I guess it is time to do a little mind vomiting and bring you all up to speed on what has been happening... I will try and give you all the abridged version but this is an URGENT message to all of you!
Several weeks ago I lost my peripheral vision after a walk with my son. I had experienced problems with my occipital nerve in the past, but never lost my vision. I made it to the chiropractor and within a few hours the vision came back...but along with it came intense pressure similar to a balloon pressing out or like wearing a tight fitting motorcycle helmet ALL OF THE TIME.
After several adjustments the pain was not ceasing. Xrays, Blood Tests, Catscans and MRI's later...NOTHING.
The physcian's ultimate "prescription" was pain blockers and psyche drugs. Unable to except this option I shared my syptoms with a trusted friend, advisor and chiropractor. He suggested that I was suffering from NEUROTOXICICITY. He had personal experience with it as did his grandson.
After a few short days of being on a systemic detox product I began to feel better...Then it flared up again. I called my friend back and he asked me what I had changed in my environment or lifestyle. I had colored my hair! He indicated that I had an allergic reaction to something and as sick as I was probably several things and probably for a long period of time.
He referred me to a bio-stress specialist. This specialist was able to verify that my adrenals and pituitary were barely working and I was fighting allergic reactions to things in my environment. By tonsils were severely taxed causing the feeling in my throat of choking along with the throat irritation from the allergic reactions. I had isotropic alcohol, ethanol, petroleum, roundup and several other items in my system in high levels that should not be there. It look as if the culprit may be my home????
I returned a day later with dozens of items from my home in order to help the doctor determine the source of my contamination...of the items I brought the major culprits were my water, molds, cat dander & urine (I don't have cats). I was able to return maybe 10 items to my house that were ok for me to use.
Why am I telling you this? I was being looked at as medically healthy but mentally unstable because the standard tests and Medical Model of thought said so. This was not so!
There is so much more to this story, but what is important to me is that you are not suffering needlessly! I was too close to take pain killers and psyche meds because I did not see any other options.
There are options! There are people who can help.
The symptoms for Neuortoxicicity are UNIQUE to the individual! That is why it is so difficult to pinpoint. My pain showed up in my brain, my jaw, my face, my throat...at it's worst my whole body ached, I could not remember things, I became exhausted and are I say it...scared. Not a clinical paranoid that previous doctors wanted to tag me with but...I am scared because I hurt and no one can do a thing to help me!
I would not wish that feeling on anyone.
SO, here we are today:
My health is getting better. I have continued on the systemic detox and take (2) supplement that the doctor was able to verify my system needed in order to get the pituitary working and the system drained of toxins.I am working at a lovely dessert shop because my house is toxic to me. I have chimney sweeps and vent cleaners scheduled. I have to filter all of the water I come in contact with and have a hepafilter that I move from room to room. I have called the sanitation department to help me verify that my water is safe for the rest of my family. It looks like the carpets are coming up and the house needs to be scoured with clorox. The rest of the family needs tested to see if their systems have been compromised also.
Share this with your loved ones or use this information for yourself.
Stay Informed and Be Healthy!
Kym
PS All my love and appreciation to Dr Rusty Whiteamire and Dr Scot Wilging
*UPDATE* May 21st 2010
As of today I am still doing well. Details on the rest of the family below. Playing hide and seek tag with the kids and riding our bikes regularly.
Progress on the house is a SLOW tedious process (and expensive). We have made the following changes to the house and our life styles:
- Only reverse osmosis water is consumed. (including cooking and brushing teeth)
- Filter for the shower (heated toxins are a bad thing)
- Hepa Air filter (had to go with the mobile room size for now)
- Duct worked completely cleaned and sanitized.
- Chimney and Heating Vent cleaned (found out there was a gap in the venting - NOT GOOD)
- Refrigerator Filter replaced
- Allergy bags for pillows and mattresses
- We are altering our diet to be whole foods and reading labels.
- My son and I are on supplements to clean out the toxins.
My oldest son was tested and he also has toxins in his system.
His pancreas is under working, which explains years of diabetic like symptoms that could not be diagnosed. (He had upper gi, stomach biopsy which showed nothing and we were told to keep him on a diabetic type diet to see if that helped.)
The most AMAZING change in him is his focus! He has had tutors for years. C's and D's were is typical scores. We knew he was bright but had a very difficult time getting thoughts to paper. We learned that he is allergic to 6 different preservatives and that they had been shown to cause focus problems. He is also allergic to chlorine which explains the vomiting at indoor swimming pools.
After changing his toxic water supply, avoiding the preservatives, and taking a detox to remove the chemicals in his system, he is now an A student!
We are having the rest of the family tested and while I DO NOT want my children to have neurotoxicity I fully expect that my husband and 2 younger children will show similar issues.
WHAT IS NEXT
Once we have everyone tested we will take the "common denominator" toxins to be tested in our water. With this information we can then proceed in either adding a reverse osmosis filter on the entire house (they need to know what special filters we will need) or having a new well drilled if it is determined that the current one is toxic to the whole family or just my son and I are sensitive to it.
We are holding off on ripping up the carpets for (3) reasons:
(1) We have been told it can put more toxins in the air if not done properly
(2) We have NO hardwood floors underneath
(3) I do not have a "When your house toxes Your Family" Fund
I also am having a house inspector come in for more advice on what needs to be done...
Neurotoxicity was a new term to me just a few weeks ago. I am so glad that I know why I was sick and even though we have a lot to do I at least know that my family is reversing the damage to our home and our bodies. We are the wiser for our situation.We are making life style changes that can only improve our lives.
I will continue to share the information as we go through the process.
PS Here are the duct cleaning videos.
DUCTS BEFORE CLEANING
DUCTS AFTER CLEANING
Thank you ClearVent!
