In 2007, I was training rigorously for the 2008 U. S. Women's Marathon Olympic Trials when my health took a down turn. I began experiencing neurological symptoms, gastrointestinal distress and major fatigue. Eventually the symptoms led me to a fall while running a ten mile training run. My training abruptly ended and over the course of three years, I have had the opportunity to pinpoint the underlying cause creating the disharmony in my body.... MERCURY TOXICITY!
The health symptoms back in 2007, were so severe that I had to move from my home in the mountains of Colorado to the pacific northwest where the environmental conditions were conducive for recovery. At the time of the move, I was not aware of the mercury toxicity issue. I had undergone extensive neurological tests to rule out multiple sclerosis and ALS. All tests were negative for these fatal illnesses. Thus, my body requested a healing environment to recover from whatever was creating the distress!
I was introduced to a holistic practitioner of natural forms of medicine who eventually helped with the diagnosis of mercury toxicity in the spring of 2010. He immediately pinpointed a major concern of my body potentially undergoing mercury toxicity and felt that I needed to address the issue with a holistic dentist.
I immediately made an appointment with a dentist in the Portland, Oregon area. My initial assessment with the dentist proved that I had mercury not only in fillings, but potentially underneath the porcelain caps placed in my mouth years ago.
The dentist and I began our journey of removing and restoring the teeth from dental amalgams and other toxic metals such as tin and aluminum, that had been placed in my mouth since I was a teenager. In addition, the dentist had to remove a tooth that had a prior root canal filled with mercury years ago. The same tooth also had a "mercury tattoo" by the gum line clearly indicating mercury toxicity leaking out from the material placed in the roots of the tooth! (The root canal issue is yet another issue that should be addressed as a major detriment to one's health and well being. I have had the distinct opportunity to read ALL the case studies of Dr. Westin Price's work on root canal teeth and the correlation of eighty percent degenerative disease and focal infections in one's body!)
Today I am one hundred percent mercury free from dental amalgams. It has been a six month journey at achieving this task and a payment with personal funds totaling $49,000! I am fortunate and grateful to have had the financial resources and time to eliminate this highly toxic metal, mercury, from my mouth creating the detrimental effects on my health and wellness. Imagine the multitude of people who are unaware of mercury creating their health issues, as well as other individuals knowing the mercury toxicity affects and not being able to do anything about the issue secondary to lack of funds! It truly is a crime that the ADA and insurance companies still utilize the detrimental metal in one's mouth creating the ill effects on one's health and well being.
The following symptoms that have decreased and/or have been eliminated since the removal of the mercury in my mouth include: salivation, especially when eating and brushing the teeth, TMJ, hives and a red rash especially after sweating which is a sign indicative of mercury and other toxic metals being eliminated from the body, fatigue, mental fog, gastrointestinal distress with rapid weight loss, hypothyroidism secondary to mercury poisoning, blurred vision, numbness and tingling in all extremities, muscular twitches, muscular cramping and weakness.
In addition, I would like to state that my "gold medal" has been achieved by all the phenomenal, caring, supportive and loving people that have been in my life to help me win back my current level of health and wellness! I continue to detoxify from the mercury, but am able to run and play with greater strength prior to the mercury creating toxic overload in my body.
I have had the distinct honor to have met Sandy Duffy who was an active attorney in the Portland, Oregon area who devoted most of her career at addressing the issue of mercury being utilized in dentistry. She was a passionate woman who observed the detrimental effects of mercury and fought to the end of her life seeking the appropriate measures to rid the use of this substance in dental procedures. I remember our parting words back in May, " We shall work together on this issue, sister. We have an abundance in common and I look forward to working with you in any way I can to witness the issue of mercury being eliminated from our environment and use in dentistry!"
Sandy passed away on October 2nd of this year. She is greatly missed by me, as well as hundreds, perhaps thousands of people. I intend and am carrying out her mission by being a spokesperson to others at addressing the issue of mercury toxicity. Currently, I present to local communities throughout the state of Oregon and will be joining efforts with my dentist, Dr. Jeffrey Williamson, in Portland, to educate people on the issues of mercury and other toxic metals not conducive to one's overall health and wellness.
I thank you with gratitude and honor for hearing my story and am available to help with the efforts of achieving mercury free dentistry.
Lynn Foutch
October 2010
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What began with debilitating fatigue, grew to accompany insomnia, blurred vision, painful sinus headaches, extreme allergies (to everything), food intolerances, candida, never-ending chronic infections, exhaustion, a consistent feeling of being tired yet wired, and hypo-thyroid issues. Everything became incredibly overwhelming. Darkness clouded over me like a shadow of death; I became depressed, anxious, and frustrated. I had gone mad, and my life had fallen apart. I was living in a bubble, and a normal existence seemed like an impossible dream.
Rebecca Lee's eight mercury filling removals sent her health into a tailspin. Read on as she tells of her health hegira (a journey, especially when undertaken to escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation).
In 2005, I received 7 amalgam fillings and afterwards saw my health spiral downward. It wouldn't be until years later that I would pin-point the destruction of my health to this event. I remember shortly after that dental appointment, I became ill routinely. My mother said to me "You haven't been well since you went to that dentist" - And that always stuck in the back of my mind.
My name is Stacy Case. I am a mom, wife, believer, journalist and a fighter. In 2008, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. All of my neurological symptoms started right after I had my silver fillings removed and replaced with more silver fillings. I later learned each filling is made of 50% MERCURY!
Flight attendant Denise Knight shares her story of extreme mercury toxicity from unsafe amalgam removal.
Looking back it's hard to believe that I didn't figure things out sooner. I was perfectly placed to know exactly what was going on. I was conscious about toxins of all kinds and took supplements to keep myself healthy. And yet, when I fell ill with mysterious symptoms eight months after I got my amalgam fillings removed, I had no idea that this could be caused by mercury.
Veterinarian Hanne Koplev suffered for years from possible heavy metal induced Parkinson's Disease
12 years ago I went to the dentist. Immediately, I notice I could not hear to well. I was tested, 40% hearing in right ear, 60% hearing in left ear. I received implant hearing implant in my left ear. My vision was blurry. I received my first pair glasses. I started stuttering, then my foot was hurting.
This is the account of how my wife was affected by mercury poisoning: It started with symptoms ranging from unexplained anxiety, palpitations, struggling to breathe, light headedness and in the final stages of her illness, pins and needless over her body. Her arms and legs became very weak and she would frequently feel as if she were going to pass out.
Plagued with allergies, vitiligo, and Hashimoto’s thyroid, I attended a medical lecture featuring a panel of doctors, one of whom spoke about autoimmune diseases and offered a warning that would change my life. “If you are in your thirties and forties and have been suffering from autoimmune diseases,” he said, “it may be connected to the amalgam fillings in your mouth.”
I suspected my health was being impacted by my dental amalgams but dismissed the idea as I trusted the scientific integrity of the dental and medical community. I assumed the anti-amalgam community to be unscientific alarmist. I expected to find little or no scientific work on the subject, but was shocked to find hundreds of peer reviewed studies.
I am a survivor of mercury poisoning which stemmed from having 16 mercury dental amalgam fillings by the time I was 24 years old. I've suffered from a number of neurological issue, including: depression, panic attacks, social anxiety disorder, stuttering and heart palpitations. I reached a point in my life where I wanted god himself to take my life and I wanted to die.
Thanks to Champus (federally-funded health program for military dependents) I ended up w/ 7 fillings that completely cover the chewing surface when I was 10 which caused immediate horrendous headache / toothache / earaches plus hyper-sensitivity to cold that persists to this day.