Again, it's been another long time since I've written here ... and in the meantime, as the title reads; I went to China - we left May 30th and returned June 22, 2008. Here's the link to my China blog with lots and lots of photos: chinainjune.blogspot.com
And, when I was in China I had a technical problem working on this blog. Somehow I "accidentally" went through the process of closing it, or locking it and poof - it was gone. It's a long story ... but as it is; here I am, back in Canada and well able to continue blogging.
A mercury related note: Yesterday I saw an ND in order to start the process of metal chelation. This is a long time coming as I first had my mercury fillings removed in April of 2006 and wanted to start chelation maybe a half year later. Wow, it's been 2.5 years since I had my mercury removed! But since the bm (or lack thereof) issues started, I thought I should not do the chelation. (note from the future ... I still haven't done the chelation.)
I'm pretty convinced that the constipation/digestive problems I've been dealing with arose due to hormonal changes in my body - I'm 51 now, and have been experiencing peri-menopausal symptoms for at least 4 years already. A product called "Calm" with the main ingredient, magnesium citrate, has helped maintain my bm regularity. But I've found that different people find different things work for them, seems it's trial and error which is still better than medication.
In the meantime I've worked on other improvements. I've gone through an internal cleansing process with an online cleansing program (http://www.hps-online.com) and that has brought about even more health improvements! I say without a doubt that I am much healthier today than I even was a year ago. And a year ago I was much healthier than the year before that.
The least of the benefits of my cleansing has been that I've lost 25 lbs and am down 2 or 3 dress sizes.
So, back to chelation; the process of determining how much of various metals are in my body involves a toxicity test. I'm supposed to take some DMSA, drink 1.5 litres of water over a period of 6 hours, collect my urine during that time, and send a sample of it to be tested. Apparently they test for a number of different toxic metals. This will be interesting since I know from a hair test done about 3 years ago that I had high levels of aluminum in my body. Maybe some of it has been extracted from the fasting/colenemas cleansing I've been doing, I don't know.
I've been having spirulina on a regular basis in my morning fruit smoothie and that, I've heard, is supposed to absorb metals from the system. (My fruit smoothie is usually one fruit like pears or apples - sometimes I'll throw in a few strawberries. This morning I had 3 organic pears with a tsp of spirulina, a tbsp+ of flax seed powder, a tbsp+ of chia seeds, some 3-6-9 oil, a cup of hot water and some stevia; it was very yummy!)
So, I'll report back after I find out the results of this test - it'll take over a month since my ND is getting married and will be away for two weeks.
Never despair, there's always hope for a healthier future - but you have to want it and you have to work at it. And of course, either way, there's always hope when you put your life in the hands of Jesus.
much love to all who read this,
Dorothea
And, when I was in China I had a technical problem working on this blog. Somehow I "accidentally" went through the process of closing it, or locking it and poof - it was gone. It's a long story ... but as it is; here I am, back in Canada and well able to continue blogging.
A mercury related note: Yesterday I saw an ND in order to start the process of metal chelation. This is a long time coming as I first had my mercury fillings removed in April of 2006 and wanted to start chelation maybe a half year later. Wow, it's been 2.5 years since I had my mercury removed! But since the bm (or lack thereof) issues started, I thought I should not do the chelation. (note from the future ... I still haven't done the chelation.)
I'm pretty convinced that the constipation/digestive problems I've been dealing with arose due to hormonal changes in my body - I'm 51 now, and have been experiencing peri-menopausal symptoms for at least 4 years already. A product called "Calm" with the main ingredient, magnesium citrate, has helped maintain my bm regularity. But I've found that different people find different things work for them, seems it's trial and error which is still better than medication.
In the meantime I've worked on other improvements. I've gone through an internal cleansing process with an online cleansing program (http://www.hps-online.com) and that has brought about even more health improvements! I say without a doubt that I am much healthier today than I even was a year ago. And a year ago I was much healthier than the year before that.
The least of the benefits of my cleansing has been that I've lost 25 lbs and am down 2 or 3 dress sizes.
So, back to chelation; the process of determining how much of various metals are in my body involves a toxicity test. I'm supposed to take some DMSA, drink 1.5 litres of water over a period of 6 hours, collect my urine during that time, and send a sample of it to be tested. Apparently they test for a number of different toxic metals. This will be interesting since I know from a hair test done about 3 years ago that I had high levels of aluminum in my body. Maybe some of it has been extracted from the fasting/colenemas cleansing I've been doing, I don't know.
I've been having spirulina on a regular basis in my morning fruit smoothie and that, I've heard, is supposed to absorb metals from the system. (My fruit smoothie is usually one fruit like pears or apples - sometimes I'll throw in a few strawberries. This morning I had 3 organic pears with a tsp of spirulina, a tbsp+ of flax seed powder, a tbsp+ of chia seeds, some 3-6-9 oil, a cup of hot water and some stevia; it was very yummy!)
So, I'll report back after I find out the results of this test - it'll take over a month since my ND is getting married and will be away for two weeks.
Never despair, there's always hope for a healthier future - but you have to want it and you have to work at it. And of course, either way, there's always hope when you put your life in the hands of Jesus.
much love to all who read this,
Dorothea
