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Did any of you ever get to the point where you had too much input? I would like to stop time for a day or two to process.

Oh yes! Almost daily sometimes, lol. My brain can only process so much at any one time.

Thanks Patti, Julie and Rachel. I don't mind the silliness of it all, it helps me too, but I don't want to see this thread shut down...it has helped me so much as well.

Okay, brace yourself .... are you ready? .... I've never been in it!!!

Wait, I have to go look up how to spell heresy...lol

You two would be in trouble here ... there's a bead store about a two minute walk from my house!!

OMGosh, I might not survive, lol.

1. FIRST NAME? Donna

2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Um, I don't know, I never asked, lol

3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? last week when three co-workers that I've worked with for years were let go

4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? yes

5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? steak, lol

6. KIDS? no, just dust mites to keep healty

7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? sure

8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? yes

9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? who me?

10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? yes

11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? no don't think so

12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? cocoa crispies or any reason facsimile thereof

13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? sometimes

14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? yes both physically (I lift weights, lol) and mentally

15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? chocolate peanut butter

16. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU LOOK AT IN A (WO)MAN? are they breathing

17. RED OR PINK? pink

18. LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? I work too hard

19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? my dad

20. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? not sending it to anyone, lol

21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? black

22. WHAT IS THE LAST THINGS YOU ATE? Terra Nostra Intense dark chocolate bar (1/2)

23. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? someone being paged

24. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? purple

25. FAVORITE SMELL? choclate

26. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? a co-worker

27. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? sure, why not

28. FAVORITE DRINK? chocolate

29. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? football

30. HAIR COLOR? currently brown with blond highlights

31. EYE COLOR? dark brown

32. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? no

33. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? happy ending

34. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? I hardly remember yesterday...um, oh heck, I can't remember

35. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? green

36. SUMMER OR WINTER? winter

37. HUGS OR KISSES? Hugs

38. FAVORITE DESSERT? chocolate anything

39. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? ??

40. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? ???

41. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING? how to make polymer clay beads

42. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? I use a canvas board (as in what artists use to paint on), lol

43. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST ON TV? How it is Made on the Discovery Channel

44. FAVORITE SOUNDS? chocolate going in my mouth

45. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles

46. THE FURTHEST PLACE YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? Europe or Guatemala...not sure which is farther

47. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I can draw, paint, make jewelry, sing

48. WHEN WERE YOU BORN? 1955

49. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? California

50. WHAT IS YOUR OCCUPATION? legal word processor

trying to make jewelry and finding it difficult. Donna - - wish we could have a jewelry-making party together!

Yes...I think I must have close to 150 bracelets now...will try a necklace tonight.

I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease 2 1/2 years ago and have done pretty well with my diet since. Now it seems I'm having major problems with dairy. I am going to try to cut out the dairy for a while because I've heard that there may be a link between Celiac and Dairy intollerance. I was just wondering if anyone has had this problem and if the pills for lactaid intollerance work or not.

The pills for lactose digestion might help if your problem is with the milk sugar lactose, but won't if your problem is with the protein casein. I definitely have an intolerance to the casein so can't have dairy in any instance. Years ago I tried lactaid milk and pills and they helped a little, but I still had problems and never knew why until I tested last year and found the casein intolerance.

Welcome Julie!!!

I know now you feel about being taken...it really seems sometimes like that's what's happening. I DO think supplements can help some people, but I don't think they're always the answer for some of us. There are several of us here who are struggling to find all the answers. For me personally, I improved a great deal after cutting out the gluten and dairy (both of which I showed intolerance to on the stool testing by enterolabs)...for instance, I used to have nearly continuous sinus infections before that, but after cutting out the gluten/dairy haven't had even one in almost a year! Still I am not completely well either...the struggle to find out why is sometimes frustrating...so just really wanted to welcome you and to say that there are quite a few of us out there still trying to find all the missing pieces (if you are brave you can check out the VERY long thread "OMG, I think I can eat dairy again" thread (it's almost 500 pages long now, lol)...there is a lot of chatter there, but there is also a lot of information from those of trying to find the missing pieces)!

Glad to hear it all went well Jennifer! Hopefully this is it for testing for a while! I do think it's very scarey for the little ones to be in that strange environment, but I love his comment about being brave, that is priceless!!!

Umm I'm not sure this is a thread for getting help. To me it seems to have devolved into a thread of chatting and socializing for friends of Rachelville.

I'm only staying tuned to find out Rachel's test results. Which may prove educational for me.

We're trying to keep it on track...just don't always succeed...I'm guilty of that and I apologize!

Donna,

Thats great!!

Is the same Dentist there?? Dr. Adams?? I got a letter in the mail last year announcing his retirement.

Thats awesome if hes still there....he was REALLY nice and thorough and helpful in every way. He was actually more thorough with me then ANY doctor I'd seen up to that point. He was the first to tell me about my diet and what I needed to be eating. He looked at everything...not just my mouth. It was actually my turning point. He spent alot of time during my consult....over an hour and I still recall much of the info. he gave me. It turned out to be THE most important appointment I'd had....probaly during this whole mess. I got the most out of it anyway and by following his advice I was able to get myself well enough to return to work!! I really cant say enough good things about this guy...I hope you have the same experience!

Yes, he is still there. Dr. Adams...I think there IS another dentist there as well, but Dr. Adams works two days a week. (lol, she said that three times because I kept saying "I thought he retired"--I'm telling you she must have thought I was nuts...I thought it best to leave out the part that my "friend" who referred me is someone I haven't actually met in person ) I'm excited about it! Don't know what will come of it, and not sure I can afford the work for a while, but we can talk about all that at the consult.

Also I'm excited because I had a biocompatibilty test there back when he removed the last 2 amalgam fillings. I never actually got a copy of the results and I'll probably be needing them in the future. They could be helpful. I'd thought that since he'd retired I would not be able to get the records...he should still have them right?? Its been 2 years now but at least the place is still there.

I wanna go talk to him again if I'm not happy with what the new Doc has to say about mercury or if he prolongs testing. Dr. Adams is familiar with all the doctors who will provide chelation and are knowledgeable about mercury....I think its a good sign that my new doc knows Dr. Adams and said good things about him.

Great! I hope he still does the testing. It's reassuring that your new doctor has heard of and says good things about him. They're sending me stuff in the mail to fill out before I go and she already took my insurance info even though I'm pretty sure it WON'T be covered. But, from what I understand, it's better to do the removal slowly anyway, right? Now, I just have to tell my regular dentist it's all over, lol...it's like breaking up.

Both of you (you and Donna) keep us posted as to how things are going.

Donna,

I should find out about the families allergy test results sometime around the 18th also (I hope anyway).

Wow, hopefully good news all around on the 18th then!!! I really should get some more thorough testing done...haven't been tested for anything other than the standard allergins (environmental) and standard foods.

the only thing I've heard about hair color is that the blacks and browns cause bladder cancer...heard this from my friend's mom, a breast cancer survivor...dont' know if this is true or not.

I'll find out for you, lol...been dying my dark brown for years now...

And, re the rashes and whatnot...my hairdresser DOES have some clients who are allergic to the dyes, so she has to kind of rotate them (the dyes, not the clients, lol). I've heard that before from friends too. I don't know if I am or not (so hard to tell), but I can't give up my dye...no no no! No gray for me!

Well, I just made an appointment with Rachel's dentist, lol. October 18th for a mercury consultation. Lady probably thought I was nuts, lol...I wasn't actually expecting to have the number work and when they answered I was kind of dumbfounded, cuz that meant I actually had to speak. Then I said, um, I thought the doctor retired...then said, um, I'm not sure what I want, but I have a mouth full of metal and probably shouldn't!! :lol: She was sweet and said, well that's what he does.

:( see told you noone loves me! :(

Poor misunderstood Victor (ps, I said Victor on purpose Vincent)

Donna,

Keep us posted on your dental situation. I'm concerned about you having gold crowns too.

Thanks Andrea!

Donna,

I've read that there's like 125 symptoms associated with mercury toxicity.....probably because it can affect virtually anything in the body. I've seen dizziness and low blood pressure on all the mercury symptom lists but those can be found on so many other lists as well....you know how that goes. Seems like EVERYTHING causes the same symptoms.

I think the main things that stick out for me are timing, circumstances surrounding when symptoms arised, the mouth symptoms (tasting metal, excessive saliva, etc) and then the exclusion of all the other possibilities. It just all fits....plus there is my gut instinct that has told me for 3 years now that the dental work started all this.

I think because of the nature of how I *think* I got poisoned (with the two different metals being in contact and causing reactions)....the symptoms came on very fast and very strong....making it more obvious that something was going on in my mouth. Thats whats always stuck out in my mind the most....and then the development of autoimmune stuff after these symptoms began. It just makes sense to me.

Today would have been the day of my appt. had it not been for the bloodwork mishap.

I'm too wound up ever since they ordered the test for Lyme and then having to wait it out....I cant relax ever since....moving my appt. hs made everything worse for me. Not sure why....I've already waited 4 years but one more week is really doing me in. I tell myself its only one week...but it sure isnt working.

I have a lot of the same issues...I started getting sick many years ago but it really hit hard about 3.5 to 4 years ago...I had a root canal done about 10 years ago, then after that had several fillings redone and at least two or 2 of my crowns...then I started getting really sick, so it wouldn't surprise me one bit if the dental work hasn't caused at least some of this.

I don't blame you for having a hard time with this...it's hard to be so very close to finding out something definitive and then having to wait. I felt that same way when I was waiting to hear about the pathology reports from Dr. R. I couldn't even make it through a weekend! I think my friend couldn't understand why I cancelled a trip...I just wouldn't have been able to concentrate on anything except the results! So, don't feel like there's anything wrong with wanting to know NOW, lol.

how do you cover the gray in your hair, but still keep the natural highlight colors in your hair----please tell me it can be done!!!

I see a professional, lol. She somehow does it. I ocassionally get more pronounced highlighting done (hence the nearly blonde hair last summer), cuz sometimes I like it chunky, but if I just do my normal thing every 5 weeks, she does the color and somehow I have subtle lights and darks but no gray. I think it's because she just puts the color mostly near the roots, but then combs it through a little just at the end before she puts the plastic cap on and sits me under the dryer. My whole process, hair cut, color, dryer, styling and all takes just about exactly one hour.

When mine doesn't process as fast, my stylist puts me under a hair dryer. Heat helps.

I always have to sit under the dryer, lol...my hair is stubborn...it wants to be gray and I won't let it.

I am a very dark brunette (well - it's half-gray now) and it always turns slightly reddish - I hate that! A man complimented my "auburn/reddish" hair the other day, and I said, wait, does it really look reddish?? Dang. in certain light, it does...

Am so scared to do highlights......

Me too...although I think I am all the way gray now...don't know, haven't seen natural hair color since my 20s, lol Anyway, my hairdresser managed to get me some blond highlights...in fact for a while last summer I was almost all blonde!

LOL Richard!!! Yep, bought some of the K bagels...fortunately only 4 to a package...but those were gone in mere minutes, lol.

Okay, so I went to the website Rachel posted and right there was a list of the symptoms...I think Rachel posted these once before, but I had forgotten what was on that list as opposed to all the other lists that I've seen in the last few months, lol. So here is the list on that website...the ones in purple are the symptoms I am having now or have had within the last 3 years...AMAZING!!!

THE SYMPTOMS OF MERCURY VAPOR EXPOSURE

Psychological disturbances

• Irritability

• Shyness or timidity

• Lack of attention

• Decline in intellect

• Fits of anger

• Anxiety

• Nervousness

• Loss of memory

• Loss of self confidence

• Lack of self control (definitely applies when speaking of food, lol, but have good control otherwise)

• Depression

• Drowsiness or Insomnia

Mouth symptoms

• Bleeding gums

• Loose teeth

• Bone loss around teeth

• Excessive salivation

• Foul breath

• Metallic taste

• White patches

• Stomatitis (inflammation of the mouth)

• Ulceration of the gums, palate and tongue

• Burning mouth and

• Tissue pigmentations.

General Health Effects

• Gastrointestinal effects

• Regular abdominal cramps

• Chronic constipation or diarrhea

• Chronic gastrointestinal problems including colitis

Cardiovascular (heart)

• Irregular hear rate (too slow or too fast)

• Feeble or irregular pulse

• Alterations in blood pressure

• Pain and /or pressure in the chest

• c. Neurological

• Fine tremors (hands, feet, lips, eyelids, or tongue)

• Chronic headaches

• Dizziness

• Ringing in the ears

Respiratory

• Persistent cough

• Emphysema

• Shallow or irregular respiration

Immunological

• Allergies

• Asthma

• Rhinitis

• Sinusitis

• Swollen lymph nodes (especially in the neck)

• Autoimmunity (??)

Endocrine

• Subnormal body temperature

• Cold clammy skin (especially hands and feet)

• Excessive perspiration

Skin

• Sores on the skin especially face and shoulders

• Kidney

• Electrolyte imbalance (minerals)

• Reduction in kidney filtering

• Renal Failure in severe cases

• Glomerular nephritis

Other Muscle Weakness

• Chronic Fatigue

• Loss of appetite

• Constriction of the visual field

• Joint pain

• Anemia

Weight loss

Donna,

Awhile back you asked about the mercury-free dentist I saw. I'm pretty sure he retired cuz I recall getting something in the mail announcing it. I was just doing a search on mercury-related stuff and ended up on his webpage. I'm like "Hey....thats the guy!".

Anyways heres the link...I dont know if the place is still there or what. I think he might have sold the dentristry to someone else in the same field...not positive though. If you're interested you could probably find out. They were really knowledgeable about this stuff there.

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Thanks Rachel! I'm definitely thinking I should at least go in and see them...I don't know if mercury could cause the dizziness and the low blood pressure, but I seem to be healthy as far as blood tests are concerned. I've book marked this and will spend more time there in a bit.

Carla,

Nothing so "sensible" ever works with me.

I would go back to the freezer...take out more donut...*not* wait for it to thaw (that would take too long)...throw it in the microwave and eat it.

Then I'd be upset cuz there was no more donut.....I'd go buy more and then Rachel the heck out of them.

I ate a frozen cookie yesterday...apparently freezing stuff doesn't work with me...wonder why I have so many cracked teeth.

and OMG Cliff Bars are the BEST...especially the chocolate ones...when they're covered in peanut butter

Amen SISTER!!!

Late to the party as usual, lol. Favorite movies...I tend to like purely entertainment type movies...nothing too deep for me...love action, romance, etc. Favorite movies: The Three Musketeers (with Charlie Sheen and Keifer Sutherland), The American President, Eraser, Broken Arrow, any of Harrison Fords action stuff like Air Force One, Pirates of the Caribbean, and LOVE While you Were Sleeping, Speed, the list goes on and on, lol. Haven't seen 50 first dates, but it looked cute.

Think they will call CPS on me for giving my son a dog toy?

You may be safe.

Carla - TOO FUNNY!!!! At least we didn't charge anyone to come to Rachelville, lol.

Julie - no worries...I'd seen the other thread and copied the stuff last week!

am cracking up as I scroll down and read and seeing chocolate/candy bars/bumbles in the avatars.....

See, we even Rachel IDEAS, lol!!!

Thanks Patti and Chewy...I'll look for those.

Susan - I had that happen on Saturday...my knee hit something and four paragraphs went POOF!

Hmm, since I'm not allowed to Rachel anything but my husband, I'll leave his picture up.

Otherwise I could put up a picture of 1/4 of a donut ... or a cup of coffee ... but I hardly think once a week counts. Neither does moderation ....

I think Racheling of spouses is perfectly acceptable.