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Feb 2, 2009

The Answer

If you read Friday's post, then you probably want to know what was wrong with my Mom.
Nobody got it right but TMM did guess something I forgot to say they tested twice for and that was Lyme Disease.

Is what she had was mercury poisoning.

About 3 weeks before she got sick, she had gone to the dentist to have a cavity filled. The dentist used an Amalgam (silver) filling. It doesn't cause problems with everyone but does happen to a lot. After doing a lot of research, she learned this is really a problem and that is why so many dentist's don't use them anymore.

The doctor appointment I made for her was with a dentist to have that tooth pulled. Now her body is really sensitive to mercury. That is why she has to watch what she eats kinda. She can't eat tuna anymore because of the mercury in it and had to limit herself when she eats fish. She doesn't really care for fish that much so it isn't really hard for her.

She also has to check all the medicine a doctor prescribes her because there is a lot of medicine out there that has mercury in it. Because she doesn't have a spleen, she was getting a flu and pneumonia shot every year. She can no longer get the pneumonia shot anymore because it has mercury in it.

If you or your children get a cavity filled, please make sure they don't get the silver filling. It is really not worth the risk.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh wow, how scary.

Carrin said...

WOW! i would have never guessed! How did she determine that?

HeatherPride said...

Who knew!!!! That is some crazy stuff! Glad she got to the bottom of it!

Anonymous said...

I KNEW it! Mercury poisoning! Damn cavaties! Damn you to hell!

Petra a.k.a The Wise (*Young*) Mommy said...

Wow, that IS scary. I am glad she is OK now though. And I know for sure I will not let my kids get amalgam fillings. Thanks for the warning!

Kmommy said...

Oh my! that is crazy!!

Brandy said...

Shoot! I was no where close...

Thank goodness you figured it out.