My Story
Updated   10-2005

This has been a trying few years for  me  to say the least.. I have become very  ill to the  point of not being able to work  since October of  1998. The short of the  story is that I was  diagnosed with Nerve  Damage, Rheumatoid Disease, Chronic Fatigue  Syndrome and/or possible MS. But the way I  got  it should be considered by everyone  that  has  silver fillings in their  mouth.  Something caused it and I want to  find out what  it is.

First I never get sick. I cant  remember  the last time I was ill. Then  this happened. It has been trying not only  physically but spiritually and emotionally  too.

My  Symptoms

Severity 1= Moderate      10= Severe

Extreme Body Fatigue 10 Tremors in hands and jaw 9 Weakness in leg and arm muscles 7 Severe Body Shaking 10 Numbness in Extremities 6 Pulsating tingling all over 9 Shooting Pains in arms and Legs 6 Burning in Larynx 8 Extreme chemical sensitivity 8 Nerve Twitching 10 Continuous Headaches 8 Burning in eyes and Head 9 Chronic Muscle pain 9 Joint Grinding and poping 9 Loud ringing in ears pulsing with   heartbeat at times. 9 Immobilizing body pain 8 Brain Fog 8 Loss of short term Memory 9 Difficulty Walking 7 Flashing lights in vision 3 Internal Organs felt as if they were  on  Spin cycle inside of me 10 Unable to link words in a sentence  at  times 5 Low Body Temp - Mine was 95.8 5 Nervousness/Anxiety 10 Chest Pain 4 Loss of Balance 6 Pain in hips 5

It " the symptoms " started creeping up on me in  October  1998, but hit full force on  November 26,1998.
I was feeling very tired  all the time. And could not get enough sleep  even after 12 hours I was so fatigued I would  shake all the time. My regular MD said it was  the flu. Well I went back to him three weeks  later and the fatigue only got worse. I brought  up the idea about Mercury Poisoning from my  fillings and he said it was  near  impossible and not likely..
I had two   fillings that were cracked and needed to be  replaced , So I went to my Dentist that did  the  work and used the plastic white ones  to replace the silver Amalgams.
While there  we decided to do them all and replace them with  the nice  looking composite ones.
I was  concerned about  the poisons in the old  filling anyway and was reassured by the dentist  that the silver mercury  fillings were fine  and can not hurt me. So we started the  work
Well two weeks later I was in bed. Very  Ill. My MD sent me to a Neurologist, the  Neurologist sent me to a Rheumatologist and he  sent me to a Endocrinologist and no one could  figure out why  I am so fatigued to the  point of not being able to walk.
I brought up  the Mercury thing again and they did a test for  it. They did a serum level test for Mercury.
I found out later  that the test the  Neurologist did is not worth  the paper it  was printed on.
It was now March and I was  not able to work at all. I was in bed 22 hours a  day. My chiropractor suggested I go to the  Environmental Health Center In Dallas, TX .  There they started testing me for all types of  allergens and chemical toxicity.  Again I  asked about Mercury and they did another test.  They did a RBC (Red Blood Count) test. Basically  they  draw blood crush the cells  and  see what's inside. Well My Mercury Level  was  very Elevated.
At that time my Dr.  there  moved to Utah and was not able to  help me.

I was shaking and had tremors,  vision  problems, severe muscle and joint  pain, twitching, numbness all over 24 hours a  day , 7 days a week for months. And loosing  memory by  the day
I met a girl named Kristieat the EHC in Dallas and she said she  knew a Doctor in Austin,TX  that could help  me. So I said lets go. By the way , Kristie  has  Gulf War Syndrome. More about that  later.

So after 5 months of wrong blood tests  and more blood tests, Two MRIs,  body  and  head  and full torso CT scans,SED  rate,  allergy testing, and constant pain I  met with the Doctor in Austin, TX.
He  reviewed my stack of paperwork of previous blood  tests, CAT  scans, MRI and Xray results and  listened to me for about an hour. He gave me his  idea. He suspected Heavy Metal Poisoning- not  the music type- and Mercury Toxicity. He gave me  an  injection by IV  of a solution  called DMPS.  And I did a 24 hour  urinalysis test...  Two days later I got  the results. The Mercury level  was  basically off the page. In the RED. So we  started a program  of DMPS chelation  and  Mineral replacement IV's. I am  currently doing  this and expect to get  better some day.

I just want people to know how dangerous  silver fillings are. Did you know that   the  "ADA" American Dental Association will  revoke  the license of any Dentist that  discloses info  that silver fillings can be  hazardous to your health. Most dentists will not  even  acknowledge  that an amalgam is  toxic.
But we all know that Mercury is. Back  in the 1970's there were scares in the news  about   the mercury levels in Tuna  fish. That is so  small compared to amount  that is in your mouth  depending on how  many fillings you may have. Also , your fillings  are releasing mercury 24/7  into your body.

The Mercury is released from  fillings  every time you brush your teeth,  or have  them  polished. Every time  you eat something hot and when you chew on them.  It is released in the form of Mercury vapor  "methyl  mercury". So when they Drilled  mine out, a whole  lot of it was released  into me.
There is a proper way to remove  that type of Amalgam and my dentist did not do  it..

If you do not have any symptoms it may  be better to leave the metal filings in your  mouth.
If you are to have mercury  fillings  removed... Please for your own  sake.. See a Holistic dentist that specializes  in proper non totxic  removal. It costs  more , But Our health is our  most  important asset... I hope that I recover mine.  It has almost been a year now and I feel worse  than awful all the time. And too weak to work. I  put off typing this for two months because I  could not get the  energy.The money has Run  dry and at times so  does my spirit. But I  must fight for my health.

If I were to do it over again and   knowing what I have found out:
After  getting  any Amalgam removed I would see a  Doctor that can remove the mercury with DMPS  immediately. I  have found that my   D.O. or Dr. of  Osteopathy is more familiar  with chelation of Heavy Metals than any MD. that  I have spoken to  over the past years .  Your GP or family doc is  good for colds  but nothing this serious.
NEVER HAVE DMPS treatments while Mercury fillings are still  in  your mouth.
DMPS is such a powerful  Chelator that it will pull the Mercury that is  still in your teeth out and into your blood  stream possibly making things worse.

I will add to this story as I am able.  E-mail me if you have any Questions. Or if you  have any Answers.We need to share  information.

God Bless,

Kirk

PS It is now September 1999. And I  have  just finished my 10th DMPS  treatment. Half way  there. I have also  started to get  a special kind of   acupuncture called N.A.E .T.  ( Nanbutripad  Allergy Elimination  Treatment) This does  not remove the Mercury but it stops the body  from being sensitive to the mercury's toxic  effects. It has helped me a lot. . I have been  walking again , and even started to  be  able to play bass too!!
As I find them,  I  will put links to N.A.E.T. on this   site.
 

Kirk

Remember I am not a doctor. I am  just  putting down the Information that I  have  accumulated over this year.
A  person identifying themselves as a member of the  ADA  threatened me to remove this page. I  will not do  that until I am made to by a  court injunction.
Sounds to me like  I  may be on to  something that is not wanted  out on the net.

Update
Hi It is  August  2001

I know that I have not  updated in a long time but if you are looking at  this you may know  how hard it is to do  just the simplest thing. Well I am still working  at it, getting well that is.But I have  actually  felt almost normal for about 10  days now. I forgot what that was like. You  wonder "Do I really feel better or am I just  used to being in pain and feeling Bad all the  time. Did I get used to feeling bad "

I have been getting a  few  emails from people across the country  and Europe  too. I thank  you for  reading my story ..  But there is so much  more to tell everyone. Some  day I will  post it. Mostly it is from people that have been  Ill for a long time too. Some worse than others.  It breaks my heart, I wish  there was  something that could help everyone. It   just takes constant searching and believing in  ones self. That this is not in your imagination.  And  there are  tests to prove it.
Just finding the right doctor to do  the  right test is the hardest  problem.
I have found that NAET helped me a little,  But  did not hold, Not that it will be that  way for  everyone .. but that is the way it  turned out  for me.

I have found a great  Nutritionist that has helped me a lot. My  immune  system was wrecked  by the  mercury and for  whatever reason I became  sensitive to almost  every food. And I love  to eat. Especially  Italian food. I have  been cleansing my body spiritually and  physically.
Colonics have  helped me ,  also manual Lymphatic drainage, with   eating as much live food like veggies and   Juicing. If you have a Candida problem like  a lot  of mercury toxic people do, be  careful of juicing too much. The high sugar  content of  juiced Veggies will only make  the Candida  thrive.

I will try to update  this  more often than every two years. But  I actually feel Ok today and I  want to go  for a walk. I could not even think that two  years ago. But I am doing it now. And I pray  that it stays and I only get better  everyday.

Dec.2001
Many  of  you that have come to this page have  found it due to a health related issue that has  been unable to be explained by modern medicine.  It  has happened to me and the emotional  stress and financial stress can be absolutely  unbearable at times.

I personally believe  in  the power of prayer and Jesus of the  Holy Trinity.

A website that has  helped  me with my search for physical as  well as spirtual healing is www.drday.com
I believe that spiritual  healing must come before the Physical  healing  can come. It is all intertwined  with one another.

Please feel free to write me. I always try to get back  in a timely manner.
 

May 2002

Thank God that I have been  feeling OK these past few weeks.
Part of my  treatments over the past few years have been  quite different than what I would call  normal.
The doctors where not able to help  me  with my health but were only able to  diagnose and  give the symptoms a name or a  diseases  name.
The rheumatologist said  he thought that  I had a very high RF of 40  and that I should  take NSAIDS. That will  not cure the problem I thought.
The  Neurologist put me on Steroids for a while and  that only seemed to make me feel even worse.  That will not cure you. It only covers the  symptoms from what I have learned.
And you  will only get worse. I have  never seen a  doctor cure someone of a disease,  only  blast it into remission or cover the symptoms  with drugs. But never get to what caused   the disease. Why it happened. Diseases just do  not happen. Something triggers  it. If you  look deep enough and are honest enough , you can  find the underlying cause.  Everything has  a cause and reaction.
I chose  to heal  my own body the natural way with some help from  the Docs.

 I had to get all  the  toxins out. Remove the metal.
And  cleanse my organs so that they can do what they  are supposed to do.  Support life in my  body. I  am still working at it and it is a  life style change for me.
My D.O. put me on  long term  antibiotics which is not a  natural way but that is the only drug help that  I had.
He found that people with CFS or CFIDS  may have a Bacterial attack that's not detected  by normal methods.
So I was on Doxycyclene  for almost a year and then Biaxin for about two  months.
I  had to supplement with allot  of acidophilous to help prevent Candida build  up.
I have been  recently doing Ozone Spa treatments and  that  has helped greatly in my  mobility.
My liver was trashed from all the mercury and I believe that the  Ozone treatments helped clean it and allow me to   process the toxins more easily. During my heavy  metal blood level tests Uranium was found too. I  have no idea how I got that. That is what I  get  for living in New York City for 38  years.. hahah
So as I said this has been a  good week or two. The best that I have felt in  years.
One doctor told me that you can  not  get better from the things that I  have going on.
I hope  to prove that he is incorrect  and that we can heal our bodies with Gods  help.
Water, Water,  Water... we need  lots of the pure stuff. Drday.com
 
 And I try  to eat Organic foods and Organic Raw vegesas much as  possible.
Our cell mitochondria need enzymes for cellular growth  and  cooked foods have all their   enzymes killed in the cooking process.
So I  have been trying  to eat Raw a much as my  taste buds allow me to.
"Desperate times need desperate   action." So a life style change is  in need.
 I will ad to this as time goes  on.
Thank you,

January 2,   2003

I am still working  at  feeling Normal. It has been over 4  years now. Some days are OK now,  and many  still have  pain and numbness.
I know  that I will be  better eventually.
I  just want to thank all the people that have  written to me and I hope  that my  experience  can help someone with   similar health problems.

Kirk

November 2003
It is coming up  on 5 years since it all started.
I can  honestly say that at this time I am more than  95% back to normal.There are days that I just  feel great ! A few years ago I did not think it  was possible to ever feel good again , or better  yet to even be alive.
I have been blessed to  be able to get well. The long term question now  is. What have I learned? And may I not forget.

Kirk
November 2, 2003

January 2006
I had a brief relapse 2 weeks ago. I know that stress has a major impact on my physical system. But I have been feeling great the past 2 years now.

Kirk