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| MY TRUE STORY (updated version) OF HOW MERCURY POISONING RUINED MY LIFE AND HOW I RECOVERED BY: PAM CLAYTON |
Copyright Pam Clayton
PAM'S HELPLINE
I was always a fun loving person, worked hard at my jobs and lived life to the full. Then gradually I
contracted various illnesses over the years. First it was asthma, then IBS, and then I had weeks of dizzy
spells, headaches, numbness/tingling throughout my body and pains in my arms and legs.
I’d always had an excellent memory but even that was deteriorating and in the end I was never free of
pain in some part of my body. I was forgetting appointments and even when I wrote them down my brain
would not seem to absorb what I read. I forgot what I went into a room for, I’d been confused looking in
the wardrobe at how to match a skirt with a blouse and forgot people’s names. I can even remember
driving to my friends house three miles away and although it was an easy journey undertaken without any
problems on previous occasions, I became totally confused and cried my eyes out. My head always felt
like I had a hangover, I was finding it difficult to swallow and I couldn't stand sound at all, I just wanting to
be left alone in the quiet.
I’d been backwards and forwards to the doctors but tests revealed nothing untoward. My jobs went down
from three to two and then one and even then I went home exhausted. I’d just about manage to prepare
my husband’s dinner but even the smell of cooking made me feel ill. My husband didn’t recognize that I
was so ill probably because it all happened so gradually over the years. He had no idea of the pain I was
suffering as I tried to drag myself to work and back. It got to the stage where my legs kept giving way as if
my body was too heavy for them. There were times when I couldn’t get out of bed as once my legs
touched the floor they would give way, so I was absent from work a lot. The doctors said nothing was
wrong so how could I explain why I wasn’t going into work? I would come up with the same explanation:
flu, upset stomach, etc.
My friends didn’t even realize that I was ill as I never spoke about it. Sometimes I’d forget to meet them
for coffee after work so I’d give the excuse that I had to work late. Once I became so confused as I
couldn’t find my car keys and even when I did I walked home without the car. The next day I couldn’t
understand why my car wasn’t parked outside the house and found that I had left it in the car park
outside where I had met my friends the previous afternoon.
People were always saying how I had quietened down and that I was not the same bubbly person as I
used to be. I became fed up with hearing this and so I would just say that I was content with just going to
work and then relaxing in the evenings nowadays. (I thought this was just me getting older but it was my
illness creeping up on me).
Dad had been going to his GP for eighteen years before he died. He was told to stop wasting their time
as he only had flu or a virus. It turned out that he had suffered from Leukemia for about 18 years.
We moved house to enable us to build an annexe for Mum.
My health became worse and I could hardly move from one chair to another. Sometimes I’d get a burst of
energy for half an hour in the afternoon and I remember being so proud of myself one day managing to
empty the bin. Most days I’d drag myself to work but could hardly stand and then Mum would see me
collapsing as I got out of the car. In the end I had to give up work as I felt so desperately ill and couldn’t
even feel my feet on the car peddles, as my legs were so numb.
I had to give up walking round the shops as I picked up chemicals and electric (unbeknown to me at this
time) which made me feel dizzy and I lost all co-ordination in my legs, etc. It seemed as though the floor
beneath me was moving away from my feet.
My short-term memory, by now, was virtually non-existent and trying to swallow became very difficult. I
was choking a lot and couldn’t get my breath to talk to people with my job, and tears would roll down my
face.
It was then I decided to take the alternative route and visited a practitioner about 15 miles away. I wrote
down all my symptoms because I knew that there was no way I would remember them all. He explained to
me that I had all the symptoms of MS and ME and the start of Alzheimer’s disease. I was so relieved that
someone at last recognised that I was ill and even more so when all my symptoms had a cause. I was
slowly being poisoned as the mercury contained in my amalgam fillings were leaking into my system.
Mercury was classed as toxic waste ten years ago and yet they still allow it to be placed into our mouths
where it can leak into our bodies. Everyone’s symptoms vary according to where the mercury settles in
the body.
My husband took time off work to drive me to a mercury-free dentist, as I was too ill by this time to drive.
This dentist had the facilities to remove the metal safely without further mercury vapours entering my
system and the fillings that leaked the most were replaced first.
I have spent a fortune so far in an attempt to remove the metal from my body, but it still remains in my
throat, brain and right lung. Most days are good ones now but because my immune system is so weak, it
only takes exhaust fumes and coming into contact with cadmium, pesticides, mercury, fresh print/man-
made fibres, etc. to re-start some of the symptoms so I do my best to stay clear of these in order to keep
well.
However I will never have the symptoms as severely as before when my body was so toxic as a result of
the leaking mercury.
The most upsetting thing is that I was so ill to get to know my grand children properly. I would drop off
their birthday and Christmas presents without staying. They once saw a stranger in the street and asked
their mother if that was me. The oldest is now 12 and I noticed last Christmas that he called me Nan for
the first time.
2005 UPDATE
I started up my helpline in 1998 and have spoke to approx 6000 very ill people up to now (2005) when this
new website was put together.
Most have now been for tests and nine times out of ten they have found that the mercury has been
leaking from their tooth fillings and poisoning their system.
Sometimes there can also be other factors, such as candida, parasites, chemical allergies or some
viruses from earlier in their life still in their body.
All these things together can lower your immune system so as everyday things can worry you more than
it would most healthy people, as your body can't cope as well as a healthy body can. It’s a bit like filling a
bucket up with water and then it overflows and you can't take any more.
If you think that this may be your problem please send in for my new self-help book that is full of all the
information to get you on the road to recovery and lists of where to find someone to test you for various
metal, chemical and food allergies. Dentists who are sympathetic to your problem, the special diet that
helped my digestive system so as that as I detoxed the mercury could then leave my body and not just
move from one organ to another because it can't find a way out. (If your digestive system is not working
right then you will feel very sluggish whilst detoxing, and other symptoms could start up because the
metal is moving around in the body instead of leaving it).
So as not to have all the costs that I had, there is also a lot of self help therapy that you can do for
yourself explained in detail in the book
Mercury is a poisonous toxic waste and yet they use it to fill our teeth.
This generation has had amalgam fillings since school age and so what was once an older person’s
illness has now become a younger person’s illness. If we don’t stop using mercury in tooth fillings,
children as young as 8 could end up with Alzheimer’s. Stop this before its too late if you care about the
future generation. (Your Grandchildren)
Since starting up my helpline and as people have been recovering, I have met up with fellow sufferers
who live nearby. Anyone who lives too far away can always keep in touch with me via email as you feel so
alone with this illness and sometimes need a fellow sufferer to talk to. It is not an illness that others can
see like you can a broken leg etc.
You do need someone who understands what you are going through. I could never have done this
without my Mothers love and support.
People say that I am an inspiration to them as sometimes you feel that it is such hard work to get better
and feel as if you can't go on with the detox and diet anymore, but knowing that I came through this
illness, helps sufferers not give up.
Most people, like me, have been through crying stages and angry stages but this is just your body
clearing out the toxins
It took me three years to remove all the metal from my body and this is now seven years on since I had
my fillings Changed. It has been an uphill struggle all the way. I am now back to how I used to be before I
fell ill.
There were times when I almost gave up. If you get days like this then please remember that I never gave
up and I do hope that you will be strong enough to keep climbing that hill on the road to recovery like I
did. Please don't give up!
My self help info book costs just £6-50 plus an A4 SAE with 60p postage on it (if you reside in the UK).
If you should decide to send for my book, then please email me after you have received it, with your
email address, especially if you would like me to keep you updated now and then via email.
Some people just like to keep in touch, as it's nice to know that there is someone who you can email now
and then when you feel low.
I do understand what you are going through and I will try to answer your e-mail’s as soon as I can (unless
PC problems etc).
Please send to:
Pam Clayton.
Mercury Poisoning Helpline.
April House.
Drayton Place.
Irthlingborough.
Northants.NN9 5TD.
England.
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Disclaimer: The entire contents of this website are based upon the opinions, research and experiences of Mrs.Pam Clayton,
unless otherwise noted. Individual articles are based upon the opinions of the respective author, who retains copyright as
marked. The information on this website is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified health care
professional and is not intended as medical advice. It is intended as a sharing of knowledge and information based upon the
opinions, research and experience of Mrs.Pam Clayton and her acquaintances. Pam encourages you to make your own health
care decisions based upon your findings and in partnership with a qualified health care professional.
creation and information intact, without specific permission, when used only in a not-for-profit format. If any other use is desired,
permission in writing from Mrs.Pam Clayton is required.
Disclaimer: The entire contents of this website are based upon the opinions, research and experiences of Mrs.Pam Clayton,
unless otherwise noted. Individual articles are based upon the opinions of the respective author, who retains copyright as
marked. The information on this website is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified health care
professional and is not intended as medical advice. It is intended as a sharing of knowledge and information based upon the
opinions, research and experience of Mrs.Pam Clayton and her acquaintances. Pam encourages you to make your own health
care decisions based upon your findings and in partnership with a qualified health care professional.