Q: How would I know if this is my problem?

A: You would need to go for a test before having the fillings Changed. There are lists of where to get tested in the
info Book.  Most of the people who can test you for mercury can also test for other things, such as Nickel which
may be behind a white crown, food or chemical sensitivity, electric sensitivity, parasites, viruses etc the test can
cost anywhere between £40 for an hour and a half to £45 for each quarter of an hour. This mainly depends on
where you live. Sometimes it is cheaper to travel a bit further out so as to save yourself a lot of
money.                              
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Q: How long did it take for you to get better?

A: Once I had started on the detox and diet, my short-term memory was back within 5 months, only a few other
symptoms disappeared in the first year and most of my symptoms took well over 3 years to leave me.(It depends
on how long you've had each symptom as to which one will go first).It is now 7 years since my fillings were
changed, I just have a few colon problems from the wheat I eat throughout my life, a stone in my saliva gland
which could well have started from when metal had been drilled out of my teeth when I was much younger and
over the years calcium has formed round it, which has made it bigger and more painful. Hip pain, which I am sure,
has nothing to do with the mercury. So as you can see after reading my list of symptoms on the symptoms page
that I had 7 years ago, There is an amazing difference but I have had to work very hard with change of diet and
detox. Try not to rush the detox, as this will overburden your Liver. No one can do this for you. This is something
that you need to work hard at for yourself.    
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Q: How do I find a Dentist in my area?

A: Be very careful as some Dentists may say that they do not use amalgam filling material anymore but you must
ask them if they have any safety procedure that they use during removal. If they don't understand what you mean
then don't let them drill your fillings out. The reason for this is that whilst the fillings are being drilled out, vapours
from the mercury could travel into your body or up your sinuses to your brain. This could then make your health
worse and also give you more work to do when you are trying to remove the metal from your body.I have heard
that some Dentist do not realise how important it is to remove every bit of metal from each tooth before placing the
Alternative. If the Dentist doesn't realise that this is really making you ill then he or she may just remove some of
the metal and place the alternative on top, thinking that this will help, but it will not. There are lists of Dentists in
my info book.  
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Q: What alternative filling material should I have placed in my teeth?

A: The people that can test you can sometimes also test to see which alternative material would suit you. There
are so many different alternatives and what suits one may not suit another.        
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Q: What can I do whilst I am waiting for my appointment?

A: You can help yourself by trying not to brush your teeth on the actual filling. This will help stop some of the
leakage, also try not to drink very hot or very cold drinks as remember that this is MERCURY that we are talking
about and this reacts with different temperatures. This is why Mercury has been used in Thermometers and
Barometers in the past and is gradually being replaced with an alternative Substance. You could also try not to
chew very tough food such as steak as chewing can also aggravate the Mercury. Try to cut down on foods that
turn to acid in the body such as flour. Try to get your body more alkaline if you can. The diet to help you can be
found in 'Toxic Tooth Talk’. This is the same diet that I followed whilst detoxing after my fillings had been removed.
If I was going through all this myself again, I would this time try to rebuild my Immune system before I had the
fillings changed as I was really far too ill to go through it and feel that building my Immune system up just a little bit
would have helped me to be much stronger. I had no one to explain this to me at the Time. You could also drink
lots of water and especially warm water first thing in the morning with lemon in. This can help to detox the body of
any other toxins that may be there.     
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Q: Will I get over this like you did?

A: Who Knows? We are all different. If you can get your system working properly again in your body so as the
mercury can get out of the tissues, then there should be no reason why you shouldn't get much better but don't
expect it to go without a lot of help from you and remember that the more years that it has been leaking into your
body, the more organs that it has damaged, then the longer it will take to get each organ functioning again.
There could be other factors such as Candida, parasites etc that you may need to move as well.

The hardest thing to do is to leave off the wheat and yeast as this is in most products. The mercury can't get out if
your body is congested and so as you detox it will just keep moving from one organ to another as it can't leave the
Body.

Even if you get just 50% better, this is better than what you were before. During detox you will probably go
through crying stages and angry stages. This is just the body’s way of coping with all the stress of detox, which it
isn't used to. You will also probably feel like you are taking one step forward and two steps back.
Don’t worry as most of us have been through this. I don't think anyone managed to get away with It.  There has
been the very odd occasion where someone has told me that they had got 90% better once the fillings were
removed but this is very rare as having the fillings removed will only stop more leakage. It will NOT remove all the
damage already in your body.

This will probably take you lots of years of hard work. Please don't expect a miracle overnight, as this will not
happen. If you are trying different types of Therapy to help some of your symptoms, then try to stick to one and
give it time to work. Don’t keep trying too many things at once or nothing will work for you. The same with detox
remedies. Give one remedy a chance to work. You may think that its not working and you may feel sluggish during
detox but this is because your body has to cope with all these changes.

You could also have withdrawal symptoms like giving up smoking. There are other things that can keep you
feeling unwell and that is that you could possibly be picking up mercury vapours from someone close to you, as
your body will be crying out for mercury as its been so used to it leaking into your system for all those year.

An example is that I met someone in a supermarket once who I hadn't seen for a long time. He said that he was
feeling ill and so I told him about mercury from tooth fillings. He opened his mouth and I looked in it. I spoke to him
for ages and then that night I felt dizzy and really ill. The next day I realised that I had probably picked up on his
fillings, especially the broken one that he had. I was so sensitive to the vapours.

Another thing that made me very ill for a month when I had been getting much better was a set of rubber car mats
that I had bought and placed in the car. I couldn't understand why I had gone back downhill again. I then realised
that the rubber could have cadmium or some other chemical in it and so I threw the car mats out. Within 3 days I
had completely recovered.
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Q: I feel so alone as no one seems to understand what I am going through?

A: Yes we have all felt like this. A few people have been very lucky and have had understanding partners etc but
unless you have been through this yourself then you can't possibly understand the illness, especially if you are
constantly being told that it is depression and you yourself know that its more than that. The only reason that you
get depressed in the end is because no one believes you. You may also find that when people do start to believe
you, they then expect to see you better as soon as you have had your fillings changed. It is so difficult to try to
explain that you still have to try to remove all the metal from the body, which could take years.
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Q: I have had my fillings changed but some of them are very sensitive?

A: Yes They may be for a while as your teeth have been drilled out and filled once again which has probably
made some of your teeth a lot weaker. Eventually this should start to ease off but if it doesn't then ask your dentist
about it.
Some teeth may take longer than others for the sensitivity to go and some people may not have sensitive teeth at
all.
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Q: How do I send for your info book?

A: You can click on the link, HOW TO GET MY SELF HELP BOOK. on this or any other page on this site,
or on the picture of me and my Dentist on the home page. Once you receive 'Toxic Tooth Talk' you can
email and let me know so that I can keep you updated now and then via email if you would like me to. If
you are ordering an info book for someone else who has no PC then there will be an address in the
book so that they can write to me if they wish enclosing a SAE.
Please keep any letters or phone calls as short as possible as you will be amazed how long it takes to
read through and answer each letter and how just three phone calls a day can take up 6 hours of my
time and so please also try to keep phone calls to a minimum.
I would also appreciate it if people with a PC could keep emails short and questions separate from
each sentence so as I can pick out the questions easier to answer.
Also please only write in or phone only if you have no PC so as others who have no access to a PC
can use this facility.
This is much appreciated as without your help in this matter it would be impossible for me to continue
this Help line. Thank You


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I do hope that some of the info above has been of help to you. Do take care and I wish you lots of luck
through your journey to better health. Pam.        
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