Yose

by Josephine
(Massachusetts)

I have been extremely sick for two years. It all started a long time before that. I have never been able to tolerate alcohol very well, nor antihistamines, nor most kinds of drugs. I was exceptionally fit, working out for at least one hour a day, running six miles, lifting heavy weights and boxing.

About two years ago I suddenly became physically very weak, my eyesight started to deteriorate so did my short term memory, I often became confused and disoriented.

I had been doing a detox diet for about seven months and had been getting steadily worse. I was eating a lot of garlic and cilantro and foods high in Vitamin C. I noticed that after taking vitamin C I felt much, much worse, in fact I couldn't drive safely after eating parsley!

Two years ago I started seeing a doctor at a Wellness Center and it was found that I had quite severe bacterial overgrowth in my intestines.

After three months of antibiotics and constant severe herx reactions we finally took care of that and I felt considerably better. I then decided to have an IV heavy metal challenge . . . the worst decision of my life!! I nearly died!

I actually felt really wonderful for one day, half way through the second day I suddenly found it very difficult to communicate. I couldn't organize the words in a way that could convey the meaning I wished to communicate. I developed an itch in my right foot which then turned into severe pain.

I then developed a meningitis type pain in my head and the neuropathy in my foot spread up my leg. It felt like my shin bone had turned into a saw and was trying to saw its way out of my flesh!

I was in so much pain for so long I cannot even remember. I was completely non-functioning for months. After just over one month I had a test for my ability to detox. This involved taking caffeine, aspirin and tylenol and it proved to make me extremely sick also.

I woke up on the third day after taking the test in a pool of urine! The result of all this is that I now know that not only do I have extreme heavy metal poisoning but I also have very little phase II detox.

My glucuronidation, glycine, and cystine pathways are working much too fast, my sulphur pathway is just about okay but if I take caffeine now it becomes overloaded and I get very sick again.

I am still in a lot of pain but nothing like I was last July and for the next six months after the test. The cognitive deficits are still just as bad and I have all the symptoms of heavy metal poisoning. I was also diagnosed with Lyme disease five months ago and I have been on doxycycline ever since.

I have been taking BioChelat and taking clay baths for the last month and I have noticed a slight improvement. Taking any antioxidants or malic acid or apples or cilantro or garlic will instantly make me very very sick. Is there anything else I can do?