Newbie with some questions!

[Kristen Kilkenny]

Hi all!

I am very excited to have joined this group as I have been getting a lot of information from this website.

 

A little about myself:

43 years old

Breast cancer DCIS at age 27 (some say that is not cancer, as it is precancer that comes and goes)

Bad periods my whole life

Thyroid trouble whole life

MTHF - I forget which one but the heter 6 something?

Was so sick 2 years ago and was finally diagnosed with Hashimoto's. 

 

Here is what I have been doing so far:

 

September 2011 went gluten free.

 

As of January 2012 didn't feel better so went gluten, dairy, sugar and alcohol free.

 

August/September 2012 - Had all my mercury fillings taken out in 2 visits.  Had a lot.  Very well known biological dentist who has me taking some herbal concoction to help with detox.

 

As of May 2012 dairy, gluten, sugar, alcohol (occasional drink but not much) followed the following protocol:

Water with lemon upon rising.

Home made raw goat/cow kefir first thing in the morning.

Bone broth made from grass fed animals (with breakfast and dinner 2 cups a day)

1/2 Tab. of high fermented CLO with butter (Blue Ice)

Green smoothie twice a day (water cress, parsley, spinach)

2 tab. of chia seeds

2 -4 tab. of coconut oil (Tropical Traditions)

1 magnesium citrate with each meal.

Thryoxal (thyroid supplement from Apex to aid the thyroid)

Rebound on mini-trampoline for 1/2 hour before breakfast.

Liver once a week, sometimes 2 -3 times if anemic.

Nettle tea infusion, if the Amish have it

Home made sauerkraut (2 tab. with dinner) This is not as consistent as I buy from the Amish and they didn't have it for about a month.

 

I belong to a food coup that gets food from the Amish.  All my food is from the farmers market and the Amish coup.  All grass fed meat and vegetables.  I eat very simply. 

 

My question is, with all that I am doing, I don't feel I am making the progress that I should.  This month, my period was so painful and heavy and I felt really awful for a week with it.  I feel like my throid was off this month.  I can't pinpoint if it was the stress from the Hurricane (we were displaced for a week.  Our house was fine just no electric) or the mercury detox.  But I am just not feeling well and I have been on this journey for a year and a half and really strict about what I eat. 

 

Can someone point me something I am doing wrong or does the gut just take this long to heal.  I am feeling a little defeated with how I felt this month......

 

Thanks for input!!

 

~~Kristen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Pat Robinson]

I'll review this some more, but there is a dump of mercury from body stores, at 3-6 months and again about about a year, after amalgam removal. Are you consuming zinc and SELENIUM? Magnesium and Epsom salt baths can help. And food sources of iodine - not supplements, imo.

Amalgams: http://heal-thyself.ning.com/profiles/blogs/amalgam-removal-risks-and

Detoxification: http://heal-thyself.ning.com/profiles/blogs/detoxification

Salt water flushes and large doses of Vit C can help with die-off, ime. I'd cut back on the coconut oil due to killing off candida which sequesters mercury out of our system. http://heal-thyself.ning.com/profiles/blogs/kombucha-candida-mercury

I'd go easy on the bone broth. It is a Catch 22 with MTHFR because the glutathione can detox us too fast. But, we need glutathione...

Morning sunshine to the eyes for melatonin production and early bedtime would be my biggest priorities. Seriously.

Sweat helps to detox too. So exercise or sauna and Epsom salt baths.

How much kefir are you consuming? I'd just do small amounts.



Pat

[Kristen Kilkenny]

I  forgot to mention that I have Mercola's Sunsplash sun lamps.  My vitamin D last winter was 25 so I purchased them to try and get my vitamin D up.  So I do the lights every other day.  Epsom salt baths at least 3 times a week.  

As of yesterday, I stopped the milk kefir as I am wondering if I am reacting to that all of a sudden?  I was drinking a lot in the beginning because I was researching and a lot said if you have autoimmune you should be drinking a quart a day.  So I was drinking with each meal.  Last week, when I started feeling crappy, I cut it down to morning and night.  Yesterday and today were the first days I cut it out completely.  I replaced it with the sauerkraut to be sure I get my probiotics.  I am going to buy Brazil nuts today and take one a day for selenium.  

This morning I had my smoothie with watercress, parsley, chia seeds, pear, coconut oil.  I am about to rebound to keep my lymphs clear.  

I forgot to mention that last week, during my period, I had a low grade fever of 100.5 for 2 days.  I have not had a fever in years.  I don't get colds or fevers.  I thought that was from the hashi's.  When I got the fever last Saturday my gut reaction was that all of this is a detox?  

I know sweating helps and when I rebound I sweat and stink like crazy!  My family walks in the room and complains lol!

Mind you, I have not sweat under my arms in years.  I used to never sweat.  Now I am making up for lost time and sweating like crazy and stinking!  

Does that give TMI? lol

Pat Robinson said:

I'll review this some more, but there is a dump of mercury from body stores, at 3-6 months and again about about a year, after amalgam removal. Are you consuming zinc and SELENIUM? Magnesium and Epsom salt baths can help. And food sources of iodine - not supplements, imo.

Amalgams: http://heal-thyself.ning.com/profiles/blogs/amalgam-removal-risks-and

Detoxification: http://heal-thyself.ning.com/profiles/blogs/detoxification

Salt water flushes and large doses of Vit C can help with die-off, ime. I'd cut back on the coconut oil due to killing off candida which sequesters mercury out of our system. http://heal-thyself.ning.com/profiles/blogs/kombucha-candida-mercury

I'd go easy on the bone broth. It is a Catch 22 with MTHFR because the glutathione can detox us too fast. But, we need glutathione...

Morning sunshine to the eyes for melatonin production and early bedtime would be my biggest priorities. Seriously.

Sweat helps to detox too. So exercise or sauna and Epsom salt baths.

How much kefir are you consuming? I'd just do small amounts.



Pat

[Pat Robinson]

sounds like you are doing a lot of work to heal~!

Pat

[Tracy Baldwin]

What did u have your mercury fillings replaced with?

[Tracy Baldwin]

My dentists only other option is a polymer filling....is that any better?