Dr. Mueller Whole Family Health Care

This doctor is new to me. He is for detox involving mold and lead. He wants to test for hormones as well. He is testing for a variety of things. How my body mobilizes sugar, for instance. But he did not mention to test for mold, yet. I saw him yesterday. This post is to mark the date and little else. He did start me on a special vitamin B made by Designs for Health. It is L-5-MTHF. Two of the tablets a day. Each tab is 1000 mcg. It is an active form of the B-5 vitamin. Many people can't take B5 and have it work because they lack the enzyme to have it work, unless it is in this active form. Also fish oil for the DHA and for it's vitamin D content. He wants me to take 1100 mg in am and same in pm.
He said that I might be incapable of transforming this b vitamin to a form that I can use, or can not detox properly and that I inherited these traits. I confirmed the inherited part, my mom's testing came back and she is that way, can not easily use the B vitamins. I have read these things in the past, but the tests will tell more. He wants to try some new therapies that I have not heard of before. As we go I will document them. IV chelating is one. ( I left him because 1. he doesn't take insurance, and 2. He did not know how to test for the mold that I wanted to have tested myself tested for. It was more of which lab to send the blood work to. If he was familiar with this procedure he would have known, and expressed that knowledge quickly enough when asked to do it.editor)

Black Mold, Vitamin D

http://chronicfatigueandnutrition.com/mold-toxicity/mold-allergies
This is a great website in has what I believe another part of the puzzle that the current doctors, even the allergist that I have now taken on 10/26/11 does not have a clue. Unfortunately the allopathic doctors poo-poo the naturalopaths,  and vice-versa.
The page is called immune matrix and is about mold and the foods that engender immune system failure.


/http://chronicfatigueandnutrition.com/bone-density/vitamin-immune-system/

Designs for Health has a great vitamin D supplement, however cod liver oil are high in D as well

Natural Doctors in FL

http://hsionline.com/findadoc/#florida

Online doctor to help with toxins

http://www.doctorjackson.org/health/poisoning.htm

Testimony with updates

 Taken from the blog www.mylifemyreflections.blogspot.com

My Testimony 

by Janet Matthews

This was originally written in August 2010 and published in YFCC's newsletter.

                                                       

                                                               My Testimony August 2010

Dr. Dan is presenting his Extreme Make Over Series again. Amazingly, he is teaching all new information.The Extreme Make Overs occur about every six months. At the last EMO ( January 2010), I was just coming off my medications. At that time, I was taking 3 antidepressants, a thyroid medication, and a cholesterol medication. Now I have been off of them for six months. Over the past 17 years, I have taken, I believe, 17 or 18 different medications. Although I always desired to rid my body of these awful drugs, I couldn't go a day not taking them without severe withdrawal symptoms. These chemicals literally kept me imprisoned and were destroying my life. Over the last 6 months, I have seen incredible changes all through chiropractic care, nutritional modifications and a cutting edge detoxification program supervised by Dr. Fernandez. We must remember tho rid the body of the internal chemicals that cause harm. Sugar is a problem for me because it increases the yeast and molds in my body.

Chiropractic care brings the spinal bones back into alignment, and as a result, the brain can send those critically needed healing messages to the body.  When I first began my care, I had no curve in my neck(the arc of life).  It is supposed to have a "C" curve in it. Because it didn't, the lack of curvature was stretching the the brain stem down into the spinal column and literally pulling the brain down into the spine. OUCH! That cut off blood and information coming from the brain to the rest of my body. Because of the interference, my body suffered greatly.

Then the doctors found that I was toxic with lead along with other metals. My drinking water had to many chemicals in it as well.  Chlorine was a big problem.  Chlorine kills even the good bacteria in the intestines.  As a result, the intestines are unable to digest food correctly.  Purchasing a water filter was my first smart step and has made a big difference.

I learned how to cook with all the right foods - the ones that detoxify and reduce inflammation. I learned that garlic, onions, and cilantro are some of the most powerful healing foods that can be consumed.  Fennel also possesses incredible healing properties,one being the ability to kill mold.  Sage, rosemary, and All Spice all contribute to the production of serotonin in the brain.  This is the amino acid that lifts depression.

No strategy to heal my body worked prior to my coming to YFCC. I was poisoning myself with sugars daily. High amounts of bread, pasta, and fruits in my diet severely elevated the inflammatory process in my body and created constant suffering and pain.  My psychiatrist told me the depression would never go away. Well, of course it would never go away if I depended on him.  He wants my money.  So do the drug companies!!  Yes, let's keep the patient ignorant of the real CAUSE of their problems.  And while we're at it, let's keep their money. too!

However, the real problem is sickness and dis-ease in the body, and my depression was a symptom of the sickness.  The causes of my sickness were interference by subluxation, inflammation, yeast, molds, acidic foods, and environmental factors such as chemicals, preservatives, and additives in various foods that polluted the body.  My brain reacted to this flood of contaminants with anxiety, depression,  and allergies. I know in others the contaminants cause ADHD and a host of other brain dis-eases.

I thank God that I have my life back.  Thanks to YFCC, Dr. Dan and his entire team, my quality of life has been restored and life is enjoyable again.  Living without drugs, pain, and a dis-eased body is more than I ever dreamed possible.  I am thankful to be alive and well, and I look forward to making the rest of my years the best of my years. Thank you for my new found freedom!

New Stresses

Updates that have brought back the depression, and coming out of it again.

5/5/11

I was in a car accident May 5. I may have some whiplash.

 I called Dr.Hernandez at Thrive from the accident scene. Funny that I would consider him first among everyone. But Chiro has become that much of my life

now.

When I was doing my taxes for 2010, I noticed that I had been in the

hospital in the Spring in 2009 and 2010. I was adamant that I was not

going to end up there again this year. I was almost to the point of

glee when I found myself in an ambulance yesterday afternoon. I am

here again?!  God you have a sense of humor, or maybe trying to tell

me that You are in control:) 

5/11/11

As an update to the above:

Over the weekend I started to notice medium brown floaters in the

lower quarter of my vision. That would put it across my breast area.

Now with eating a lot of oils lately, I thought that it was just a

blouse that needed pretreatment  (lol), but no, it has to be the

occipital bone out of alinement again.  There has been an increase in

depression over this last weekend.

Shock to the body, misalignment of the spine is what brought it on.

5/31

I have been in and out of depression more often since the car accident.

Before the accident I would go into depression perhaps every other week. A mild depression, to be sure, but now it is getting to be daily. I thought as the body healed from the bruised and sprained back and neck, the depressions would be less. So far not. But I am hopeful that if I can get a grip on the reality of the situation, that I will get better, that I can have the happiness that I had before.

I had no target before my past improvement. I did not know what happiness could be. I had surrendered to the depression because I knew nothing else. Now I know I have been happy just last month.

I will get better.

God says that he will perfect all that concerns me. I have to keep this in the forefront as I heal.

There is more to life than depression. Most people would say duh. But when it is in your face 24/7 you get so deep into your pain that you can not see around it. Replace thoughts that are depressive with thoughts of God's love and the depression lessens.

11/20/11
I believe that the above accident has brought on severe allergic reactions that have put me out of work for nearly three weeks. I have gone back on medications, two allergy medications and two antidepressants. Check blog posts around this date.

Center for occupational and environmental medicine

Anti Aging Treatments | Autism Therapy | Autoimmune Disease | Preconception Care | Heavy Metal Detoxification | Bio Detox | Allergies | Mold Exposure | Breast Thermography | Breast Cancer Treatment Centers

http://www.coem.com/

I have mold! I believe??!!

http://chronicfatigueandnutrition.com/mold-toxicity/

Info off the above site to help research this company, and what I am now getting into.

Make sure your detoxification support is adequate. It is best to work with an experienced health care provider knowledgeable in the genetic SNPs that impact detoxification pathways and experienced in determining:

• organic acid tests

• hair tests

• fecal metals

• urine toxic metal tests and other important labs

This is because not everyone is able to detoxify different things efficiently, and a good percentage of the population are non-secretors!  Some individuals are more compromised in their ability to detoxify metals. This has a significant impact upon the levels of pathogenic molds, bacteria and mycotoxins in the body. Other individuals have immune system interference in their detoxification pathways that impact their ability to excrete mycotoxins and therefore have severe reactions to the die off of pathogenic molds and additional environmental molds. Future articles will attempt to discuss the complex subject of evaluating one’s detoxification pathway and what things to look out for when detoxifying certain things from the

body.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholestyramine

the above is about a drug to kill the mold.http://www.immunematrix.com/

https://www.immunematrix.com/store/product.php?productid=16263&cat=264&page=1

SKU: SKU16263.

Above is the information for a stool test

This test will culture and identify the strains of good probiotics in your intestines, culture pathogenic bacteria, mold, candida and other yeast and identify prescription and non-prescription products that are tested as effective against your strains. 

Eliminating all pathogenic molds, candida strains and yeast, will reduce their excretions, the mycotoxins that wreck havoc on the body. This can be a significant source of toxic exposure outside of environmental mold exposure.

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Update on Us: Arsenic, Getting Rid of "Stuff" and More!

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It's been awhile since I've done an update on some of the issues facing our family, namely my husband's arsenic detox and our goal to get rid of "stuff." So here we go!

Arsenic Detox

It's gotten to an interesting point recently. My husband's been on a detox protocol for about four months now, and his levels have gone from a 6 (high) to 250 (much lower).The doctor says that he should feel noticeably better by the time he hits 300 -- not too much longer! Supposedly he has about 6 - 7 weeks left.
One side effect of this detox is that it has left him nutritionally depleted, which has led to energy issues (i.e. he doesn't have any) and some depression. He's been taking some high quality supplements for a week or so and I've been trying to get extra nutrient-dense food for him. I'm starting to stock up on healthy snacks for us -- jerky (I'm making a TON! Like 14 lbs. of meat worth), nuts, dried fruits, occasionally baking with almond flour, yogurt, cheese, etc. A lot of these are good in the pantry, so that's really helpful. Part of the idea is to get a bunch for when the baby comes, too, so that there are "easy" foods to eat if no one feels like cooking or heating a meal (that is just 9 weeks away now).
It hasn't been that easy to deal with the lack of energy and depression -- for either of us. But luckily the extra supplements and nourishing foods are helping that issue. I honestly believe the nutritional depletion is more responsible for symptoms now than the arsenic is.
As he's gone through the detox, Ben has needed fewer and fewer supplements (the ones to cause the detox) to acheive the same reaction. He started out on 5 parotid, but is down to just 1. In fact, until they discovered the nutritional deficiencies, he was down to only about 10 pills per day, vs. 40 - 50 he'd initially been on! Yet the detox was still progressing well. He's still unfortunately unable to take the FCLO, because that makes the detox worse. I'm hoping within a month or so he'll be able to start on that.
After the arsenic is gone, we'll be looking at banishing the candida that remains. We're mostly grain-free again, and will go back on GAPS in a couple months. Frankly we all feel better when we're grain-free anyway (although corn seems to be one exception; it doesn't bother anyone so we include it in small amounts). And when that's done, Ben plans to start exercising to build up strength and stamina.
When it's all said and done, I'll ask Ben if he'd like to post his own thoughts, if anyone's interested.

Simplifying Our "Stuff"

We've been working to simplify our "stuff" for awhile now -- our goal was to get rid of 100 items per month. And yes, my initial post on that was two months ago.
I'm told that we got rid of more than 100 items in April -- so yay for that! May, I'm not sure where we stand, honestly -- I don't think we made it. We "collected" a bit in May, although I'm not sure it really counts. It was mostly plants for the garden!
In June it'll definitely be harder, because we'll be "collecting" a lot more. We're seeking canning jars so that I can begin to preserve the harvest I'm gathering! The jars do count "against" us (i.e. as we acquire them we'll have to get rid of extra to offset this), though they are going to used for consumables! I love my jars and i can't wait to preserve so much stuff this year! I plan to do about three times as much as I did last year, when it's all said and done.

The GAPS Diet

Yes, we were on the GAPS diet, as many of you know, from the beginning of the year (mid-January) through about mid-April. I began to crave sourdough bread, and it kind of went downhill from there. I wanted just a bit of grains to make our favorite meals easier!
Thankfully I have become a little more creative now, and have been able to bake many of the things I really need from almond flour. For example, I recently tried out almond flour biscuits so I could make my sausage gravy with biscuits again! They didn't look very good, but they tasted good! (I'm not 100% satisfied with it yet, but all I did was swap the sprouted flour for almond flour in the biscuit recipe currently on here.) I'm working towards doing coconut flour crepes and almond flour tortillas and things along those lines just to simplify some meals. I'll also be trying out various almond flour cracker recipes until I find one everyone will eat. We need some "grain" products in order to serve certain meals!
We're also adapting to eating the jerky, nuts, and dried fruits for snacks instead of grain-based snacks, and luckily these all travel well. The jerky is especially a family favorite (and you can find it in Against the Grain). Hopefully we will be successful this time, especially with a plentiful garden and farmer's market available now! We are continuing to keep our budget fairly low even though we are mostly off grains. Spaghetti squash is a big help and the kids seem to really like it. We are learning to. :)

Grocery Budget

We've made the decision to buy a membership to Costco. A trip around the store making notes showed me I could save over $100/year just making typical purchases, while the membership costs $50. We decided it was worth it to us to go ahead.
Some of the items that stood out to us there were: onions, maple syrup, brown rice (if we ever eat that), almonds, dried cranberries, prunes, organic frozen fruit and veggies, butter (if we can't get raw), organic eggs (if our farm is out), almond butter. There were other things that were kind of awesome, too, like individual bottles of Lifeway kefir (which my kids love) that are cheaper than buying a big bottle at a health food store.
I saw the opportunity to save enough to buy up some of these "convenience" items for occasional use. I even bought the kids a box of individual packs of Annie's bunny crackers, which they love, and are good for occasional snacks while on the go (and the price per oz. was about half what we'd pay for a normal box at the health food store). In this season, being very pregnant, I need those types of things occasionally, but I'm not willing to pay an arm and a leg!
I can't find my receipts for this week, unfortunately, but I'll post the meal plans shortly and you can see what we're eating. I've been buying many of the same things I did in the previous weeks, except I'm also doing a bulk nut order.
That's where we are now! In the upcoming weeks, expect to see lots more cooking and real food stuff as we dive into garden and preservation season!

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Pregnancy Journal: Preservation Season

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I'm almost 31 weeks pregnant now, and it's just flying by. It's kind of ridiculous. I mean, my next midwives' appointment, which is in 2 weeks, puts me at 33 weeks (almost). Then two more weeks and I have another, at almost 35 weeks. Then my home visit two weeks after that...and then weekly visits until baby decides to arrive. I'm still feeling "late" but who knows. I better be prepared from anywhere from July 22 (two weeks early) to August 19th (two weeks late)!
Every time I become convinced that I am crazy and it's definitely not twins, something else happens. Awhile ago I felt what I thought was two sets of hiccups simultaneously. I feel movement and body parts all over my belly at the same time, and my entire belly is usually very hard. I remember in the past that there would be a hard area where the baby was, but it would be a bit softer around that. This time that's not true. I asked my chiropractor today what he thought. He found the baby (head down again, though it changes practically hourly), but noted that on the other side it was unusually hard -- just as I thought. He said this could indicate either unusually high fluid volume, or a second baby hiding slightly behind and to the side of the first. So, it's not impossible. He thinks we should definitely have the midwives check for a second one at our next appointment. I also thought I felt two backs, one along each side, and two heads (one right above each of my hip bones) a few days ago. I haven't felt a lot of limbs, but it seems like "too much baby" sometimes. So really...is it just the high fluid volume, or is it a second baby?? We don't really know.
Now, 'tis gardening season! And the very beginning of preservation season too. We've put in a massive garden (no easy feat while 7 months pregnant) and gone strawberry picking, too. It took me three days to get the whole later-season garden in, actually. I had to work in short bursts to get it done. But all in all I'm very glad I did it that way, and very proud it's in! Now I go out once or twice a day and pull a few weeds or water the garden a bit. My lettuce is in a box and it gets dry easily. The weather's been really hot anyway (90s) so my tomatoes and strawberries often "need a drink," as my daughter says.
I don't know why I feel so motivated to do so much gardening and preservation while I'm so pregnant and when I'll have a newborn. I have no idea at all. Perhaps my nesting instincts are kicking in already. But I'm more on top of it than ever and feel so excited by all the progress I'm making!
We are planning massive preservation, too, which starts now (with some frozen strawberries and strawberry jam) and will carry straight into October, when we finish up with applesauce. I can't wait to have all those beautiful jars of delicious, fresh food in my pantry! We are canning and freezing about three times as much as last year. Even things we don't usually like store-bought (like peaches), we loved home-canned.
People do think I'm crazy to do this now. But somehow I don't feel like I'll need to "stop" anything for this baby. I mean, I'm already super busy with two kids and friends and various activities, and we do need to eat healthy and frugal food all winter. So...this baby will have to learn to live in a wrap and go with the flow!
Expect to see a lot more cooking and food stuff here soon as I dive into my gardening and preserving season!

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What gives me strength

From the Living Bible:
Because the Lord is my Shepherd I have everything I need!
He lets me rest in the meadow grass and leads me beside the quiet streams. He restores my failing health. He helps me to do what honors him the most. Psalm23

Show me the path where I should go,O Lord; point out the right road for me to walk. Lead me, teach me, for you are the God who gives me salvation. I have no hope except in you. Overlook my youthful sins, O Lord! Look at me instead through eyes of mercy and forgiveness, through eyes of everlasting love and kindness. Psalm 25:4-7

I have always liked the Living Bible. It was my Bible in confirmation or just after and has a more understandable language.

Heavy Metal Cleanse

I bought the heavy metal cleanse that is made by the same people that make my probiotic Sun Flora. I did so because I think that mold, which I suspect that I have,  is held to your body by heavy metals, which I know that I have.
Another symptom of heavy metals in your body is seeing halos around lights at night. This has sways been me.
I went through detox with Dr. F before. Eyesight improved, mood stabilized a bit but I was never tested to determine what amount I had left in me.  That is why I don'want to go back to him.  He won't finish the protocol and retest. He retested with the visual contrast test and not the DSMA challenge, which I paid for and want completed. I would have to pay 100.00 to see Dr F and then 100.00 to have him interpet the test.  Maybe even 150.00 each time. The difference in fees was offered to me because I had been a patient before.
He should have tested me while I was under the first contract.
I am thinking of going to a Dr Colbert here in Orlando.

Depression lingers from the accident

I have been in and out of depression more often since the car accident.
Before the accident I would go into depression perhaps every other week. A mild depression, to be sure, but now it is getting to be daily. I thought as the body healed from the bruised and sprained back and neck, the depressions would be less. So far not. But I am hopeful that if I can get a grip on the reality of the situation, that I will get better, that I can have the happiness that I had before.
I had no target before my past improvement. I did not know what happiness could be. I had surrendered to the depression because I knew nothing else. Now I know I have been happy just last month.
I will get better.
God says that he will perfect all that concerns me. (Psalm 138:8). I have to keep this in the forefront as I heal.
There is more to life than depression. Most people would say duh. But when it is in your face 24/7 you get so deep into your pain that you can not see around it. Replace thoughts that are depressive with thoughts of God's love and the depression lessens. For He truly does love us. Really.

Yeast Yeast Yeast

I am convinced that I have yeast and mold in my body. As I investigate the symptoms, I am convinced that I am full of the mold that results from long term yeast infection.
I bought Linda Allen's ebook some time ago on this subject but I wasn't convinced then as I am now.  Different information has surfaced. So I am again into researching it.  The new info: mold is a form of yeast. Heavy metals hold mold to the body. I have lead in my body. I have symptoms of yeast and mold in my body.
I have just bought an ebook that I think really describes my situation well.
It is entitled "Cure YourYeast Infection the All Natural Way". It is written by Sarah and Robert Summer. Better laid out than Linda Allen's book. Linda's ebook is good, but the Summer book is laid out better, is more concise, and does this in about half the pages.
I was tested for yeast some time ago and the test came back negative. Those tests are not always accurate. Can't be. If it walks like a duck, quacks like one, well it is one until proven otherwise. I have it, all the symptoms and not in the vagina but in the gut. The digestive area. This is causing some of the depression.
I think that yeast and the mold that develops from a bad case of yeast can cause food allergies. I don't know this, just suspect it.
 First fight the heavy metals in my body. I am adding more cilantro to my food. This plant will chelate-hold on to-the metals and pull them out. I have tried the chelators OSR and DSMA,  bentonite clay as well. All have done there business well. The DSMA almost too well. I was severely depressed for 3 or 4 days so that I was suicidal. The DSMA pulls the metal into the blood and circulates the stuff back through the system.
Once the levels of metals are down, then the stuff that I have to do to build the system up again will have a better effect.
Second, work on digestion. Probiotics, fiber, enzymes.

Dr Isaac has asked to see photos from the testimony so that he can use them in his Doctor Report. So I emailed these plus the Testimony from August 2010 /and some other blog posts.

A little blessing from Ireland and a Strength in my Soul

When the illness (AKA depression) grasps me I really hold onto things like the video in this link

Jesus.org Question of the Day June 1 2011

I have been in and out of depression since the accident of 5/5 /2011 and this came in my mail box: note the text in red, my emphasis:

Do You Feel Like You’re Not Making Progress?

Colin Smith

You want to be better. You are stretching yourself out in pursuit of a more godly life. Do you sometimes find that you’re discouraged by the progress that you’re NOT making? You want to be a better Christian, but you’re not there yet, and you’re painfully aware of it.
That’s what the doctrine of sanctification does: It promotes humility and effort. It says to us “You haven’t arrived yet. You have a long way to go. Press on.” I need this great truth in my life and so do you. I need to apply myself to become more holy. With God’s help, I need to work on being less selfish, less critical, more generous, and more thankful.
Are you as holy as you want to be? The first sign of holiness is that you want to be more holy than you are. The problem we face in sanctification is discouragement. If sanctification is the only truth you have grasped, the Christian life will always seem beyond you.
That’s why alongside sanctification, we need regeneration that reminds us of what God has already done, so that we find strength and joy to continue the journey....
Regeneration is the oasis for your soul. It tells you that alongside the work that Christ continues, there is the work that He has already done. That’s water to a thirsty soul!
...Drink deeply of this water. Let Christ tell you who you are in Him. Take in the miracle of grace that He has already done. Stop fretting about what you’re not, and take in who you already are: In Christ you are a new creation. The old has gone. The new has come! Take in this truth. Drink of this water. It will be life to you. It will help you overcome discouragement.