Re: Causes of FM... just some stuff I read

January 16, 2008

OMG!! I just made a connection that I'd been exposed to too much mercury and

that I believed it was contributing to my fibro earlier this month! I''m now

currently working with a homeopath to try to remove it from my system.

For the first 6 months of my life I was terribly sick and no doctors could

figure out why. My parents finally found a doctor that told them to not give

me tap water. Once they quite giving me tap water I was no longer sick. My

parents then moved shortly after that. Years later the area's water and land

where I had first lived was found to be contaminated with mercury. My

parents never gave it any thought because we had hardly lived there any

length of time. Additionally I have 4 metal fillings.

While this may certainly not be the " one " cause or even one of the causes,

it is for me a serious contributing factor.

> I have read alot of stuff with the theory which is similar to fluoride

> poisoning. I have read alot about toxicity with heavy metals. That is almost

> strictly an " alternative " medicine theory. However, my doctor believes this

> himself. He is a D.O.

>

> I read symptoms of poisoning from mercury. (just an example). I read in

> the same article that the amalgam fillings that are silver type fillings....

> had alot of mercury in them. I have a mouth full of those kind of fillings

> that have been there since childhood.

>

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Buckingham

If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground. - Ibsen

January 16, 2008

I have no idea what causes this and I don't think I have ever really

searched much for a possible cause. But I do have a theory that what

we now call fibromyalgia is perhaps what in the past people called

Rheumatism --- I have in front of me my Great, great grandfather

copies of his Certificate of disbility for Discharge from the Army of

the United States following the Civil War. I also have copies the

company muster rolls for most if not all of the Civil War and if he

was in the hospital in Cairo, Illinois, then he was in Jefferson

Barrack Hospital in St. Louis. His discharge paper states " chronic

rheumatism " , also among the papers are the petitions for my Great,

great grandmother's widow's benefits following 's death. In

those documents it states that following the war he was never able to

work --- and I know that the work he more than likely would have been

doing, if he could have was farming. I think lived about 15

or 20 years after he was either discharged or mustered out because

the war ended. Now, my reason for this thinking is that without a

doubt, I know that NONE of my mother's family would NOT have worked

unless they were so physically disabled that they couldn't. Both

and had to have been proud people who raised their

family to be hard working, caring people and were not individuals who

would have been looking for a handout. They were among the first

settlers in Southern Illinois, having moved from Tennessee to

Kentucky and then across the Ohio in to Illinois where they were

among some of the early settlers in southern Illinois. And when I

think of their many, many descendents who are now scattered across

the US, I can think of many examples of the work ethic that they

passed down! I have one cousin who is an electrician in California --

we lost track of him for about 13 months because he is working in

the San Francisco area 6 - 7 days a week, doing all the overtime he

can. Another member of the family started his own business and I

have no idea what he was worth when he died, but it wasn't a shabby

amount --- and even after he got so he could no longer work in that

business and he and his wife retired to their summer home, he had a

shop on the property where he continued to work. Another of my

cousins also owned his own business and he did not stop working until

the colon cancer he had denied having forced him to just a few months

before his death. His work was known all over the area --- he was a

commercial artist; one time one of his classmates happened to be

driving through the town on his way to Arizona saw a window with a

beautiful sign and knew that no one but my cousin could have done

that sign!!

So, my theory is that what we have is very much the same as what

previous generations called " rheumatism " and I am pretty sure each of

you have heard someone say " My rheumatism is really bothering me

today! " --- We never hear anyone or at least, I seldom if ever hear

that expression any more. I do hear one of my aunts say " I am tired!

today. "

That's my $10 theory!

>

> I have read alot of stuff with the theory which is similar to

fluoride poisoning. I have read alot about toxicity with heavy

metals. That is almost strictly an " alternative " medicine theory.

However, my doctor believes this himself. He is a D.O.

>

> I read symptoms of poisoning from mercury. (just an example). I

read in the same article that the amalgam fillings that are silver

type fillings.... had alot of mercury in them. I have a mouth full

of those kind of fillings that have been there since childhood. (I

don't believe this is the ONE cause of fibro... don't get me wrong).

Alot of people with fibro have never had a filling in their lives.

However, I thought about it and it sure would make sense in my case

being that I have a large crown on one tooth that is silver.

(inserted at the age of about 8 or 9 years old).

>

> I think that actually fibro has many causes. I think the

fluoride theory is possible and I also think it can be heavy metals.

Of course... thousands of other theories cannot be discounted. (dont

want to sound dumb.... is fluoride a metal?).

>

> love and hugs,

> Debra V.

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January 16, 2008

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Interesting although if I understand right (and will have to

research it too) is that rheumatism is an older name for what we

now know to be osteoarthritis also sometimes called degenerative

arthritis.

Kristy

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January 16, 2008

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> ,

>

> Interesting although if I understand right (and will have to

> research it too) is that rheumatism is an older name for what we

> now know to be osteoarthritis also sometimes called degenerative

> arthritis.

>

> Kristy

> (Co-Owner)

>

> That is interesting -- especially as I do have osteoarthritis in

both my lumbar and cervical spine --- now I can understand why

Grandfather was not able to work after his time in army! I

know when he was in Cairo he had disentry (sp -- I can't find my

dictionary!), but then he was in battles under Illinois's famous

General A Logan' 31st Regiment Infintry Volunteers(the person

who started the very first Memorial Day) but was in some

battles along the eastern side of the Mississppi and I can imagine

sleeping outdoors and getting wet, cold, etc. might have caused his

problems. I am sure that he was not the only one to return home in

that condition, if they had survived the battles.

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January 17, 2008

has anyone noticed a link in genetics? becuase my aunt also has FMS

and i have read that genetics may also be a factor. i know it is in

my case, but what triggered it is the question...

Jerilyn