new here-need help

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Hi.

I am a 34 year old female and have been lurking in this group for a

about 6 weeks.

Here is the story as condensed as I can make it:

10 weeks ago I had seven dental crowns put in. Three days later I had

intense pain in my gallbladder. (To my knowledge, I had never

experienced any problems with my gallbladder). I went to MD, had an

ultrasound--they said it was full of sludge, very inflamed walls, and

blocked--and it needed to come out NOW. SO, it was removed the next

day. (of course, I now wish I would have looked into the situation

more). After the removal, I started having lung problems, developed

pleurisy, severe fatigue, severe sinus problems (among other things).

Went to an ND. He said it was caused by my crowns. Went back to

dentist and found out my crowns have all kinds of metal in them

(including mercury and nikel) BTW, nikel I am allergic to nikel

according to allergy tests conducted when I was 8. I did not know the

crowns had metal--much less nikel. I thought they were all porcelin.

NOW, in the past week I have developed a very severe pain where my

gallbladder was. The pain is not affected by what I eat, but hurts

mostly when I lean forward. It is getting worse by the day. (another

note--I have a high pain threshold) Does anyone know what this could

be liver? pancreas? intestine?

I am going to have my crowns removed, but am having a hard time

getting into a dentist that uses naturopathic treatments. I do not

want to make ANOTHER bad decision. The dentist who installed them said

he would remove them, bu he does not have the equipment (not to

mention the knowledge) to make sure I do not inhale the smoke from the

metal.

I have been back to the ND and my entire system is messed up. He has

given me some all natural medicine to 'buy me some time' as he says.

SO, my questions are: what do you think is the current pain is from?

Do you indeed think all of this is from the crowns? Any recomendations

for a dentist in Texas (preferably in the northern area)? any

suggestion for the removal? anything I can take to help the situation?

A few other tidbits about me--before all this happened i considered

myself quite healty. I have run marathons and currently run about 40

miles per week, in addition to eating lots of fruits and veggies (but

I am human and do sometimes eat the less healthy things). I do have a

history of an eating disorder but maintain a normal weight now. I have

two children 1 and 4 and had very healthy, uneventful pregnancies. I

cannot bear the thought of having comprimised health for the rest of

my life, but from what I have read I am likely to have liver trouble

for the rest of my life. I am quite embarrased to even post this. I

consider myself an educated person (I have a PhD in psychology) and am

so MAD at myself for not researching both the dental work and

gallbladder removal before I had the procedures done.

Any suggestions, support, insight is very appreciated!!

-jonna