I formerly had amalgams, and I was "chilly" frequently too. After having them removed, I don't get chilly anymore, but am rather fiery. It's well documented that mercury impacts the thyroid, and that the thyroid is the body's thermostat.

mercury is a neurotoxin. it interferes withthe circulation of electrical energy in the body. this in turn interferes with every other function in the body.

the buildup of mercury is slow and the effects are subclinical for a very long time before a person starts feeling the effects. by the time the effects are being felt, long term damage has already been done. it takes a lot to cause dysfunction in the body on this level. once our life force is established in utero, things happen automatically until something comes along to disrupt it.

the things people pay attention to that cause major disruptions, like infectious disease and acute poisoning, produce symptoms we call being sick. the fact is the symptoms are never the disease, they are the cure. they are the body's attempt to rid itself of the offending substance or critter or to adjust and balance itself. for example, a cold is the body trying to rid itself of excess mucus. that is why there is no cure - it IS the cure.

with mercury poisoning this happens slowly and we get what is called the "boiling frog" effect. for those who dont know, a frog thrown in boiling water will hop right out to save itself. a frog set in a pot of cold water and then brought to a boil slowly will not react and slowly cook to death before it realizes it is dying, never reacting to the hot water.

the more mercury shuts down blood flow and drains you of energy and makes your metabolism slow, the more we stop moving around as much and bundle up more. this puts the body in a position where it needs even less metabolism to maintain stasis regarding body temp, etc. it is a downhill cycle that self propels to the point where one can no longer be comfortably warm at any temperature and circulation decreases to the point that fingers and toes start turning numb and blue, respiration decreases oxygen saturation of the blood, the person eats Sugar for more energy and candida blooms. candida is particularly egregious to metabolism because it adds more insulation in tissues, decreasing electron exchange, and provides more anaerobic tissue to heat up in the body which is not contributing to overall circulation and metabolism. the body is dying and the critters which are in place to eat that body when it is dead is getting a head start on the process and contributing to it.

so the answer is yes. you will never get any better than you are now without change. and you WILL continue to worsen. you have low metabolism, low circulation, and your tissues are deoxygenated. you will have to fight for your life. i think you know what you have to do. it has been said on curezone ad nauseum for years now. you will have to remove the toxins, alkalize by oxygenating, and uncoddle your body to make it work again. when you can take a cold shower and then run outside and air dry in 40 degree weather, then you will have restored what you have lost. dont kid yourself. this has nothing to do with age. absolutely nothing except for the coincidence of time passing while these problems were nurtured along by you and your friendly neighborhood doctors, dentists and food distributors.

my mother died at age 61 of just such circumstances. she lost a couple of her fingers in the process. she sounded just like you when it started in her forties. she sought medicines and died in a hospital at their hands. dont do what she did, please.

Do you think that heavy metal positioning could be responsible for ALS. My mother died of that at age 69. She didn't have amalgam, she had dentures since early 20's. But she did almost all her cooking in aluminum pots and teflon coated pans.

Well, I didn't mean to start a conversation and then bail out-but I have been out of pocket all afternoon. Thanks for all of the great responses and information.

The first time I painted my foot with iodine(lugol's) I woke up in the middle of the night f r e e z i n g! I have had it happen once more. I am trying to be careful with this because that was pure torture. I haven't really gotten the nerve to actually drink it in water...I am so afraid of the detox. I took my selenium today, and I have magnesium citrate and some supplements of mag.
Question -with the cilantro pesto, do you have this cold thing as well? or is it a little more tolerable ??