@Kati I just wanted to clarify that I am actually not pro or anti-detoxing and started this thread just to gain an understanding of what the term means (not to convince anyone of anything and have no agenda!)
I knew it was most likely an alternative medicine practice and if I am using any of the techniques (i.e. dietary changes) it is in addition to seeing solid mainstream doctors and not as a substitution or replacement. I think there is value in both but that is just my opinion and some alternative practices have brought me great symptom relief.
I agree with you that we need solid science and solid medicine to solve this illness which is why I am working so hard to help the End ME/CFS Project and their team of scientists. I just read a lot of terms on PR, and I have no science background, so I ask a lot of questions to help me gain an understanding of what others are talking about (so I can make informed choices on all issues.)
I am very sorry about your mother and nothing I can say here will be adequate except that I am truly sorry for your loss (and this is above and beyond any conversations about different treatments on PR.)