Heavy Metals & Minerals in my tissues
26 May 2018Following my appointment with Dr Tessa Jones on Thursday, I have now had the Oligoscan which detects the levels of Heavy Metals & Minerals in my tissues. I suspected that Heavy Metals would be an issue for me but I had no idea that it would be as extreme as it was.
So its taken me the last couple of days just feeling into all of this and what it now means for the road ahead. I have an extreme level of Cadmium as well as high levels of Aluminium, Arsenic, Barium, Bismuth, Beryllium, Mercury, Silver & Lead. Whilst I have been racking my head trying and doing extensive online research to work out how and why the Cadmium is so high and all the possible causes so as to ensure that I am not still being exposed,
It does make more sense now why despite my extremely healthy diet & lifestyle why I am not absorbing all the nutrition that I ensure I have. My mineral levels also reflected this being quite severely depleted in Zinc, Phosphorous & Chromium. Thankfully the Boron supplements I have been taking are showing positively in my results as well as the regular Brazil Nuts for Selenium. Iodine & Magnesium which I also supplement daily are in the lower range of normal.
So $500 later for the 40 minute appointment and scan, I now have a starting point on how to address all of this. Yet, I have almost already spent what I have raised in just getting to this point. First stage, is to go on a radical detox process, unfortunately for me, Cadmium is really hard to get out of the body and can often take years. I have been prescribed a chelating tablet to take at the same time I have regular infra-red saunas, 3-4 weekly plus another detox tablet both specifically for heavy metal elimination.
My thyroid situation has also been identified. When I am making T3 I am also making Reverse T3 so I need to increase my T3 by taking this to balance it out as well as increase my Iodine intake to support this. The phosphorous deficiency is also part of the reason why I have no energy but to be honest, I kind of lost track somewhere in the consultation as it was all so much information and my low brain function doesn't help but think it was more about that will naturally increase once I have eliminated the Heavy Metals.
I have also been given enzymes to take before every meal to help absorption of my nutrients and as the heavy metals start to leave my body, this will also mean I get more nutrients. Extra supplementation of Zinc, Magnesium, Vitamin C, E and B's are also all vital to recovery. She also recommended I change from my current B12 injection to a methylactive B range as this is more readily absorbed by people with MTHFR issues.
At this point i am still digesting all of this information and on Monday, will start finding out how much all of this is going to cost. Once again, I am extremely thankful for all the support I have received so far, yet it is going to be an ongoing journey that will take time and money to resolve. Now that I have some answers to what is going on, I am really keen to start really healing, although not looking forward to the side effects of the detoxification, the idea of regular saunas as treatment is by far the best part :-)
Thank you so much for your support whether its financial, emotional, physical, its all very much needed & appreciated and please keep sharing.