Katie, I'm only going to respond to the flushing part of this question:
Flushing 25 times over a 5 yr period is about 20% of what you needed to be doing. HC: flush every 2-4 weeks. You were flushing about every 10wk if that was a regular schedule. Flush on a regular schedule until you have 3 stone free flushes in a row. This is the Hulda Clark protocol, not the Hulda Clark suggestion. So what you're saying is "I did it wrong and it didn't work"? SELAH: think on these things.