Re: Is everyone experiencing this? etal...

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Inga

don't worry - no offence taken. I FEEL like a loonie bean when I talk

about mercury making me feel bad.

What I really wanted was reassurance that other people are getting

these mercury dumps too, even after one year. Surely they must get

less pronounced and less aggressive as time goes by and the mercury

burden slowly comes down naturally or with chelation?

DMSA has certainly helped with controlling symptoms with this latest

dump, so it is definitely the way forward. Just got to keep going I

suppose.

thanks for your comments

Nicola

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> > Hey, I just wanted to apoligize, as my little well-intentioned

joke

> > didn't come accross right.

>

> > I was having trouble with my mail program, and so it omitted

part

> > of what Nicola had said.....and only put in my phrase below.

She

> > had mentioned something about being crazy, so I put in my

comment

> > in jest, but without here original clause in there, I am afraid

it

> > came accross as being a bit nasty,. That DEFINITELY was NOT my

> > intention.

>

> I only wanted to make light during these difficult times, in

efforts

> to remind us that laughter is also good medicine!

>

> ~Inga

> >

> >

> > > I can't explain away the metallic

> > > taste though. This comes when I am feeling bad, and goes when I

feel

> > > better.

> >

> > IMR>>>>>>>Yup. We got a loonie-bean here! (Kidding....KIDDING!)

> > >

> > > What I really want is some reassurance that other people are

> > > experiencing this as well, and that it does end at some stage.

I am

> > > very tired of this - I have been sick for 3 years, and longing

for

> > > some improvement.

> >

> > .

> >

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> Inga

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> don't worry - no offence taken. I FEEL like a loonie bean when I talk

> about mercury making me feel bad.

I feel like a loonie bean, too. Better a loonie bean than

a lunatic. (It's a matter of degree.)

Talking about mercury can be a risky business. Depends who

you are talking to and what you say, but it can get you a

reputation for being a bit " off the deep end " .

> What I really wanted was reassurance that other people are getting

> these mercury dumps too, even after one year. Surely they must get

> less pronounced and less aggressive as time goes by and the mercury

> burden slowly comes down naturally or with chelation?

I get them, too. Somewhat different symptoms (for some reason,

I have *never* had the metallic taste), but I do notice within a

few days after the end of a round, I start to get some twiddles

and twitches, feel more tired and fluey/achy, and dizziness starts

to worsen. I can't be off round for more than a week - I really

need chelators to reduce the symptoms.

I find I go through periods when this is worse (presumably when

my body is naturally dumping more mercury on its own) and other

times when it is not so bad.

I tend to think the periods when I am dumping more are actually

a sign that my body is working better. It can be kind of a mixed

blessing, though. I think when it is working better, it is more

important to support it well and it can be hard to keep up with

what your body needs.

> DMSA has certainly helped with controlling symptoms with this latest

> dump, so it is definitely the way forward. Just got to keep going I

> suppose.

In addition to continuing to chelate, I think anything you can do to

give yourself comfort is good.

Also anything that makes it possible to raise doses over time (such

as if you have specific problems that could be evaluated/diagnosed

and treated to help your body work better) is a good idea.

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> thanks for your comments

> Nicola

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