't stressed out. There was no reason to be stressed because I work from home with my husband. I had a few stressful periods in my life from family deaths, but day-to-day stress was at a minimum.
Those of you reading this, I just ask you to be open minded when looking for treatment options. A pill isn't always the way to go unless you have no other options. If there are no other options, then you must make sure you are treating the actual problem and not a symptom of another problem--like heavy metal poisoning.
When you think you know everything there is to know about adrenal fatigue, you really don't know much at all..
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Getting My Amalgams (Mercury Fillings) Removed
I am in the process of getting my amalgams removed! Let's call them what they are though. Mercury laden fillings that should never be placed in ANYONE's mouth. I don't care what the FDA says, (that it's only unsafe for children and pregnant women) it is unsafe for EVERYONE. These people will be tried for treason when we get our country back. That is for damn sure!
My final appointment is September 9th. I told my husband that was the day I get my life back. Believe it or not, but I truly feel that way. I am 24 years old and feel like I am 90. This isn't what life is supposed to be like at this age. You are supposed to be vibrant, experiencing the beauty of the outdoors, sharing time with family and even perhaps starting a family of your own. Instead, I am constantly worrying if I can "handle" going to the mall or taking a short walk at Moraine State Park. I always have to make sure I am in an area with clean, fresh water without fluoride and if I am not then I bring multiple Berkey Sport water bottles with me filled with well water. BTW Enerfood is THE BEST green foods I have ever had. But I can't take it at the moment since it is full of chlorella, which chelates mercury. I can't begin chelating until the fillings are out of me completely.
This is a picture of my challenge test results. You can see how elevated the levels of mercury and tin are on the sheet. Gadolinium is elevated from an MRI I had done in early February...That's more than 6 months ago and the contrast dye is STILL in my body. The Lead was from my bathtub yet it is still in my body... Lastly, Antimony and Platinum are the ones that confuse me. I have no idea what that could be from.
Once I get my mercury-laden fillings out, I will be following Andrew Hall Cutler's, PhD PE detox protocol. This is the best one I have seen out there. In fact his book has really opened my eyes up to the fact that we have an epidemic on our hands. Millions of people are suffering from mercury poisoning and they do not even know it! You likely know someone...maybe you have it.
If you are interested in learning new stuff, I really recommend buying his book, Amalgam Illness: Diagnosis and Treatment. It is sold on Amazon, but I think you can find it other places for slightly cheaper. Some portions of the book are way over my head with technical jargon, but 98% of it is written for a lay-man. I am trying to get the word out about this information. We need to get more people healthy in this country and cleansed of the poisons.
/toast
Here's to good health in the near future. I know there will be some rough times ahead though. Detoxing mercury is not pretty.
My final appointment is September 9th. I told my husband that was the day I get my life back. Believe it or not, but I truly feel that way. I am 24 years old and feel like I am 90. This isn't what life is supposed to be like at this age. You are supposed to be vibrant, experiencing the beauty of the outdoors, sharing time with family and even perhaps starting a family of your own. Instead, I am constantly worrying if I can "handle" going to the mall or taking a short walk at Moraine State Park. I always have to make sure I am in an area with clean, fresh water without fluoride and if I am not then I bring multiple Berkey Sport water bottles with me filled with well water. BTW Enerfood is THE BEST green foods I have ever had. But I can't take it at the moment since it is full of chlorella, which chelates mercury. I can't begin chelating until the fillings are out of me completely.
This is a picture of my challenge test results. You can see how elevated the levels of mercury and tin are on the sheet. Gadolinium is elevated from an MRI I had done in early February...That's more than 6 months ago and the contrast dye is STILL in my body. The Lead was from my bathtub yet it is still in my body... Lastly, Antimony and Platinum are the ones that confuse me. I have no idea what that could be from.
Once I get my mercury-laden fillings out, I will be following Andrew Hall Cutler's, PhD PE detox protocol. This is the best one I have seen out there. In fact his book has really opened my eyes up to the fact that we have an epidemic on our hands. Millions of people are suffering from mercury poisoning and they do not even know it! You likely know someone...maybe you have it.
If you are interested in learning new stuff, I really recommend buying his book, Amalgam Illness: Diagnosis and Treatment. It is sold on Amazon, but I think you can find it other places for slightly cheaper. Some portions of the book are way over my head with technical jargon, but 98% of it is written for a lay-man. I am trying to get the word out about this information. We need to get more people healthy in this country and cleansed of the poisons.
/toast
Here's to good health in the near future. I know there will be some rough times ahead though. Detoxing mercury is not pretty.
Monday, July 14, 2008
The Journey to Finding Answers
It's been a long time since I posted on this blog. I have learned so much more information since August '07. I wanted to add the new revelations here in case someone finds this blog in the future.
Here is my long journey:
I started to go to a doctor by the name of Dr. David Goldstein located in Wexford, PA. This is his website for those interested. He is a very good doctor and will tell you to lose weight or change your diet in order to get better. I really appreciate doctors who are bold enough to say this to people. There aren't many out there that will do this.
His receptionists could be a whole hell of a lot nicer, but he makes up for them. haha
It took several visits to really start figuring out what was going on. I admit that I got really frustrated during this "finding out" period. He ordered a crap-ton of blood tests, so he could see what was going on with me considering I am so young. I think I might be one of his youngest patient, but I can't be completely sure about that.
He agreed with me that it looked like I had adrenal fatigue. I went ahead and started a very low dose of Cortef. For those of you who don't know what Cortef is, it is a synthetic form of hydrocortisone. This really didn't help me at all. I had one of the worst days of my life while on the medication and immediately stopped taking it. I literally could not stand up for an entire day. I was so fatigue and lightheaded with "white vision".
About a month after taking the Cortef and many supplements, I begin to get a lot of pimples. This really puzzled me because you can ask anyone I went to school with or worked with, I had perfect skin. I truly mean perfect skin. Doctors, friends, random people would tell me how amazing my skin was, so when I started getting pimples I knew something was totally off.
Then my hair started to fall out. When most people think of hair loss, they think of a few hairs in the brush. Nope, I had large chunks of hair falling out. The hair loss literally started OVER NIGHT. My hair was fine and then the next day, I had a coin size chunk of hair missing just above the left ear. Being a woman I am very self-conscious about my appearance and I felt like everything was falling apart all at once.
Here is a picture from December when it first started to fall out.
Here is a picture from a few days ago. You can see a huge difference. The increase in acne too.
Then my left leg went numb from my knee all the way up to my hip. It was the scariest feeling ever. I could not shave that part of my leg because it was painful, but at the same time numb.
Then I begin to get severe bladder pain. Oh my goodness it was terrible. I soaked in the bathtub for hours when these came on. (This part is very important in just a moment).
I called the doctor and told him I was completely eliminating the supplements and cortef because of all the symptoms I started to have. He was completely dumbfounded. I did start back on the supplements a week later.
I went in for my next appointment and showed him my hair. He didn't even know what to say, which at least he told me that. Once again, I appreciate a doctor who can tell me when he has absolutely no idea what is wrong. There are too many doctors out there who will simply give you a pill just to shut you up. He agreed that it was definitely an autoimmune response and he said it might be a good idea to see a dermatologist, but that it was completely up to me. He diagnosed the leg numbness as paresthesia. I had already looked into this before I went to the office, so wasn't too surprised when he said this to me. My sister had this condition too, but it was caused by her brain tumor...naturally I was scared to death.
We both decided that something else was the problem and completely abandoned the idea of adrenal fatigue. This is about the time when I shut down the blog. I figured there was no reason to update something I no longer thought I had.
I begin to get Vitamin b-12 shots in the hip every week for a month. This "cured" my leg numbness. The pills and patches would do absolutely nothing for me. The shots were the only thing that did the trick. However the leg numbness comes and goes. I get a shot anytime I begin to feel tingling in my fingers or legs, which always goes away in a day or two.
A few visits later he begins to ask me about my thirst. Whether or not I was thirsty a lot or if I had to use the restroom frequently. Remember my main symptoms were fatigue, dizziness, lightheadedness and heart palpitations. All of these could be dehydration symptoms! I sat in his office and really had to think about this one. As he asked me this, I realized that I am constantly thirsty. As I was talking to him, I wanted a drink of water so darn bad. As I type this, I am looking for some water. He ordered even more blood work, but this time specific hormones and a whole urinalysis with culture. I also had to restrict all water intake for 12 hours. I thought to myself...huh 12 hours. That's easy. NOPE! lol
In the time before I got the blood work done, I begin to do research on hair loss. There are a lot of things that can cause diffuse hair loss, but alopecia type is very specific. Most websites just say "autoimmune response", but I don't buy the load of bull that your body begins to attack itself for NO reason. This is not normal. Something has happened to cause your body to begin to do this. My husband's searches began to lead back to heavy metals. Lead and mercury being at the top of the list. I knew that I had mercury exposure because I was vaccinated as a child and I have a lot of amalgam fillings in my mouth currently and as a child. My teeth have always been really really bad.
So I went to a natural pharmacist in Wildwood, PA by the name of Dr. Dan Wagner. His website can be found here. I had him cut some of my hair and he ordered a full hair analysis. Hair analysis aren't always that accurate especially with mercury. They will only show high levels of organic-mercury, which is found in fish. These won't show inorganic or elemental mercury from amalgam fillings or mercury vapor exposure.
When the results of the hair analysis came back even I was a little shocked. The test showed that I had elevated levels of lead in my hair. Lead? I thought to myself, where the heck did I pick up lead from? My husband and I knew there had to be lead somewhere in the house. After testing all of our dishes, cups, mugs and everything else we could think of, we tested the bathtub. There it was, the bathtub I used to lay in for hours at a time when I was in pain was leaching high amounts of lead into my body. It was quite surreal seeing the test kit turn bright pink on your own bathtub...wow. So we took care of that as fast as possible. I didn't bath for 2 days because I didn't want anymore exposure. haha
Back to the blood work...
The 12 hours of water deprivation were pretty hellish. My heart was racing and I was very dizzy and faint. I found out that I did have a terrible UTI which was causing me the bladder pain. The antiduretic hormone came back very low and my urine's specific gravity, Goldstein felt was too low for how high my blood volume was. So this when I was diagnosed with Diabetes Insipidus.
I am now on a nasal spray, desmopressin, which has made my life so much better. This summer I have been able to plant flowers, work in the yard and take walks at the park! The story does not end here though. Why do I have Diabetes Insipidus? See most people get the diagnosis from a doctor, fill their prescription each month and never think about the why. Not me. That is what my whole life revolves around. Finding out the why.
Goldstein and I both think it is heavy metals. He wants to get me off of this medication because it should not be necessary. I had an MRI done and there is no damage to the pituitary gland, no tumors. If the gland is there with no damage or tumors then it should be working. Goldstein offers a DMPS urine challenge test.
Since writing this, I no longer recommend having a challenge test preformed. They are far too dangerous and have been known to cause permanent damage in certain people.
See this website for more information
http://www.dmpsbackfire.com/default.shtml
You are injected slowly with DMPS which is a provocative agent. It pulls the heavy metals out of your body and you are then required to collect urine for 6 hours. The urine is sent to a lab to be analyzed for heavy metal content. I was REALLY scared getting this injected in me because there are a lot of horrible stories online. I can honestly say that I had no ill effects from this injection, but I also eat very well and have been taking Vitamin C, Chlorella and Cilantro since. Since writing this, I no longer recommend taking Chlorella or Cilantro with amalgams present in the mouth.
My results were incredible. The amount of mercury in the urine was 29.68mc/g creatinine. Looking online, the FDA says anything above 25 could mean you are showing symptoms of mercury poisoning. The FDA is full of shit too, so I know this is an unbelievable amount. They still say vaccines are safe, so I take their info with a grain of salt. As a tidbit of information, a single flu-shot has 25ug/g of mercury in it...
This journey has lead me to believe that I have mercury poisoning from years of vaccinations and dental amalgams. I am no different than anyone else in this country and I suspect there are MANY others out there with weird symptoms and illnesses that could be linked back to heavy metals. Currently I am in the process of getting my amalgams out and I am taking EDTA. My hair has not begun to grow back yet, but it's only been a week. It will likely take months before I start to see results. I hope this blog entry inspires people to begin asking why and to do their own research into their health. It's been an incredible journey for me and I know in 6 more months I will have gained twice as much knowledge as I did in the past 6 months.
Here is my long journey:
I started to go to a doctor by the name of Dr. David Goldstein located in Wexford, PA. This is his website for those interested. He is a very good doctor and will tell you to lose weight or change your diet in order to get better. I really appreciate doctors who are bold enough to say this to people. There aren't many out there that will do this.
His receptionists could be a whole hell of a lot nicer, but he makes up for them. haha
It took several visits to really start figuring out what was going on. I admit that I got really frustrated during this "finding out" period. He ordered a crap-ton of blood tests, so he could see what was going on with me considering I am so young. I think I might be one of his youngest patient, but I can't be completely sure about that.
He agreed with me that it looked like I had adrenal fatigue. I went ahead and started a very low dose of Cortef. For those of you who don't know what Cortef is, it is a synthetic form of hydrocortisone. This really didn't help me at all. I had one of the worst days of my life while on the medication and immediately stopped taking it. I literally could not stand up for an entire day. I was so fatigue and lightheaded with "white vision".
About a month after taking the Cortef and many supplements, I begin to get a lot of pimples. This really puzzled me because you can ask anyone I went to school with or worked with, I had perfect skin. I truly mean perfect skin. Doctors, friends, random people would tell me how amazing my skin was, so when I started getting pimples I knew something was totally off.
Then my hair started to fall out. When most people think of hair loss, they think of a few hairs in the brush. Nope, I had large chunks of hair falling out. The hair loss literally started OVER NIGHT. My hair was fine and then the next day, I had a coin size chunk of hair missing just above the left ear. Being a woman I am very self-conscious about my appearance and I felt like everything was falling apart all at once.
Here is a picture from December when it first started to fall out.
Here is a picture from a few days ago. You can see a huge difference. The increase in acne too.
Then my left leg went numb from my knee all the way up to my hip. It was the scariest feeling ever. I could not shave that part of my leg because it was painful, but at the same time numb.
Then I begin to get severe bladder pain. Oh my goodness it was terrible. I soaked in the bathtub for hours when these came on. (This part is very important in just a moment).
I called the doctor and told him I was completely eliminating the supplements and cortef because of all the symptoms I started to have. He was completely dumbfounded. I did start back on the supplements a week later.
I went in for my next appointment and showed him my hair. He didn't even know what to say, which at least he told me that. Once again, I appreciate a doctor who can tell me when he has absolutely no idea what is wrong. There are too many doctors out there who will simply give you a pill just to shut you up. He agreed that it was definitely an autoimmune response and he said it might be a good idea to see a dermatologist, but that it was completely up to me. He diagnosed the leg numbness as paresthesia. I had already looked into this before I went to the office, so wasn't too surprised when he said this to me. My sister had this condition too, but it was caused by her brain tumor...naturally I was scared to death.
We both decided that something else was the problem and completely abandoned the idea of adrenal fatigue. This is about the time when I shut down the blog. I figured there was no reason to update something I no longer thought I had.
I begin to get Vitamin b-12 shots in the hip every week for a month. This "cured" my leg numbness. The pills and patches would do absolutely nothing for me. The shots were the only thing that did the trick. However the leg numbness comes and goes. I get a shot anytime I begin to feel tingling in my fingers or legs, which always goes away in a day or two.
A few visits later he begins to ask me about my thirst. Whether or not I was thirsty a lot or if I had to use the restroom frequently. Remember my main symptoms were fatigue, dizziness, lightheadedness and heart palpitations. All of these could be dehydration symptoms! I sat in his office and really had to think about this one. As he asked me this, I realized that I am constantly thirsty. As I was talking to him, I wanted a drink of water so darn bad. As I type this, I am looking for some water. He ordered even more blood work, but this time specific hormones and a whole urinalysis with culture. I also had to restrict all water intake for 12 hours. I thought to myself...huh 12 hours. That's easy. NOPE! lol
In the time before I got the blood work done, I begin to do research on hair loss. There are a lot of things that can cause diffuse hair loss, but alopecia type is very specific. Most websites just say "autoimmune response", but I don't buy the load of bull that your body begins to attack itself for NO reason. This is not normal. Something has happened to cause your body to begin to do this. My husband's searches began to lead back to heavy metals. Lead and mercury being at the top of the list. I knew that I had mercury exposure because I was vaccinated as a child and I have a lot of amalgam fillings in my mouth currently and as a child. My teeth have always been really really bad.
So I went to a natural pharmacist in Wildwood, PA by the name of Dr. Dan Wagner. His website can be found here. I had him cut some of my hair and he ordered a full hair analysis. Hair analysis aren't always that accurate especially with mercury. They will only show high levels of organic-mercury, which is found in fish. These won't show inorganic or elemental mercury from amalgam fillings or mercury vapor exposure.
When the results of the hair analysis came back even I was a little shocked. The test showed that I had elevated levels of lead in my hair. Lead? I thought to myself, where the heck did I pick up lead from? My husband and I knew there had to be lead somewhere in the house. After testing all of our dishes, cups, mugs and everything else we could think of, we tested the bathtub. There it was, the bathtub I used to lay in for hours at a time when I was in pain was leaching high amounts of lead into my body. It was quite surreal seeing the test kit turn bright pink on your own bathtub...wow. So we took care of that as fast as possible. I didn't bath for 2 days because I didn't want anymore exposure. haha
Back to the blood work...
The 12 hours of water deprivation were pretty hellish. My heart was racing and I was very dizzy and faint. I found out that I did have a terrible UTI which was causing me the bladder pain. The antiduretic hormone came back very low and my urine's specific gravity, Goldstein felt was too low for how high my blood volume was. So this when I was diagnosed with Diabetes Insipidus.
I am now on a nasal spray, desmopressin, which has made my life so much better. This summer I have been able to plant flowers, work in the yard and take walks at the park! The story does not end here though. Why do I have Diabetes Insipidus? See most people get the diagnosis from a doctor, fill their prescription each month and never think about the why. Not me. That is what my whole life revolves around. Finding out the why.
Goldstein and I both think it is heavy metals. He wants to get me off of this medication because it should not be necessary. I had an MRI done and there is no damage to the pituitary gland, no tumors. If the gland is there with no damage or tumors then it should be working. Goldstein offers a DMPS urine challenge test.
Since writing this, I no longer recommend having a challenge test preformed. They are far too dangerous and have been known to cause permanent damage in certain people.
See this website for more information
http://www.dmpsbackfire.com/default.shtml
You are injected slowly with DMPS which is a provocative agent. It pulls the heavy metals out of your body and you are then required to collect urine for 6 hours. The urine is sent to a lab to be analyzed for heavy metal content. I was REALLY scared getting this injected in me because there are a lot of horrible stories online. I can honestly say that I had no ill effects from this injection, but I also eat very well and have been taking Vitamin C, Chlorella and Cilantro since. Since writing this, I no longer recommend taking Chlorella or Cilantro with amalgams present in the mouth.
My results were incredible. The amount of mercury in the urine was 29.68mc/g creatinine. Looking online, the FDA says anything above 25 could mean you are showing symptoms of mercury poisoning. The FDA is full of shit too, so I know this is an unbelievable amount. They still say vaccines are safe, so I take their info with a grain of salt. As a tidbit of information, a single flu-shot has 25ug/g of mercury in it...
This journey has lead me to believe that I have mercury poisoning from years of vaccinations and dental amalgams. I am no different than anyone else in this country and I suspect there are MANY others out there with weird symptoms and illnesses that could be linked back to heavy metals. Currently I am in the process of getting my amalgams out and I am taking EDTA. My hair has not begun to grow back yet, but it's only been a week. It will likely take months before I start to see results. I hope this blog entry inspires people to begin asking why and to do their own research into their health. It's been an incredible journey for me and I know in 6 more months I will have gained twice as much knowledge as I did in the past 6 months.
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