The Time is Coming

Well I think its time for an update post.

I got back to the Hansa Center for visit 2 in less than a month. I stop all of the remedies I started in January in just a few days, March 14.
Before I go back I will have to repeat the initial bloodwork and I will also repeat my hair heavy metals test. I am hoping to see high levels of metal dumping out into my hair because its leaving from my body(finally!!).

I had my last ND appt. in December. It has been so nice to get off all of the supplements they had me taking!  Most of these did very little for me, I had to add in herbs to treat my infections. Since changing to the Hansa Center from the ND I have noticed an enormous difference in how I feel.
The ND used SCIO biofeedback that is capable of testing supplements with my body to see what kind of reaction. The HC uses BioResonance Scanning, which is a form of muscle testing, that also checks my body's reaction to the remedies.

The ND had a very similar technology, just not the same resources and know how behind it. Its amazing how much the doctor themselves will affect the patients outcome just by the supplements and treatment methods they prefer. My ND had many of the same supplements and even some of the same training, but its taken the strong detoxing and specific remedies to make a difference in my health.

Anyway, I think I have proved my point that I really do love how the doctors at Hansa treat their patients. It saddens me when I see people like Parker Goertzen fail...
with LLMD's you typically pick your favorite most convenient doctor. They will all try the same group of antibiotics, IV's, and herbs. The HC is different, they have about 3k remedies to pick from, not 100-200 the better LLMD's have.

------Back to me------

My current symptoms are Insomnia, fatigue, exercise intolerance, and no concentration.
Overall I don't have the sick feeling I used to have, the sauna keeps my muscles fairly loose, I have had very little dizziness or pain. At this point I just need to get my resistant symptoms knocked out. This will hopefully be finished up after the next visit.

I have managed two long and strenuous school fieldtrips in the last month and the flu since coming back from my last HC visit. Beforehand all of this would have knocked me down significantly.
All that has happened since these things is extra fatigue, its a problem but I am not stuck in bed!

Now I just need to get back to my juices and smoothies....I have ingested more junk food in the last month than I care to admit to! They sure do make a difference.

Second Day of Treatment

Still impressed with the methods and results here at the Hansa Center!
I met with Dr Jowdy yesterday morning. He tested me on some remedies and started me on 4 different bottles.
What I really liked is how he was able to test me on so many different remedies, find the correct combination, and then mix them into 3 different bottles. So I am taking more than I did before, just compacted. He did some more testing as far as pathogens and toxins go, heavy metals and mycoplasma are the highest priorities my body is talking about.
When he was doing the testing for everything it was interesting to see how the results changes after adding a remedy.
For example when he was looking for a remedy he checked ammonia after adding in the remedy. The ammonia went from being concentrated in my heart/liver/brain into being splattered everywhere. He added something else to it, the ammonia disappeared entirely.
The first remedy pushes my body into releasing the ammonia then the second pushed it into detoxifying it out.
The same thing happened for heavy metals.

The therapies they had me so yesterday were-massage, infrared sauna, LUX(abdomen), powerplate, q-laser, Bemer, and ST8. After doing all of this I feel extremely tired. Some of this stuff I wasn't so sure about like the LUX but even that does change how I feel when I'm doing it.

I fell asleep about 8-8:30pm then woke up from 10:30-4, getting up this morning at 8:50.
My sleep has certainly changed, my sleep quality has improved. Sleep timing is all over the place. Dr.Jowdy said its a good thing that I have started sleeping deeper and it's a good start.

At the moment it is easier for me to post yesterday's information, so tomorrow I will post about today and so on.
This therapy is making a difference in my symptoms and is really wearing me out.

Heavy Metal Toxicity and Mineral Levels

     When I started researching detoxification and which toxicities cause what symptoms, heavy metals stood out to me.
In this day in age people are more toxic with heavy metals than ever before. Fracking has contaminated our water systems, mercury is found in amalgam fillings and energy efficient light bulbs, lead is still found in paint (lead paint is legal for outdoor use) and many other sources, and aluminum is used extensively in the kitchen. Nearly everyone has had mercury fillings at some point, everyone uses metal cookware, and we have all inhaled contaminated air (think cigarette smoke), metal is not easy to avoid.
    The symptoms of mercury poisoning are extremely similar to the symptoms of tick borne diseases. Common mercury poisoning symptoms are-neuropathy, fatigue, memory loss, brain fog, depression, tremors, and food sensitivities, just to name a few. Sound familiar? All of these are hallmark lyme disease symptoms.
     Heavy metal detoxification is a part of several lyme treatment protocols, including but not limited to those used by Dr.Burrascano and Dr.Horowitz. So, I went online and ordered myself a hair minerals and toxic metals test.

These are my results.

High-Mercury, lead, silver, nickel, copper, and barium.

The high lead was a shock to me. Mercury and copper are found in dental amalgams ( I had 4 when I took this test) so this was expected. What about the lead? Where did the it come from? Lead isn't found in amalgams, shouldn't be in cookware, the kitchen somewhere maybe?

The water pipes...the lead soldering that attaches the copper water pipes. Bingo, that must be it. My water must be contaminated with lead. My ND advised me to start on EDTA as soon as possible to chelate lead. I used a product called Total Chelate, a mixture of minerals and Ca-EDTA. I started at 1 pill 2x a day to 2 pills 3x daily.

Within a few days of starting this protocol, brain fog and fatigue improved. Finally a breathrough!

 Ca-EDTA mainly, if not only, chelates lead. So the copper, mercury, etc were still untouched left to ravage my system with their toxic affects.

To chelate mercury I wanted to follow the Cutler protocol. To do this correctly I had to have those darn mercury fillings removed.

 I only had 4 so it wasn't too bad. I found a mercury free dentist who followed the correct safety procedures for removing and disposing of the metal. In two visits plus a consult, they were out.

 

A few days after the last two were removed, I started DMSA chelation. Following the Cutler protocol, I started on 12.5mg. I would take DMSA every 4 hours, 3 days a week. This also helped my symptoms to reduce further. I started this protocol in June of this year.

Three months after starting the DMSA and being amalgam free, it is safe to add another chelator called alpha lipoic acid. Alpha lipoic acid (ALA for short) is naturally produced in the body as a precursor to glutathione. ALA and glutathione are used by the body (especially the liver) to remove toxins from the cells. A three month wait is needed so the DMSA can clear mercury and other metals from the tissues. According to the protocol, DMSA should be used to chelate the body and ALA should be used to chelate the brain.

I began ALA  in September, at a 100mg dose. In the beginning I had a strong herx reaction that knocked me down for several days. I would cut the 300mg pill into 4 pieces and take 2 each day slowly working up to 100mg 3x a day.

 

Later on in September, I repeated the test. Here are the results.

 

The results improved

in only a few months! Test #1 was taken in March, #2 in September, only 6 months.

The lead is way down. Nickel and copper also decreased. Mercury increased, possibly from detoxification- the mercury leaving can go out through the hair. No worry there.

Tin jumping up I thought was interesting. I don't have an explanation for that. It could also be detoxification.

 

Then looking at the changes in minerals, you can see that magnesium and iodine are high. I have been taking magnesium for years. I first started on calm magnesium the first visit with Dr,L., this spike was a surprise to me. I don't even take it religiously anymore, just a spoonful every few days. On the first test I had nearly no lithium whatsoever. So my ND advised me to start supplementing that, now it is nearly in range. Another little victory :) I read this book called "Feel Good Nutrigenomics" By Dr.Amy Yasko. She stated lithium was often found low in Lyme patients. No reason given, just that its typical. I wonder if a certain toxin from the bacteria displaces it.

The biggest surprise to me was the iodine. I didn't start taking iodine until after taking test #2, but before I received the results. I don't even eat an iodine rich diet. Its a mystery to me. Personally I do not believe my iodine is actually that high. I believe one of the toxins, whether it be a halogen or metal, is displacing it, into my hair. Chlorine, bromine, and fluoride, the halogens, are known to displace iodine. Halogens have the ability to displace each other in our bodies. Bromine, for example, is know to block iodine from the thyroid. I believe my iodine is being displaced. There is no way it could jump over 70 points without supplementation. It will be interesting to see what its at on test #3 next year.

 

Calcium and phosphorus levels also improved, possibly as a side effect of removing mercury. Another little victory :)

 

This has been the journey of detoxifying heavy metals from my body. Unlike my lyme protocol, this one changes very little. I only take ALA now, the DMSA just stopped giving me results.

 

This was a fun post to write, I think so many of our common diseases today are caused primarily by toxins. I feel like these tests back up this opinion at least to some degree.

 

Until tomorrow, God bless.