Chris.Brown@f113.n163.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Brown) (01/11/91)
Index Number: 12831 The problem with the issue of mercury fillings is that there is no consistent reason for people to have some chronic illnesses. MS and Lupus, for instance, may be caused by different things in different people. It is incorrect, as some others have stated on this echo, to say that mercury poisoning causes MS, and that everyone who gets their fillings out should expect to be cured of MS. The thing that I would fight for is a person's right to persue any reasonable possibility in trying to overcome of get rid of a disabiling choronic illness. As there are some people who have had relief from symptoms previously diagnosed as MS, or epilepsy, and some other chronic illnesses when they have avoided certain substances they are sensitive to, I feel that others who want to persue this possibility should be allowed to do so, and I think that doctors should inform people of these cases (which number in the hundreds, if not thousands, worldwide) and let the patient make up their own mind. I have mercury fillings, for instance, and I have chemical sensitivities. But I have not been able to afford to get rid of my fillings, and I have not been fighting for the right to do so under canadian medicare (although maybe someday). The difficulty for someone considering this is that it is the persuit of a possibility, and when peiple have chronic illnesses possibilities present particular difficulty...On the one hand it's hard to believe in something that has only a chance of success, even to believ in the possibility that it would be worth trying, on the other hand, usually persons with chronic health problems have experienced a lot of dissappointments in their lives, and the prospect of trying out a possibility which may fail is very trying emotionally. Then there's the cost. But I feel people should be free to persue possibilities, and that doctors who inform their patients of possibilities should not be described as "unprofessional" by their professional associations. The Health and Welfar e report to be released soon will have a recommendation that doctors treating patients with sensitivities should "not be stigmatized" but should be "compensated for their work" in trying to help people with these poorly undersood problems. -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!163!113!Chris.Brown Internet: Chris.Brown@f113.n163.z1.fidonet.org
Tzipporah.Benavraham@f608.n107.z1.fidonet.org (Tzipporah Benavraham) (01/11/91)
Index Number: 12841 Chris, I heard of a woman in Stockholm Sweden named Gud Thoressen. Her MD, Dr Theorellen (now deceased) removed all her teeth in 1983. She had MS, was blind and in a wheelchair. They were removing all her teeth in the hospital rather than one by one.. they were fearful of the MS and wanted to moniter her in a controlled environment. He was a regular MD internal medicine working with an oral surgeon. He removed all her teeth together as they monitered things like blood pressure etc.. she was under general anestetic. Now the amazing part wa she was in a room with a kidney dialysis patient. She was taken by mistake to dialysis and they put the fliuid in her vein.. along came Dr Theorellen and saw the mistake and unhooked her. The miracle was she was driving a car and seeing and walking in 6 months! And Dr Theorellen seemed to feel the amalgam and the dialysis was part of the answer. I do not know. Maybe. I just wanted to share that. I have been intrigued with that since I heard it in 1983's braille forum. Tzipporah -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!107!608!Tzipporah.Benavraham Internet: Tzipporah.Benavraham@f608.n107.z1.fidonet.org