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Posted 9/16/2015 8:52 AM (GMT 0)
Hi, guys. I am back. I have now had 10 IV EDTA chelations for heavy metals and have been supplementing it with oral; four days on EDTA and 3 days on mineral/vitamin supplements. I am away for several weeks and have to say, I am not feeling great. I feel ENORMOUS, even though I have not been eating much, have adjusted my thyroid, which is wacky due to the chelation, and now am getting a lot of stomach pain. I actually feel much worse than when I started all of this. My LLMD thinks that it is the Lyme that is getting an opportunity to "shine" now that the metals are coming "unglued" but I am not sure. It almost feels as though the metals are now free floating and going wherever they want.
Does anyone have any experience with this? I know that it is only a couple of months into this and too early to expect a miracle cure with such heavy toxic loads, but would like to feel that all of this is worth it?
Many thanks for any guidance. If you are simply going to bash me for doing IV chelation for this, kindly refrain from doing so. I don't need complete support, but being bashed for doing this only does more damage.

Thank you
Posted 9/16/2015 12:49 PM (GMT 0)
No one on here is going to bash you for IV chelation. We don't "bash" anyone here. I personally am on an oral chelation protocol.

Are you moving your bowels/going to the bathroom regularly? Is it bloating? Because if the metals are coming unglued, you need to make sure they're also moving OUT!
Posted 9/16/2015 5:14 PM (GMT 0)
Are you also using a binder such as chlorella or charcoal?
Posted 9/16/2015 6:05 PM (GMT 0)
The first time I tried Chelation it made me very constipated so I quit. Fast-forward a year and my hair test came back reporting the heavy metals This time I began with spirulina then added the chelation formula that has NAC ALA and well as Chlorella. I drink plenty of water and I am fine.
Posted 9/16/2015 6:23 PM (GMT 0)
I am not moving my bowels regularly, although I am taking Zeobind to help push things along. I take magnesium every now and then and that helps sometimes, but I am just miserable lately.
I am sorry to have said that I don't want to be bashed about the chelation, but on another site, someone did just that and I found myself in tears. I just don't think that I could handle much more negativity.
I started out so hopeful and am trying to remain that way, but am not sure if the Lyme is coming back or this is more of the real metal toxicity.
I so appreciate the support of this forum and apologize for the previous comment about the bashing.
Thank you to all who responded.
Posted 9/16/2015 6:25 PM (GMT 0)
Sarahm620, how has your oral chelation been and how long has it been before you started noticing any difference? I have been at this for about 2 months, with the combination of IV and oral. I would have thought that I would see some positive by now?
Posted 9/16/2015 6:28 PM (GMT 0)
Don't feel bad. I quit doing it for a year! I got a little jolt to the conscience with the test results. Before that I knew I should but didn't have any evidence. the blood test showed something different than the hair analysis.

I drink lots of water and I for a while I took milk of magnesia every night. That really cleaned me out!

It is all so overwhelming. Remain hopeful.
Posted 9/16/2015 6:48 PM (GMT 0)
Londolozi, I think you need to add something else to bind. If you are not moving your bowels regularly, the metals can't get out, and they're just hanging out in your body. Does that make sense? Can you talk to your doctor about that?

I'm taking a ton of chlorella and DMSA (a small amount of DMSA not a ton, haha). I've been doing the DMSA only for about a month, but I only do it twice a week because it's rough on my stomach! I don't feel any difference yet but I have a lot of infections going on.

I hope you feel better soon.
Posted 9/17/2015 6:07 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you all. Sarahm620, what do you mean by something else to bind? I take 4 Chelex daily for 4 days and then 4 MinRex the other three days. Prior to this oral, I had 10 EDTA IV and will go back to that when I return from my trip. I have had stomach/bowel issues for a long time. When I do take magnesium, it moves things in a bit of a dramatic way, if you get my drift, but certainly nothing normal. I believe that there is some chorella in the Chelex.
As far as infections that are going on, what would you like? I feel as though I am single handedly keeping the Lyme/Mold/Heavy metals folks a float in my town. It would behoove them to keep me alive because I am paying for all their kids college educations!
Sorry for the rant. It just gets overwhelming some time.
BTW, if anyone runs out of any supplement, feel free to come into my kitchen as I most likely have extra there.
Posted 9/17/2015 1:18 PM (GMT 0)
Ask your doctor about chlorella. "some chlorella" isn't enough. Also, have you tried fiber? Like a Metamucil capsule? It's the only thing that helps me with constipation. Also, you said you're taking Zeolite? That was constipating for me.

Given that you are doing these heavy duty IV chelations, there is no harm in adding cilantro and chlorella to help things along. Here's some links about why they're important:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/01/28/chlorella-for-mercury-poisoning.aspx


http://naturalsociety.com/proper-heavy-metal-chelation-cilantro-chlorella/

"Dr. George Georgiou says:
 
“Many health practitioners use synthetic chelating agents such as DMPS, DMSA, EDTA and others to mobilize and eliminate heavy metals from the body. There are advantages and disadvantages to using these. One advantage is the power of their mobilizing activity—they are quick to mobilize and eliminate certain metals in the body, but this may place a huge burden on the body’s detoxification systems.”

Cilantro is best used in conjunction with chlorella because it, “mobilizes more toxins then it can carry out of the body, it may flood the connective tissue (where the nerves reside) with metals, that were previously stored in safer hiding places.” This can cause retoxificaiton if another binding agent isn’t used to help rid the body of the heavy metals that are ‘found’ in their hiding places throughout the body."

Posted 9/17/2015 5:28 PM (GMT 0)
Many thanks. I will see whether I can find chlorella in France.
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