rhody

I can tell you about some of my fibromyalgia symptoms. I'm cured of these now after having my mercury fillings replaced with less toxic ones, almost 10 years ago.

When I was a teenager, I first noticed problems with my gums - occasionally I would get a horrible gum disease. As I got older I could control this gum disease with salt water solution. At about age 27, I started having these strange unexplained muscle problems. They were mainly near the joints, and from what I saw in a book or on the internet, they were mostly near those "tender" points.

I'll never forget. I was just 27, trying to do some exercise. And with this exercise, the muscle just "froze" up with pain. I tried to limp around the pain, but the pain transferred to the other joint area, where more stress was applied. I couldn't believe it. Here I was, crippled...at such a young age. Doctor after doctor, they could not help me. It was pain that could not be seen, but it was there. Why? Why can't these doctors understand? And a lot of them still can't. But it is real...not made-up stories in our head.

I still fight this. I feel that I'm constantly detoxifying my body, as I push my running speed faster and faster. With such emphasis, including a better diet, occasionally I'll get strange skin marks or eruptions. The last time I saw my dermatologist, he could not understand what these red marks were. He thought they were cancer. He started in a rampage about how dangerous cancer was...lectured me like I was a five-year old...like I was going to die any minute...like somehow it was my fault for not getting enough checkups.

But the next time I saw him, these red marks that he circled with his pen were gone. I told him that they come and go. This doctor gave me a puzzled look (I've seen this dumb look so many times from so many doctors). But how can any of these doctors understand that toxins can play a role in disease? And a common place for these toxins are in our head. It's in our teeth. Why are they so slow to understand?

By the way, my other symptoms, fall right in line with other fibromyalgia symptoms. I've expressed them from time to time. A lot of people have heard my stories, that span over 20 years. I'd be glad to help anyone else understand this. I've been in those shoes; I know how it feels. I'm one of the few that was initially well, got sick, and am now well again. I had to go outside traditional medical care to be cured.

I'm not familar with fibro doctors. I abandoned doctor's care with this years ago, as soon as they made me worse or did nothing for me. There was something they were missing. I didn't initially know what it was. But, when I discovered it...that is the link of dental amalgams to illness, I learned more. I learned that they (the medical establishment in general) are still in denial. They can't understand that mercury is so bad for us. Why can't they? Why are they not doing more studies and listening to more of us? I believe (or suspect) that other toxins in addition to mercury could also possibly cause fibromyalgia too.