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There has been an ongoing exchange of posts encouraging Donna to " Just

Do It " . Although many of the posts have been helpful and encouraging,

some have been... less so. We are all different and we are all

responsible for ourselves. If someone feels strongly that they can't

just do it, we need to respect that.

One of the points that Donna makes is that there are instances of

people getting worse and she doesn't want to be one of them. This is

a valid point -- there ARE instances of people getting worse. In my

observation, the ones who do get worse on chelation fall into two

groups: 1) the ones who don't follow the protocol and 2) the ones that

have not addressed adrenal/thyroid/digestion/yeast problems.

In most cases, the problems that caused their worsening could have

been prevented if more time had been spent in preparation. Whether

time spent in fully understanding the protocol or time spent in

preparing the body.

The chelation protocol may be relatively simple, but the support

regimen is not. And trying to determine what one's own underlying

problems are is also not easy. Having to make all of that work within

the context of one's own life can be very difficult. We all have our

own unique obstacles. Some obstacles may seem inconsequential to

others, but that doesn't make them inconsequential to the person for

whom it is an obstacle.

I am in a similar position to Donna, in that I have been a member of

this group for almost a year but haven't managed to get started yet.

I did do the hair test, which indicated a possible adrenal problem.

Well, it's been a comedy of errors pursuing that but I've finally

gotten back the results of a 4x/day cortisol test and found that not

only do I have an adrenal problem, it's pretty severe. Severe enough

that I believe if I had just gone ahead and started chelation I would

probably be in quite a bit of trouble now.

For the last few months I have been beating myself up for not going

forward, telling myself that I was just making excuses, that I didn't

really need to get the test first, and so on. But still I was

immobilized by my need to know. When I got the results last week, I

was very thankful that I hadn't managed to overcome my fear and get

started. Now I deeply regret all of the self-stress I've given myself

about stalling. In light of the test results, it wasn't stalling, it

was my survival instinct at work.

I believe that we none of us come to this board with all of our

faculties intact. In my experience, it is hard to tell the difference

between an unreasonable fear and a screaming instinct. Perhaps, the

more unreasonable the fear the more likely it is instinct trying to be

heard?

In any case, I urge caution when it comes to recommending an

unprepared start.

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Excellent post with many excellent points. I'm sorry if I have come across as

too pushy, I just recall a mom from the Autism-Mercury group saying she needed a

" cyber kick in the butt " to get started with chelation. I also remember Andy

saying that too many parents put off starting chelation because they were trying

to " fix " everything else, before they got started. He said you can work on

things while you are chelating. So I was hoping that maybe that's what she

needed, was a little nudge, but I was feeling kind of bad, wondering if I was

pushing too much, so sorry if I did so, Donna. And I should have probably

clarified this more, but I didn't mean that she would never have to address her

other issues, I just meant that she could try a round or two and see how she

does, and maybe she would feel better on round and this would help her to be

able to do whatever else she needed to do. And as you pointed out, the final

decision is our own, and nobody else knows our exact circumstances affecting our

life, and figuring out what to do can be very complex, and following our

instincts is probably very good advice. So once again, I am sorry if I came

across as too pushy and/or offended anyone.-----------Jackie

In frequent-dose-chelation yankeeexile wrote:

There has been an ongoing exchange of posts encouraging Donna to " Just

Do It " . Although many of the posts have been helpful and encouraging,

some have been... less so. We are all different and we are all

responsible for ourselves. If someone feels strongly that they can't

just do it, we need to respect that.

One of the points that Donna makes is that there are instances of

people getting worse and she doesn't want to be one of them. This is

a valid point -- there ARE instances of people getting worse. In my

observation, the ones who do get worse on chelation fall into two

groups: 1) the ones who don't follow the protocol and 2) the ones that

have not addressed adrenal/thyroid/digestion/yeast problems.

In most cases, the problems that caused their worsening could have

been prevented if more time had been spent in preparation. Whether

time spent in fully understanding the protocol or time spent in

preparing the body.

The chelation protocol may be relatively simple, but the support

regimen is not. And trying to determine what one's own underlying

problems are is also not easy. Having to make all of that work within

the context of one's own life can be very difficult. We all have our

own unique obstacles. Some obstacles may seem inconsequential to

others, but that doesn't make them inconsequential to the person for

whom it is an obstacle.

I am in a similar position to Donna, in that I have been a member of

this group for almost a year but haven't managed to get started yet.

I did do the hair test, which indicated a possible adrenal problem.

Well, it's been a comedy of errors pursuing that but I've finally

gotten back the results of a 4x/day cortisol test and found that not

only do I have an adrenal problem, it's pretty severe. Severe enough

that I believe if I had just gone ahead and started chelation I would

probably be in quite a bit of trouble now.

For the last few months I have been beating myself up for not going

forward, telling myself that I was just making excuses, that I didn't

really need to get the test first, and so on. But still I was

immobilized by my need to know. When I got the results last week, I

was very thankful that I hadn't managed to overcome my fear and get

started. Now I deeply regret all of the self-stress I've given myself

about stalling. In light of the test results, it wasn't stalling, it

was my survival instinct at work.

I believe that we none of us come to this board with all of our

faculties intact. In my experience, it is hard to tell the difference

between an unreasonable fear and a screaming instinct. Perhaps, the

more unreasonable the fear the more likely it is instinct trying to be

heard?

In any case, I urge caution when it comes to recommending an

unprepared start.

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