Hi Joel, congratulations on your amalgam removal. I had all of mine removed many years ago, and experienced way too much mercury exposure as a result. I was very ill for several weeks / months afterwards. I've since learned more about detoxification, things I wish I would have known at that time. I eventually came up with some daily detox regimens that I feel work well for me, including what I call my own "detox formula". I posted it
HERE.
Again, congratulations on getting this done. I think it's something everybody should consider. For those of us with CFS, it becomes even more critical.
Best Regards,
Wayne
P.S. Interestingly, I'm heading out to a dental appointment in about 15 minutes to have a non-metal crown down. Thought I'd mention I believe removing all of my metal crowns many years ago was just as important as removing my amalgam fillings, perhaps even more so. The metal in most crowns is also very toxic (I think nickel is the primary culprit).
Thanks Wayne,
I have some psyllium husk so I'll hunt around for that. Hate the stuff (like furry water).
I also have some bentonite clay. I dont want to take anything that might pull mercury out of my remaining filling. That won't be an issue next week of course, but until then it might be. Am I right in thinking that bentonite clay does this?
I'll be trying oil pulling next week too.
I spoke to De Meirleir about it earlier this year and he said that because I only had two amalgams, to leave them. I know he thinks it is an issue for some people, but of course he doesnt know if your dentists is any good, so I think he probably only suggests removal if they are likely to be problematic.
But, I wanted rid anyway, and as I had a little decay under them both, my dentists had to take them out to put new fillings in anyway. Because of that I wasnt very focused on the fact it was my amalgams coming out.
Anyway, one is out and the other will be soon. The work done today was really top quality, I have to say. He even uses something to 'paint' the filling so that it looks like a normal tooth. Took
ages and my jaw was really aching at the end. He handed me a mirror and said "spot the filling and you win a BMW"...I dont think he gives away many cars.
Anyway, he also did a filling last week, a tooth that the NHS had put a composite in about a year ago. Has always remained painful. He told me that he couldnt guarentee that changing the filling would work, as the xray didnt show any problems, but said it was possible it was put in wrong or the material disagreed with me. Half way through, he told me that there was a layer in it which shouldnt be there and which normally was only put in for amalgam fillings. He didnt say so, but my guess is that was something to do with the pain I had.