Help Me To Regain My Health..........

[HopingToGetHealthy]

Ok, here goes.

I was a perfectly healthy young woman 4 years ago. I weighed 130 lbs., 5'5" a size 7 all of my labs were better than normal. I had a minor thyroid condion (hashimoto's) and only took the minimum dose of armour thyroid.

I did a dumb thing. I panicked and went to a fertility specialist and all of my years of alternative medicine, herbs, etc. went out the window as they destroyed my health with the maximum doses of drugs like gonal-F, Lupron, estradiol--horomones, and numerous others. Mind you I was on the maximum doses. so, in a year I went from a size 7 to a size 18 and weighed 220 lbs with minimal food invloved. I usually threw up from the drugs and ate a few saltines during the day.

I never got pregnant, just sicker and sicker.........the longer i was off the drugs the sicker I got until a year ago I crashed and couldn't get out of bed for a year.

the drugs plummeted me into menopuase. I also somehow got metal poisoning. my thyroid bottomed out and my insulin began to rise. My hormones are chaotic and nobody seems to know how to balance me out. I developed cystic acne the dr's of course wanted to pump me up with more meds......which i don't do. i come on various sites and find an alternative solution to their diagnoses. I learned from my huge mistake. another supposedly alternative dr. gave me 13 rounds of dmps chelation which I later learned is harmful http://www.dmpsbackfire.com and i have chest pain and kidney pain as a result of this. I am going end of august for yet another work up to assess the damage. yes, i have reported him to the medical board.

since this time 01/2003 I have been unable to get back to work. tired, depressed, lethargic, fuzzy thinking, not able to remember things, mental confusion, I also saw a lympatic drainage person who told me that 80% of my weight was water then she tried to sell me a bunch of high priced supplements. to say the least i have not had much luck.

so,after the dr. almost killed me i did searches online and got rid of my metal poisonning via clay baths, bio chelat and 20g of chlorella daily. my last urine test revealed i was metals free.

I've done 5 Liver Flushes and am still doing them every 2 weeks as suggested/recommended on this site.

i boil 3 cinnamon sticks and drink 3 cups of this a day for my insulin until my organs are working normally again hopefully, once i do the right amount of flushes.

yes, i do have some swelling in my ankles, arms, neck, my entire body looks swollen and i barely recognize my once slender beautiful self in the mirror. weightloss seems impossible. I've fasted. drank chlorphyll water, you name it, i've tried it and the weight won't come off.

i use progesterone cream to help with the night sweats.

I eat a diet consisting of Whey shakes, minimal animal maybe 2X a week some ground turkey which i stuff into green peppers, eggplants, zucchini's........20g of chlorella daily.......load's of veggies, 2-3 fruits a day.....if I do have grains, maybe once a week i'll have 2 slices of Ezekial bread. they are always sprouted grains........

not much dairy as I'm lactose intolerant so some plain yogurt from time to time.

no sugar, no white flour, nothing white.......

just lot's of veggies, fruits and lean proteins......but mostly whey protein....

no matter what i do i stay fat. i'm praying with the right amount of flushes one day my congested liver, kidneys, gallbladder will decongest and i will look like myself again and come alive............I've done around 6 to date.
i exercise 30min minimum daily but usually walk for an hour to an hour and a half when it's not too hot.

I'm currently on 180 mg (max dose) of armour thyroid, 20g chlorella, pregnenelone, dim, R-alpha lipoic acid, flax oil, CLA, sterols and sterolins (phyto's) and the stuff you have to take for The Clark Flush es.

I have also about 2 weeks ago started drinking 4 oz of Goji juice daily.

I drink a gallon and a half of purified water daily. started about a month ago but always drank a lot of water.

also, my menstrual cycle well if you can call it that now went from being regular every 28-30 days to well last time I didn't get one for 6 months then I bled the entire month of May

am i correct???

or is there something else I should be doing???

Recently I wrote in to Julia Changs site: www.sensiblehealth.com

here is the response I got. The beta carotene turning into estrogen blew me away. I read so many books on chlorella and really thought i'd take it for life but after reading this I'm not sure what to do or what supplements to take or not to take anymore, i'm really confused now. more so than ever......I did order the chinese bitters and coptis as suggested as I am desperate to heal but what supplements do i continue to take? I've read some of this site and think I may be a Kapha as I am big boned and did have mucos problems prior to flushing I could barely breath through my nose but I can now.

most of my problems seem to stem from a congested liver and sick kidneys, i have cystic acne and am unable to lose weight in spite of eating fruits veggies exercising and flushing. I really need to get this weight off!! anyway, here is what I received from Julia Changs site and after reading it i'm not sure what to do anymore. I loved taking chlorella it really suppressed my appetite and i felt good on it, it rid my system of metals and i never read anywhere about it converting to estrogen. so please shed some light if you can on my health mess issues



It seems like the chlorella was very beneficial for you in terms of removing
heavy metals from your body. However, while they are very nourishing, all
green foods contain high levels of beta carotene, which converts to estrogen
in the body easily. The DIM you are taking should help to reduce estrogen
levels, however, it would not release congestion from your liver. Only malic
acid from apple juice will dissolve stagnant bile in your liver so it can be
removed during a flush.

Do you get yellowish-brown diarrhea when you do a liver flush? If you do not,
then the malic acid in the apple juice is not strong enough to remove the
stagnation in your liver. You should use our Chinese Bitters tincture for a
few weeks before your next flush and your results should be better.

Pregnenolone is a hormone, as you probably already know. We feel very nervous
about people using steroid hormones because they can readily turn into
estrogens. Cholesterol is the basic building block of all hormones. From
cholesterol can come pregnenolone, DHEA, progesterone, testosterone, and
finally estrogen. Because pregnenolone is a basic building block of other
hormones, it may take longer for problems to occur, but if you have a
tendency towards estrogen dominance, any hormone can potentially aggravate
your health problems.

As a precursor of estrogen, progesterone can easily increase estrogen levels.
Many of our female customers who had problems with estrogen dominance found
that adding progesterone to their bodies did help their problems at first,
but over time, their health problems became worse. When progesterone levels
become too high, your body will simply convert the excess progesterone to
estrogen. Estrogen is most complex hormone, and once estrogen is in your
body it can only be removed by your liver. If your liver is weak or
congested, excess estrogens will not be removed and will gradually build in
your tissues. Since you have already used a lot of hormones during fertilty
treatments in the past, you should try to avoid any type of hormones,
including plant hormones. All of these can cause further hormone imbalances.

Estrogen binds to sodium and sodium retains water, which is why women with
high estrogen levels tend to gain a lot of water weight. Since most of your
weight gain is water weight, I suspect that your estrogen level is still
quite high. Cystic acne is another sign of high hormone levels.

High blood pressure is commonly caused by liver or kidney congestion. The
liver and kidneys are both filtration organs. If they become congested,
blood pressure will gradually increase in order to pump blood through these
organs. The liver and thyroid work closely together to determine your
metabolism. When the liver becomes congested, the thyroid will naturally
weaken, becoming either hypo-functioning or hyper-functioning. Both
conditions are signs of a weak thyroid.

It sounds like your diet is very good, but I would suggest that you consider
using our Chinese Bitters and Coptis tinctures to decongest your liver and
lower your estrogen levels. You should also try to avoid taking any more
steroid hormone supplements. Until you stop taking in hormones, your body
will continue to retain water. Please find below our program to reduce
estrogen levels.

As we mentioned in our website articles, estrogen levels can be reduced by:

1. cleansing and decongesting the liver with Chinese Bitters and
stimulation of the bile flow with Coptis so that estrogens can be
eliminated more efficiently by a more efficient liver and better bile flow;

2. doing daily morning exercise (stretching and deep breathing) to
activate the liver and reduce estrogen production;

3. avoiding or minimizing foods or herbs with estrogenic activities
(please see the chart in the estrogen dominance section of our website);

4. avoiding foods that weaken the liver or spleen such as: white flour,
white sugar, deep fried foods, caffeine, chocolate, all citrus fruits,
tomato, banana, cold foods, cold drinks and salad (raw vegetables);

5. drinking Taheebo (Pau D'Arco) tea to replace any other beverages (the
tea should be made very light as strong Taheebo tea aggravates liver
congestion); Taheebo tea strengthens all your organs.

When estrogen levels are high, it is common to miss a period. Estrogen is the
hormone which thickens your uterine lining in preparation for preganancy. If
your estrogen level is too high, your uterine lining will become too thick to
properly collapse during menstruation, resulting in a missed period. By
decongesting your liver with our Chinese Bitters tincture, and increasing
bile flow with our Coptis tincture, your estrogen level will come down and
your periods will gradually become normal again.

When you first begin using the tinctures, you may experience bleeding in the
middle of your cycle. This occurs because the Chinese Bitters is lowering
your estrogen level and the thickened uterine lining is finally collapsing.
After you have used the tinctures for a few cycles and your estrogen level is
more normal, your cycles will become regular again.

Cholesterol and triglycerides are both metabolized by the liver. A weak
liver that fails to metabolize them efficiently will tend to cause
cholesterol or triglycerides (or both) to accumulate, thus resulting in
high cholesterol or high triglyceride levels.

Even though your husband is doing regular liver flushes, if his liver is too
congested, he may not be properly eliminating. Does he also get
yellowish-brown diarrhea when he does a liver flush? If there is no
yellowish-brown diarrhea, then the stagnant bile is still impeding proper
liver functioning. If your husband does not have this diarrhea, he should
also consider using our Chinese Bitters tincture before his next liver flush.

He should also do daily morning exercise (deep breathing and
stretching) to activate his liver and watch his diet. Foods that
weaken the liver, spleen, and kidneys should be avoided. They include:
white flour, white sugar, deep fried foods, caffeine, chocolate, all
citrus fruits, tomato, banana, cold foods, cold drinks and salad (raw
vegetables).

Take care,
Rebecca



Any light you would be able to shed on my health dilemma would be greatly appreciated.


much love,

HopingToGetMyHealthBack

[shelley]

Hi Rebecca!

if I were you I wouldn't take anything but the Armour, and even there I would get my TSH, T-3 and T-4 uptake tested to see if the dose was correct, as Armour can be really wonky. Synthroid is much more consistent.

You can't do flax seed oil, it's estrogenic. Udo's Choice, a blend that has just a bit of flax in combo with others, would suit you better.

Taking ALA just once a day, well, if you are metals free you don't need it, and if you really wanted it to do something right you have to take it around the clock. Dr. Andrew Cutler has the only safe metals chelation protocol, that's where I'm getting that info from.

When estrogen is out of whack you have to look at potassium and zinc - make sure you're getting plenty of zinc but don't overdose. 50 mg a day for just a couple months should be enough. If the dose helps with night sweats you'll know you're on the right path.

Goji juice is nice stuff but not nice enough to warrant the price. Stop believing in miracle foods.

Since I don't know the condition of your tongue or other symptoms not much else I can tell you, except look over my candida diet guidelines, they'll do you a lot better than your current diet - and tastier too.

[HopingToGetHealthy]

Thank you so much. I just looked at my tongue and it is white on top and pink at the bottom. What other symptoms would you like to know? As you can guess I am new here. A friend gave me your website at a time when I'm pretty confused. What is your opinion about the Chlorella? What else do you need to know? I'm going to check the candida diet now. thanks again. p.s. Rebecca is the gal that answered my email at sensible health

[HopingToGetHealthy]

Do you recommend I continue flushing? I've been using the H.C. method posted on the curezone only w/Coromega flavored oil instead of OO., because I started gagging and couldn't get it down anymore. Thanks.

[shelley]

I doubt you need to do major (clark type) flushes anymore for awhile, but you do need to do tons of liver maintenence, but a more comprehensive approach. Please read the FAQ on liver management, you'll see your many options.

Please also read the first part of the fAQ on the Power of Digestion and how to eat so you digest your foods. That is the important thing - you can eat the "healthiest" thing in the world but if you're not digesting it it will simply become poisonous. If your tongue is coated with a white or yellow coating that you can scrape off, then you're not digesting things properly and all those toxins will clot veins etc.

[HopingToGetHealthy]

OK, will do. thanks again. I really got confused with the Chlorella. Everything I've read states it is tonifying and detoxifying for it to turn into estrogen really baffles me. I thought I'd be on it for life. Live and learn. Thank you. Yes, it's coated white.

[HopingToGetHealthy]

I read about the Magnesium Citrate Flush in your FAQ's, can you please tell me how it differs from the Epsom Salt Flushes? Is it as effective? does it flush the gallbladder and liver or just act as a laxative? I understand you can do this one weekly but will you have the same results as with epsom salts? I guess I need to know the pro's and con's for each the es and mc. Thanks.