Re: I Want To CRY---What Else Is There I Should Know?

[Guest guest]

> Gosh, , I am sorry you¹re at a low place. We all have been there. Some

> days are just loser days. The more you know... the more changes you need to

> make. Just when you thought you could coast for a bit.

>

> Know that you can¹t do it all immediately. Take a deep breath. You are

> obviously a very caring, responsible person who is not afraid to do some hard

> work. These qualities are in you for the long-haul and will help your daughter

> in many, many, many ways.

>

> You are not alone.

> Hugs,

>

>

>

> I fight so hard to try to do the right things. I am constantly

> scrutinized by family and friends for trying to stay organic and try to

> keep my daughter healthy. I defend my extended BF, etc. And to find

> out that I am failing. My daughter has elevated levels of aluminum,

> antimony, arsenic, etc and I feel so lost and afraid. I know I need t

> get her a natural mattress. But now reading that it could be coming

> from her chicken and rice, her main staples, what am I gonna do? It

> makes me wonder what else am I missing.

> Can we start a list of all the things we need to look out for? All the

> things we think others may know, but just in case they don't, we can

> repeat. And especially the things not so common. Please!! I am

> really feeling overwhelmed.

> Sincerely,

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, learning all this info can be very overwhelming. I bet most of us have

been where you are. I would remain calm and tackle one issue at a time.

You may also be interested in the group, EOHarm.

Pamela

" Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless

you're scared. "

Eddie Rickenbacker, top US fighter ace, WWI

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Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 2:34 AM

Subject: [ ] I Want To CRY---What Else Is There I Should Know?

I fight so hard to try to do the right things. I am constantly

scrutinized by family and friends for trying to stay organic and try to

keep my daughter healthy. I defend my extended BF, etc. And to find

out that I am failing. My daughter has elevated levels of aluminum,

antimony, arsenic, etc and I feel so lost and afraid. I know I need t

get her a natural mattress. But now reading that it could be coming

from her chicken and rice, her main staples, what am I gonna do? It

makes me wonder what else am I missing.

Can we start a list of all the things we need to look out for? All the

things we think others may know, but just in case they don't, we can

repeat. And especially the things not so common. Please!! I am

really feeling overwhelmed.

Sincerely,

[Guest guest]

big sigh....I call what I do " info slams. " However, I never quite

complete them, too often overwhelmed by the bad news. I do spend some

amount of time living in a topsy turvy world, fully prepared to

become one of those people muttering thru the middle of the streets,

shaking their fists at thin air...makes perfect sense to me during

these moments.

The up side is that I DO find things that I can change or do that

will be Better Than what I have been doing...until I find an even

better answer...later.

For instance, I am doing a " quick " info slam on arsenic right

now...enough of the " gobbledygook " is similar to the

mercury " gobbledygook " that I tend to think that IF arsenic is an

issue for us, it is quite often being addressed with mercury answers..

and in a busy life, that is " good enough " for the moment....and we

avoided rice because of copper connections, which would also address

the arsenic connections...blah,blah,blah....overwhelming, indeed.

A quick side note on breastfeeding...Based solely on my five

children, my own hindsite, and putting together information that I

think applies to us, my input is...

Three of them could be put on the autism spectrum, in some form...and

at various times, these " symptoms " of autism were worse than during

other years..for example, the year after the older two (as toddlers)

of these three got fillings comes to mind. (aarrgghh)

The other two, while having alot of similar issues - especially with

digestive, vestibular, memory type things - Could Not & would not

have ever been on the autism spectrum....These are the two that I was

pregnant/breastfeeding AND personally exposed to acute " toxic

whatevers " (a broken fluorescent light & malathione are two such

details)....and while there are myriad issues to be addressed

(migraines & motion sickness in a baby are soooo Not cool, imho),

these two got a jump start simply because they were nursed, and

whatever body smarts system is in place for such things, DID make a

difference. It appears to me that " worst " damages happened while

they (kids) were exposed to things that I was not...

And, last but not least, it does all make me crazy...I have raged,

mourned, felt defeated, picked myself up & started over, and more...I

count my blessings in the improvements that have happened in the past

couple years & that warrants Keeping On keeping on...

and mainly I just keep an overall " better than " perspective on it

all - what I do now does work " better than " than what I did before,

and I will continue to find more " better than " answers as I go....and

when I get overwhelmed, I do live there for awhile, then brush myself

off, and continue on my way, yk?

hoping that made sense and that it is somewhat helpful....

wishing you, and all, the very best answers

elizabeth

>

> I fight so hard to try to do the right things. I am constantly

> scrutinized by family and friends for trying to stay organic and

try to

> keep my daughter healthy. I defend my extended BF, etc. And to

find

> out that I am failing. My daughter has elevated levels of

aluminum,

> antimony, arsenic, etc and I feel so lost and afraid. I know I

need t

> get her a natural mattress. But now reading that it could be

coming

> from her chicken and rice, her main staples, what am I gonna do?

It

> makes me wonder what else am I missing.

> Can we start a list of all the things we need to look out for? All

the

> things we think others may know, but just in case they don't, we

can

> repeat. And especially the things not so common. Please!! I am

> really feeling overwhelmed.

> Sincerely,

>

>

[Guest guest]

I think we all can relate to you at this time. We all have felt this

way and often still do. Some days are harder than heck..others not so

bad. But it is a constant battle, it seems there is always something

else out there we have to watch out for. Something else to take away.

I have learned that blame will get me nowhere in the land of healing.

I have to take action to do the best I can. That is all you can do.

The best you can. Part of that is dismissing anyone that is not on

board with your plan. For me this meant writing off some family and

friends and " insignificant' in my plan of plans. The plan to rescue

my son, did not include them. It was hard to come to terms with that.

That they weren't not supportive, or whatever..but I figured...who

needed them. My son did not need anyone that was not vested in

helping him anyway.

I too worried about every exposure, every possible source at first.

Then after some time I realized...without puttin him in a bubble or

on some other uninhabited planet...toxins were everywhere. I could

only control so much. I also did tons of reading, learning..etc. Most

of my son's highly elevated aluminum, antimony, arsenic, etc...were

due to his mercury load..that he recieved in utero from me, and after

birth in vaccines and breast milk. Essentially, getting rid of the

mercury on Andy's plan..would take care of the rest of the metals.

And as children grow..they absorb less heavy metals. After age 7 in

fact..which will be how long it will take me to finish his chelation

anyway. Your daughters elevated metals may also be mainly caused by

her mercury exposures..and not really caused by her rice and chicken.

She probably would have excreted these if she had not had Hg in her

body. All you can do right now..Is take the boat by the helm...learn

enough to chelate her. Keeping her as organic as is feasible is the

best you can do. My son's arsenic is sky high and he doesn't even eat

chicken..or rice...

So mainly...the treatment is the same no matter the cause..

You reduce the obvious exposures that you can find.

That is all anyone can do....

As for her bed...trust me..buying an organic bed is not always that

easy. We all know ideally it would be the best, but many of us cannot

afford one. Me for example..I am barely affording the supplements and

natural foods. What we did was wrap his mattress in polyethylene

plastic and duct tape. We use T-shirt sheets, the 100% cotton ones.

Get a buckwheat pillow or buy some organic cotton and make one. You

can use 100% cotton blankets, or homemade quilts.

Avoid old picnic benches and old wooden playgrounds, dont' play in

soil..wash hands always before eating..basic things will help.

I have learned that obsessing will not...hang in there..discovery of

all this is what leads to the changes to get her better!

-- In , " " <havasushannon@...>

wrote:

>

> I fight so hard to try to do the right things. I am constantly

> scrutinized by family and friends for trying to stay organic and

try to

> keep my daughter healthy. I defend my extended BF, etc. And to

find

> out that I am failing. My daughter has elevated levels of

aluminum,

> antimony, arsenic, etc and I feel so lost and afraid. I know I

need t

> get her a natural mattress. But now reading that it could be

coming

> from her chicken and rice, her main staples, what am I gonna do?

It

> makes me wonder what else am I missing.

> Can we start a list of all the things we need to look out for? All

the

> things we think others may know, but just in case they don't, we

can

> repeat. And especially the things not so common. Please!! I am

> really feeling overwhelmed.

> Sincerely,

>

>

[Guest guest]

I am not new to biomedical....and I often feel the same way...things

I thought I had research and found were safe, or even good for my

family are not..and sometimes the price is terribly high.

Rice is a biggie in our house as is chicken....and we have been

wolfing down grapes like crazy...we drink lots and lots of bone

broth...and I am finding that none of are what I thought...I have

cried had more than a few panic attacks over it...I am frustrated and

lost feeling...but I will stand my ground and keep fighting ...

I have tried to do organic, but sometimes my budget won't allow

it....I do the best I can with the resources I have available...which

often times isn't near enough. I wish there was a way to avoid the

inevitable mistakes..but there doesn't seem to be. I just pray for

grace, forgiveness and strength and listen to my theme song, and

remember that despites my mistakes, my kids are a million times

better than what they were...and I know that it is thru the Grace of

Jesus Christ and the kindness and help of this forum and few Angels

who Jesus sent to me....

http://starrydiadem.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c225200de38e1d00cd9711ed

2b4cd5.html

Standing my ground

Ronni

> I fight so hard to try to do the right things. I am constantly

> scrutinized by family and friends for trying to stay organic and

try to

> keep my daughter healthy. I defend my extended BF, etc. And to

find

> out that I am failing. My daughter has elevated levels of

aluminum,

> antimony, arsenic, etc and I feel so lost and afraid. I know I

need t

> get her a natural mattress. But now reading that it could be

coming

> from her chicken and rice, her main staples, what am I gonna do?

It

> makes me wonder what else am I missing.

> Can we start a list of all the things we need to look out for? All

the

> things we think others may know, but just in case they don't, we

can

> repeat. And especially the things not so common. Please!! I am

> really feeling overwhelmed.

> Sincerely,

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks everyone for the kind words and wonderful advice. I just get so

overwhelmed at times, especially when I am the only one doing the

research and then have to defend it. Often times i get so confused,

but as my adrenal fatigue gets better I understand more.

I'm going to look into the EO group. Thanks for the refferal.

And we are going to join our local CSA.

I was wondering if anyone has advice on what to look for/avoid in

looking for a place to live? We are moving soon, and I can imagine

there are a ton of things I should know.

Thanks again,

[Guest guest]

Do you go to TACA?

<havasushannon@...> wrote: I fight so hard to try to do

the right things. I am constantly

scrutinized by family and friends for trying to stay organic and try to

keep my daughter healthy. I defend my extended BF, etc. And to find

out that I am failing. My daughter has elevated levels of aluminum,

antimony, arsenic, etc and I feel so lost and afraid. I know I need t

get her a natural mattress. But now reading that it could be coming

from her chicken and rice, her main staples, what am I gonna do? It

makes me wonder what else am I missing.

Can we start a list of all the things we need to look out for? All the

things we think others may know, but just in case they don't, we can

repeat. And especially the things not so common. Please!! I am

really feeling overwhelmed.

Sincerely,

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I would recommend Andy's book " Hair Test Interpretation: Finding

Hidden Toxicities " to read more about where the metals could be coming

from. In it, he has a chapter called " Sources of Exposures to Toxic

Metals " and he lists each metal and goes through potential sources of

each one. He does say that the sources of exposure may never be

determined.

Also, did your daughter's hair test meet the counting rules? If it

did, then mineral transport is abnormal and according to Andy " then

the levels of the toxic elements in the hair do not necessarily

reflect the amount in the body. " In that case, mercury is a problem

and the other metals may or may not be.

Good luck,

Kellie

>

> I fight so hard to try to do the right things. I am constantly

> scrutinized by family and friends for trying to stay organic and try to

> keep my daughter healthy. I defend my extended BF, etc. And to find

> out that I am failing. My daughter has elevated levels of aluminum,

> antimony, arsenic, etc and I feel so lost and afraid. I know I need t

> get her a natural mattress. But now reading that it could be coming

> from her chicken and rice, her main staples, what am I gonna do? It

> makes me wonder what else am I missing.

> Can we start a list of all the things we need to look out for? All the

> things we think others may know, but just in case they don't, we can

> repeat. And especially the things not so common. Please!! I am

> really feeling overwhelmed.

> Sincerely,

>

>