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.
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Internet: Chris.Brown@f113.n163.z1.fidonet.orgTzipporah.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
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