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Well, I did my little detox part today...came home from the flea market and soaked in a nice epsom salt bath. I forgot to buy baking soda though....been forgetting for several weeks now. Oh well.

That's not the half of it.......no cell or cordless phone use, 8' from TV and you have to use an eraser on the remote. Can't hold it. No hair dryer, no electric stove or oven, no GPS, if you listen to music you have to use an eraser to touch the buttons........that's not all, it's quite a big paragraph of things.

Also you are supposed to be in the back seat......maybe that was 8' too.....of the car on the ride home which isn't supposed to be more than 2 hours (we can't help that one).

NO HAIRDRYER!!!!! Oh heavens...I'd definitely NOT be able to leave my house! I think my couch is 8' away from my TV, so that's cool...but I live with the remote in my hand. NO STOVE...egads...that means no food for me. Then there's the drive home.

Ok before I forget -

Donna! From prior post, Capitol or Berryessa Flea Circus?

Actually neither...we went to the DeAnza Flea Market....it was a beautiful day...very sunny but not too hot. I bought a lovely salmon colored purse for $10. It matches the nail polish I bought earlier at Walgreens! Such useful info for you ain't (word especially for Webster Spice) it?! Oh, also bought a package of Sharpies for $1, and a package of pot scrubbers for $1. I have a varied buying interest apparently!

<oops timer went off. time to adjust my nuts>

Laaaayyy-diiiies I'm roasting some cashews!!! <sheesh>

Must admit I really had to read that first line a few times before I made it to the second line.

Quick drive by- today is sis's birthday.

Happy Birthday to Bevvy Wevvy's sister!

Sorry you now have a cold! Grrrr!

Trust me, we'll all be interested if you win!!

Indeed!!!

Tom - I don't make TOO many typos, but in my early days at the first law firm I worked at, I was typing up a legal document, and <<wish I could remember the sentence context cuz it was funny>> the attorney brought back the document and said, um, you might want to change this word. The word was supposed to be whole, but I typed, well, an alternate word for a lady of the evning...it still totally fit in the sentence too.

Andrea - oh good grief, lol...getting the heebie jeebies thinking about no computer for 25 hours. Definitely wouldn't be able to work--there's absolutely no way to avoid computers at work for me.

I sure hope you don't have to send more money to the ex! See, that's what Jin and I were talking about...phantom expenses that just seem to crop up at the wrong time. Stupid phantom expenses!

Rachel - yeah, I did have the excessive drooling...couldn't bend over without thinking about it first. And, yep, wet pillows. Still, my reactions were never as bad as you've described and like Bev said, I can't even imagine how scarey that was for you at the time.

My allergies happened really quickly. I never had them at all until around 2000 or thereabouts...then suddenly I was congested all the time, but never had typical allergy symptoms of sneezing, watery eyes, etc, when I was around something I was allergic to.

I dont think that just because someone has two different metals...they are experiencing a strong galvanic reaction. From what I experienced....you would know it....even if not right away...you would *know* that something isnt right with the metals.

I think I did know it, I just didn't know why. I knew something wasn't right with the dental work quite a few years ago, but didn't know anything about mercury until I came here.

I think small burdens can pile up on each other....and sometimes there is just huge burdens that noone can overcome. I do think genetics plays a role in everything.....but I also think too much mercury in a short time would make *anyone* sick.

I have never read or heard that some people can tolerate *any* amount of mercury and not be affected by it....it affects everyone to some degree.

Theres plenty of people who get sick from mercury and other heavy metals and never even had these things in their mouth.

Yeah, I'd agree with all of this

I'm on treatments more related to how they deal with the autistic kids and theres alot of focus on my pathways and the metals. Even though we see the same Dr.'s our treatments arent all that similar.

Yeah, that's what I posted the other day to Lisa...just because we all may see the same doctor's the supplements/meds/treatment might be completely different.

Donna...this probably answers your question better than I ever could.

Thanks for the info

I'm just thinking that even if my bucket had been totally empty...no Lyme...no cigarettes....healthy diet, etc...the galvanic reaction would caused the bucket to overflow anyway.

I dont think of it as one more drop in the bucket....I think of it as a HUGE portion of the bucket. The daily exposure we all get from one amalgam greatly exceeds the limit of what is considered to be safe in water or air.

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dont think I've ever read anything to suggest that some people might be able to handle this kind of galvanic reaction. I think I would have gotten sick regardless of anything else....I think it was enough to fill up even an empty bucket....and in a short time.

I don't know...there are so many people who are walking around who aren't sick from it though...so what's different...does it go back to what you were saying about genetics? Or are those people just able to handle it better somehow. I mean, I think I started getting sick after I started having my amalgams redrilled and then crowned, but I know lots of people who have crowns with amalgams and they aren't sick. They may have a few issues, but NOTHING like what we're going through here.

Not disagreeing with you at all, but just wondering why some of us get so sick and others don't.

Andrea - oh so interesting that part of the protocol involves the computer...EMFs. I think about that lately as I sit here for 9 hours every day.

Donna, trying to Rachel your meds/supps now are you.

Hey, if I can't rachel the nut butters, chocolate bumble bars or bananas, might as well rachel the meds/supps.

Thanks for the info on Susan...I've been thinking of her...glad she's at the Beach...it's been HOT here!!!! Supposed to be hot tomorrow to and I'm going to a flea market. Yikes...hope my sunblock works well.

No, not too long or boring, lol...I think just a lot of people on vacation probably.

Anyway, I had a lot of the things you described as a child...constipation, gastric upset, eczema as a child which was caused by wheat (see they KNEW what caused it even then), etc., etc. I didn't have the ovarian thing, but did have menstrual issues and later in life fibroids, etc.

I don't think you're far off, especially if your sister has been diagnosed! You may not have it YET but with a genetic link, you COULD have it someday.

I'm glad your scope went well.

Hmmm, most people with Lyme gain weight though. But then again, is that their body protecting themself? Like Donna losing weight now that health issues are being handled better.

Interesting. You've seen from some of the avatars I've posted, how skinny I was most of my life...but the last 10-12 years or so, I've really struggled with weight. At one point I put on 50 pounds...got that off, and it's stayed off (except last year I gained 7 pounds), but it was hard, and I struggled with every pound. That's why I always thought I had a thyroid problem...the weight issue, the hair loss, etc. It's interesting now to me that Scott says the lyme mainly affects my thyroid, but the thyroid itself is okay...I've had thorough testing of it and the thyroid antibodies.

I accidentally took a double dose of chlorella yesterday AND the day before that I took a double dose of the Banderol by mistake. So along with the detox and stuff...I'm subconsiously (apparently) trying to hurry the process along.

Glad it went okay for you and that things look good!!! Yay!

Teacher, good luck to you as well!

The OCD stuff is also interesting...I have a bit of that myself. Not severe, but little things...like having to close the cabinet doors if I'm heating my lunch at work. Straightening things that are out of alignment (saw Scott doing this in the waiting room at BioSET and he actually made a joke about it, and I said that if he hadn't done it I probably would have if I looked at it long enough ). He was coming from a sales point of view...I was coming from somewhere else. I straighten up magazines in doctors offices (but I can avoid this if I just don't look at them, lol). So why the heck is my house a wreck!

Anyways...even if things go really well with Scott's appt. tomorrow and I dont go up there for LED treatments...you can bet I'll be going there eventually.

Even after I get better I'm still gonna be wanting to be involved and to be learning. I'd love to go to a Dr. K. seminar at some point.

Yeah, I'd like to do both of these someday!

And, you would be right to think that I need to get a life.

No, that would mean we all would.

Did you send out an email yet? If so, I didn't get it.

Me either.

I'm not talking about emotions. I'm talking about thoughts. Pure energy.

I'd say that sounds very reasonable. I'm having a much healthier respect of how "energy" affects us since starting BioSET and ART.

It does affect my illness and when I stay away from the situation I'm doing alot better.

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So does anyone think this is possible for me? That I may have been sensitive to mercury but never having been exposed to such large amounts I was fine until I was dealing with a major galvanic reaction?

I dont just have mercury in my system...I have an assortment of metals that would have been pulled from the crowns and fillings during the galvanic reaction.

See, I think this is why Dr. S is so concerned about my job. I think he knows that the stress will affect my ability to recover as well as I might otherwise do without the stress...not only stress though...it's just the whole negative thing that happens around the stress.

I think what you say makes sense for you and probably me too. 1990s is when I started having all my amalgams redrilled. Every time the dentist would replace one, the darned tooth would end up cracking, then I'd have to have it redrilled again for the gold crown. I also had a lot of the galvanic reaction stuff...some shock, but not a lot...mostly the metallic taste and excess saliva which appears to be gone now that I've had all the amalgams out.

I just wonder why I tolerate popcorn, tortilla chips, kernel corn, but not creamed corn? It was gluten-free for sure. Why is it so difficult to digest? Or, I could be developing new sensitivities. Just what I need! Stupid Leaky-Gut!

I think even if they don't use dairy to thicken the creamed corn, I think they use something like cornstarch to thicken don't they? Maybe it's whatever they use to thicken it unless they just puree some corn. :unsure"=:

Sorry you're in so much pain.

I suppose if somehow I'm the *only* one who it makes think of Emmanuel Lewis!!

(Annnnnnnd doubting that)

No, I don't think you're the only one.

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I got my hair colored today. Brown this time! But with a few very light highlights on top. Very different.

Very nice...I get mine done again in a couple of weeks....I'm having her put in only a few highlights this time...she tends to get carried away sometimes and I turn out pretty blonde...I was not meant to be blonde, lol.

Well- the korea decision was made for me. I'm herxing again and would NOT want to be in a hotel and definitely not a foreign country. I think last week could have been from the plaquenil (or the heat) because this is the herx I was expecting.

Yuck-a dookie! HERXATION HIDEOUSNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah, so sorry about the herxation hideousness but am also relieved that you will not be in a foreign country if it happened again!

She said I could still be holding onto stuff even though I'm talking about things and expressing myself. She said its still "issues" that I might not have fully dealt with.

See, this is what I was thinking too...I am much more able to express my feelings now and release things, but I still think I haven't fully let go of some of them.

I'm just back from a groc store I don't generally go to and in a sockeye salmon tizzy!!

They jacked up the non-sale price for these Copper River, Ak reds but the sale price was awesome.

Not having the little card, it rang up as $85 at first!! (Just $6 non-salmon)

But pOw!! after the guy fakes the card it's only $22! YeeeeeeeeeeeeeHA!!!

Sidenote: I'm pretty sure wild alaskan salmon are in the group of least-mercurial fishies. Aren't they? They're not bottom-dwellers and there's like zero industry up there anyway.

I've always heard that the wild salmon were lower in mercury, but my doctor still doesn't want me to have it. That makes me sad, lol. I LOVE salmon! What a great bargain you got!!! Wow!

I think we have to be detectives about our health, we have to pay attention to our bodies and take care of them.

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I bought some whey powder tonight. That's as exciting as it gets.

So very true about our health...never did a good job of paying attention to mine, which is why it's so hard for me to pin down when I might have contracted lyme! The mercury part is pretty easy to figure out though.

I'd be beyond elated if I could have whey powder!!! Hey, I bought sheep milk yogurt at WF on Saturday...had some yesterday with a few frozen peaches! YUM!!! That was pretty exciting too! I've been afraid to try it, but seem to be doing okay with that and goat milk yogurt as long as I don't have them every day. I was hoping the casein was different enough from cow's milk to not be a problem.

Change of subject -- This is strange. I am starting to LOOK very different. I lost the weight a couple years ago now, but my face is only now changing. These pictures don't even look like me. The whole bottom part of my face and my neck have thinned out ... presumably from losing toxins from there.

If you go to the Detoxamin website, the guy there has before and after pictures ... the same thing happened to him. My glands are still swollen, but my face and neck are not.

Okay, this is really spooky, cuz I was just thinking yesterday that something odd is happening. I'm losing weight, but shouldn't be. I'm eating plenty of high calorie foods and eating them often...my daily calories run between 1800 and 2200, so I shouldn't be losing weight. I'm not eating gluten (which didn't make me lose weight anyway) or anything like that. Now, I'm NOT complaining because I actually could stand to lose a bit, but it's just odd. So, I started wondering if detoxing could make you lose weight...do the toxins weigh anything at all?! I'll go look at that website.

I've come to peace with my mom's death (as much as you can anyway) but it will never be truly resolved. I was and still am very expressive about how much I miss her.

Yep, I feel like it's one thing that will not be really resolved, and believe me when I say people knew how I felt about things during that time.

I went to see a grief counsellor, but she wasn't a good fit for me...in the end I had to find my own way to express myself...that was when I took up painting. I found release in creating things.

Phew, temporary reprieve! Our small group was scheduled to rehearse tonight and our choir director was going to come to hear us. YIKES...fortunately, they had to cancel practice. YAY! I'm going to have to sing in front of him some time, but at least it isn't TONIGHT!

I'm so sorry...I don't think I'm absorbing much of what's being posted, especially the scientificness, but I'm trying. I AM reading it...hopefully something will stick...I guess I should be copying this stuff to a document so I can read it later. Okay, that's my project for tomorrow!

No, I don't think you were born broken. I'm thinking that the series of events in your life have taken you to where you are today. I think you're quite together, actually.

Yes, I think you may be holding some stuff in - I think most people are. I hold onto a general sense of guilt - about what others have had to tolerate from me. The traumatic events have been dealth with. I don't believe it has to be related to any one event. It just may be a series of events that culminate toward a general feeling that you may be holding onto.

EDIT (AGAIN): Oh, and, yes, I do think it can be affecting your ability to detox - absolutely.

Just a thought.

I'm so lazy - I've been here all day, blathering ... bla, bla, bla. It's reached new heights today. I gotta go sit in the Insta-Spa. I gotta get out of Rachelville. What am I doing?

What are you doing....you are being sucked into the vortex known as Rachelville.

And I agree with the rest of your post too.

iPhone!!!! I'd been wondering when we get 1st iPhone post. That was other one & not this post tho I think.

I bet I would like it, but not working for 10 yrs makes a guy frugal. Maybe once I start again!

Oh youuuuuuuuuu!!! LOL

Cut that out!!

I actually went to the iPhone website just to actually see what everyone is talking about.

Hey, can we call you Webster Spice!?

It still needs to be treated just like all other infections that make their home inside the toxic areas of the body...but you cant get rid of Lyme or the other infections w/out clearing out the toxins...and you sometimes cant clear out the toxins until you've dealt with emotional issues which are blocking the release of the toxins.

He's saying that the Lyme is only there because of the other issues....without the other issues Lyme by itself is not a threat. People who get symptomatic from Lyme have too many toxic areas in their body...the burden is too heavy. People who are not in this sitaution dont get sick from Lyme....even though many of them do have the infection.

This is why he's saying the Lyme wave is coming to an end for him....its not the whole answer.

Makes sense.

Good luck! As I recall, I started getting worried because mine didn't kick in right away, but they had me start the morning OF my procedure! Keep some reading material in the bathroom and don't do anything that you can't drop in a hurry.

I agree with Carla...from what I've been reading, most veterinarians are WAY more knowledgeable about treating lyme than are most doctors!

the shipping from them is $19.95

(I wish I could make that shocked face bigger!! )

Ah, brings back fond memories...I may have had that same look on my face as I bit into MY own gluten free hamburger WITH fries, lol, only my friend didn't snap a picture of me doing it.

Well, I'll certainly be thinking of both of you! I think I had to get up at 3:00 a.m. the day I did mine because my appointment was early, lol. That's why I was so nervous about the ride. I think I took a towel with me to sit on just in case.

I thought I would get Chron's too, but nope, they couldn't even do that for me. I DID get the dreaded IBS tag though.

I haven't seen it but hope to soon! You bring up excellent points, I get the idea you love the U.S. very much!

Yeah, I had my colonoscopy (and an endoscopy at the same time) last year. I had D and blood, but my colon was very healthy. They thought maybe I had C.Diff, or diverticulitus or polyps or something, but it was clean. The blood cleared up, but the D continued up until just a week or so ago. I did have a stomach polyp though and some esophagial damage.

And, yeah, the prep isn't much fun, lol! The thing I was most nervous about was the car ride over to the surgicenter LOL. The actual procedure itself wasn't too bad. Even the IV wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I was sedated enough throughout the procedure that I remember nothing from the time they wheeled me into the room until I woke up in the recovery area. Apparently I was well sedated cuz it took me at least 30 minutes once I was "awake" to really wake up, lol.

DONNA - is your KICK PUNCH CRUNCH Cathe Freidrich? She's my fitness hero right now.

YES! I have most of her stuff...didn't buy the last series she did (last year I think) and haven't ordered the one that's on sale now. Love her stuff. Used to be able to do one of her workouts first thing out of bed in the morning...without eating or anything. Now, I have a hard time THINKING about doing one. KPC is one of my all time favorites of hers.

One day at a time. One thing at a time - it's really the only way to get through something like this. Too much stuff swirling around in your head - take a little time to breathe - think of something nice, not connected to all of this stuff once in a while. You'll get through this. I know you're struggling on so many levels. You'll get through this.

Good advice!!!

I hope I do get through this, but I often feel hopeless. Circumstances are just so bad. I am tired of feeling cursed.

Bills come from nowhere! Finally when I thought I was going to get tested for the WBs, a bill for $300 from something I had done over a year ago came! I am extremely depressed.

I am afraid I will die before I will find out what is causing all of the misery. Why do jerks get what they want? These people are supposed to have bad karma. How come they get things handed to them? Those are the ones with all of the money and good fortune.

The parade sounded like a lot of fun. The floats sound really neat! People dressed up as ants would be interesting!

At least they are not pesky like the real ones! They are all over the place! The little ants tend to be easier to get rid of. I read somewhere about how bay leaves repel them.

Jin - yeah, I get those bills out of nowhere too, either that or some unexpected expense comes up like cracked struts, or leaky exhaust system. Stupid phantom bills!

Hum, ants...they don't seem to stick around long at my place.

Wow what a great bunch of floats for a neighborhood to put together!!

That's not some plain ole regular neighborhood!!

They usually have a band too, but this year didn't. They will next year again I think though. Most of these floats are pretty nicely done. Impressive for a bunch of families to do on their own really.

i'm going to send an email out today...xoxo

Oh good...looking forward to it!

He said that band 30 or 31 having 3 pluses showed I had it for a very long time. That one is one of the last to show up.

Okay then. I had the same as you +++ on band 31 for the IgG! Very long time...wonder what very long means. I honestly can't pin down when I got it. I went to Indiana in the 70s...Iowa a few times as a kid, lots of parks and woodlands here in California as a child, then in the 90s did that hiking trip in Vermont. I just don't know.

I've been thinking alot today about the things I listened to in Dr. K's interview. Trying to put puzzle pieces together and trying to determine if there are any emotional issues to be dealt with.

I'm pretty sure I've got lots of them.

I *think* I dealt pretty well with my dad's death (as well as can be expected I guess), but that was a really hard time...I don't think I dealt with the other stuff that came with it.

That year was a horrible year, started in 1995 with the death of my grandmother, then a month later the death of one of my favorite aunts, then a month later another aunt...we had a few months rest from the deaths, but then two of my very good friends "left" me (one moved out of state, and one went to work for a client of ours and became the client from hades) and we almost lost my cousin in childbirth. That was a tough time...then in 1996 my father was killed in a car crash along with his brother and my other uncle's wife (this uncle survived the crash--NOW that was emotional...he lost his last two surviving siblings and his wife all in one shot). Now, it took me a really long time to deal with this stuff, but I put a lot of the other emotional stuff from around that time on the back burner.

For instance, there were things involving my dad's estate. He left the house to us kids, but we can't touch it...can't even go near it...

Coincidentally, I did some traveling during this time...spent 3 weeks in Guatemala (is there Lyme in Guatemala, lol) and did the week long hiking trip to vermont--those were both in 1995). After this is when I started getting sick more and more. More cases of bronchitis, more cases of sinus issues, more allergy symptoms, neck started getting stiff, muscle aches and joint aches.

But I didn't get really sick until after my hysterectomy in 2001...about a year later is when I got so sick I couldn't get off my couch for a week. High fevers, chills, body aches, could barely talk, etc.

So, I don't know how much any of that has to do with the lyme, but it can't help.

Then there's the job. I think I have a lot of repressed anger from some of the stuff that went on (is still going on) here too.

I called my doctor, yeah I told her I lost weight more weight. She says I might need to get an IV or something to keep some weight on. Man I knew I shouldn't have taken those supplements.

The supplement I took has VC(asorbic acid) taurine, pancrelipase, beet concentrate(whole) superoxide dismutase from vegie culture and catalase from veggie culture. With SOD and catalase to preserve associated enzyme factors. Any mold here?

Well, veggie culture sounds suspect for mold to me and probably the enzymes.

Here's a great article I found that I think applies to most of us here. Open Original Shared Link

Interesting article...

Well, I'm home and the parade was wonderful as was the party afterwards...we had a lot of fun...we played a game at our table which was everyone had to say three words that described themselves...it was very interesting and a lot of fun with the group we had...we all knew each other at least moderately well, so it got very fun. I can't remember what words I picked any more though...artsy, messy, but can't remember the third one. I think someone offered one for me and I took it.

It was pretty hot out there today though...surely not hot enough for Rachel, but plenty for me.

My daughter and her husband are here from Mo. with their 2 kids. I have not seen them in about a year, I am so excited since been on the gluten-free diet am doing so much better. So nice to wake up in the morning not vomiting. Still having some problems with cc but guess I will get better at this as time goes by. Going to BBQ today with kids, I know I will have to bring my own food. BBQ is at husband's family so hope nobody gets feelings hurt by not eating their food. ANYHOO hope everyone has a wonderful day and can enjoy the holiday.

Wow, I am so glad you are doing so well!!! Hope you are having a great time at the BBQ!

Head of Gastro @Stanford, medical advisor to celiac.org, etc etc, and I think all patients are celiacs, so highly likely most or many Gluten-free Casein-free. But the dumbass doesn't know better than to have a "non-dairy"(HA!) creamer, in waiting room, which has CASEIN IN IT!!!!!!

Relatively minor point for all the jackass-ian things he did & said, but just soooooooo basically moronic.

I'm constantly amazed at some of these guys.

The psychological factor is quite interesting. With all of my issues, I do not know if I will ever get well! At least, while living with these insane people. They drive me up the wall! I just do not know how much more I can take!

Of course you will get well!! I fully believe that!

Whoa I'd never heard of that. Oh wait 3 yrs means I wouldn't have heard of it anyway, the way I was in July '05, then living in a pizza oven by '06.

Is the neighborhood parade near u? Which town? SJ, Los Gatos, Campbell top 3 guesses for me.

Nope the parade was in a neighborhood in Los Gatos I think...Could be SJ at that particular point, but the border zig zags between SJ and LG at that point. Very fun...this year's theme was "favorite places" so the floats included tropical paradises, and one included a gigantic bathtub. They had a bunch of kids who were soaps. We were trying to figure out how that was a favorite place, until a number of us thought of soaking in a bubble bath! Another float was a picnic scene....including "ants" (actually people dressed like ants). Last year's theme was "movies".

We got a sandbox/table thing for the children yesterday....from Grandma. The children have been enjoying it.

Oh how fun...I like sandboxes.

I think it is so rude when people wear fragrances to places where other people are trapped by them -- movie theaters, restaurants, etc. I've had to move at movied theaters before ... one time at church a lady put on perfume instead of bathing ... OMGosh ... had to move, and that's obvious with SIX kids!!

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Scatological alert ... I am mainly wondering what Donna's experience was on this, but would take any comments ... Heavy amounts of white streaks in BM's lately ... they look a little mucousy and started soon after the Cipro. Is this good? Is this the bacteria dying off?

I also think it's rude...they are CONSTANTLY reminding people in choir to NOT wear colognes and perfumes because there are many of us who are sensitive to it and we have to stand so close together, but people still do. I can always tell when someone is wearing it--I can't smell it, but my eyes start to burn and water and my friend starts to sneeze.

Scat issue-- I actually do think it might be the bacteria. I had that for several months...started about the time I got treated for the H.Pylori, and continued until just the last couple of weeks. I had two kinds of stuff...

warning, squeamish people skip to the next reply -- I'll mark this as a spoiler so you don't get forced to read it if you don't want to.

I had mostly what looked almost like little off-white rice things...one time I had something that looked like a bunch of mucous...almost like a jellyfish but not formed, and still another time had something similar to the streaks.

. I mentioned that to all my doctors but none of them really knew what it was...went away a few weeks ago finally, so still not sure what it was.

Yeah I made and appointment with DR.S for the 20th of this month I believe. I need someone more knowlegable. I can't keep going to these doc's who can't handle someone as sensetive as me.

I am now losing more weight from the mold. Maybe 85 pounds now. I am weak and need to put weight on quick.

I always have to catch my breath when I drink water or food. My body is going through a lot and i don't know what to do in the meantime.

I'm really glad you are going to see him! Just try to hang in there (I know, easy for me to say) as best you can.

Now I wonder if that was factor in the descent 'back in the hole'. Hmmmm

And maybe also the time I screwed up when I was roasting raw cashews and either had temp wrong or forgot they were there (or both) and they got blackened and omg the smoke and fumes when I opened that oven. Dizzy in seconds, then weak-kneed & wobbly, outside trying to breathe clean.

Hum interesting and maybe very possible. My friend and I get milder physical reactions, but they are physical nonetheless. Back in the day, that kind of exposure would have been enough to bring on a sinus infection.

Sorry, couple more points about Dr. S...

Lisa, if you decide to see Dr. S don't be surprised if he recommends totally different supplements than he does for Rachel or me (or recommends no supplements at all). He will recommend based on what YOU need. Rachel and I have many of the same issues: mold toxicity, candida, metals, lyme, chemical sensitivies, etc. but we're taking different stuff based on what he found in our testing and our BioSET results, etc.

BioSET will work the same...

Also he is an MD, so that should please your parents.

Happy 4th of July everyone! Hope everyone can enjoy the day as best as possible.

For the third year in a row, I will be going to a parade. This isn't just any parade, lol. Every year the members of one neighborhood get together and have a parade. They close off the streets and the whole neighborhood has a parade...with floats and all!! It's really fun. One of the families in our church opens their home (it's on the parade route)...one of my good friends invited me two years ago...once you're in, you're in for life. So, even if my friend doesn't go, they say I can come. Anyway, they have a huge backyard, and lots of the church shows up each year and there is lots of fun and eating.

My friend explained my situation this year (last year didn't know half of what was wrong with me, so just avoided gluten), so the hostess is worried about the food situation...sheesh, my own mother won't feed me anymore...surely don't expect someone who doesn't know me well to feed me. I'll take my egg salad and some evil cashews. That will tide me over til I can get home to my ribeye!

Have you ever tried rolfing? It really helped my back. Rolfing is a type of body work that works on the myofacia of the muscles, named after the woman who invented it, Ida Rolf. She did not name it rolfing, but over the years, that is how it got it's name. She called it Structural Integration. My rolfer had been in 3 car accidents and had herniated discs in her neck. She did a lot of rolfing to treat herself.

I looked into Rolfing a few years ago, but never followed up on it...I know at that time there were a few practitioners in our area. Sounded like something very, very beneficial. Hum, still may have to look into that for my neck.

Hey Rachel, the dentist refered me to a doctor in Los Altos. His name is DR.S. I think it's the same one you see.

How is he? Would it be worth it to go and see him or not? I don't want to spent any unnessesary money too not but I really need a knowlegable doctor. I think it's cool they don't allow fragrances in the office.

They appointment is on the 20th of this month or something. He is booked up.

Any suggestions on soap guys,.

Yeah I think the supplements, the fiber and beta-tcp molded me. I feel mad, depressed and foggy headed. Great.

I think the gelatin thing is right. Remember charcoal, gelatin, chicken broth, gelatin, and my new supplement that I had pain, gelatin.

Dr. S is also my doctor and I would recommend him highly! Like Rachel said, he will proceed slowly. I'm not nearly as toxic as Rachel is, but I am toxic enough that he is not rushing into anything (so as not to push me more to the toxic side). He will check for EVERYTHING, not just concentrate on mercury or lyme. I like that about him. I think in order to make us well, he (or any doctor) has to have the whole picture. Once they know exactly what all they are facing they can proceed with the best and safest treatments.

Anyway, Dr. S ran all sorts of testing on me...lyme, metals, mold, vitamins, elements, thyroid antibodies, etc, etc. He will make recommendations on what you can do in your environment, etc.

I also see the BioSET practitioner that Rachel sees and again, I recommend them highly! They were really helpful in figuring out WHAT I could take and how much and the testing was very accurate in all regards except for Lyme for me. The lyme issue wasn't found by BioSET because my body does not have a sensitivity to it.

I also see Scott for my ART sessions every couple of months.

I have some really fascinating scientificness to share.

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If anyone wants to listen to this interview its on his site....recorded July 12th, 2006.

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Wow, very interesting indeed. I see myself in so much of that. I wonder if I can listen to it at home with my dial-up...will it keep spooling?!? I'll try later after the parade.