Re: I stopped chelating for a few days and this is what happened
I can speak to just about every protocol regarding mercury. After 9
Amalgam removals, I initially did IV DMPS pushes in 1998 and was told from the Great Smokies lab that I was a 53....extremely high. I subsequently did 7-8 pushes 2 weeks apart and saw that lab number drop to 3. So on paper, I was healed. Reality was a bit different though. Although the DMPS pushes COMPLETELY cleared a 25 year case of moderate
Acne within 1 year my appendix ruptured and appeared to be metal on the CT scan (very odd but I attribute it to dropped mercury which often concentrates in the gut). I then did a HIGH 3 day dose of DMSA that many docs were using in their protocols at the time to supposedly mop up after IV DMPS and cross the blood brain barrier. On the 4th day I woke up and the DMSA 3 day cleanse literally left me incapacitated for a whole day and weakness for several weeks thereafter. I then used Chlorella from Dr Mercola for 2 years and got worse. I used Cilantro from Dragon Herbals for several months and got much worse. I went back and had a DMPS push that left me feeling great for 1 day, then worse. I have used Detoxamin, Metal Free, Beyond Chelation, Clay Baths,
Far Infrared Sauna s, Fasting, Electromedicine, Ozone treatment, Cold Laser, Homeopathics, Liposomal Vitamin C, Oxygenative IV's, Transdermal DMPS (Dr Buttar) etc. Nothing made me better. My symptoms were CHRONIC FATIGUE, joints started aching, blurry vision, sinusitis, bloating, forgetful, heavy legs etc.
I am now 52 and have been an athlete for most of my life and in great physical condition. I got to the point I couldn't play 18 holes without near total exhaustion. I could hardly run without pain and my endurance was all but shot.
I have spent countless hours researching mercury poisoning since the inception of the internet and my initial diagnosis and have spoken to at least a dozen physicians (Klinghardt, Buttar, Gordon, Walker etc.)from around the world that 'specialize' in mercury/heavy metal poisoning. I have heard it all and have read it all and was about to resign myself to waiting on another chelator or something to give me relief. As Cutler suggests, I have found that most of these docs mean well but they tend to be Liberal Arts majors and put their own artistic touches on their protocols without knowing the actually chemistry of the products they prescribe. They claim their patients are getting better and some probably have but I feel much better putting my health in the hands of real research.
THEN I read Cutler's book and everything I had experienced was being spoken to. Things that only I knew and here was this BioChemist describing how these things affect you and more importantly, when they tend to affect you. I know us Cutler guys might sound fanatical but this guy has highly credible research. I ran a research company for a few years of my life and in his research Cutler went back to medical research that was actually unpaid/uncoerced research. I know that the body is so complex we will never completely understand all of its ways but I have put my health and the health of my children in the hands of this research and have done 17 rounds now with DMSA and ALA. I am starting to really RECOVER and can now run again as well as play 18 holes with my son. Cutler is a god send and even though I believe complete healing will take years, after what I have seen and experienced, I will see his program to completion come $%#@ or high water. Dont get me wrong, I always prefer natural treatments (DMSA is a synthetic) but this one is having a REAL effect. If you can show me REAL research that involves Cilantro and Chlorella removing mercury without dropping its bond in the intestinal tract, I would love to see it.