Another Step in the Right Direction

Today was a very unusual day. I found myself going once again to visit my friend the chiropractor. It has been only 6 weeks since we have met, but since I visit her office two times per day since then we have become friends. Because of these frequent visits she is beginning to understand everything that seems to cause me to flare. It is amazing that I don't even have to tell her where I am hurting and she seems to know from the exam just where my body is struggling. I am seeing for the first time a difference in the frequencies and duration of my flares. Although it is a small change, nonetheless it IS a change. I am so thankful to finally be seeing a  good difference.

Over the past several weeks I have had 3 specialists, my chiro included who have recommended that I get my amalgams (silver fillings) in my teeth out. I have 5 amalgams from when I was young. They are made from mercury which is a very toxic metal. I have had a specialist worry about when I was to get them out as she did not want to throw my body into an immune reaction. So my daughter made an appointment to a biological dentist for herself today and since she was going anyway I asked her to make me one at the same time.

We both had our teeth cleaned today and after my teeth cleaning they examined my teeth and x-rays. No sooner did the dentist take one look at my x-rays then found one of the two existing root canals had a huge nasty infection under the tooth. He then went on to tell me the this root canal was failing and that we needed to remove it and the tooth ASAP. He told me I had an attack going on under this tooth and that this was also adding to my immune system being so compromised.

I asked the dentist and then later did some research on whether or not this infected root canal could have been the cause of getting this auto-immune disease or did my disease cause the infection. He said he did not know the answer to that question but did say that it definitely would cause your immune system to constantly be trying to fight off this hidden infection thus leading to a more compromised immune system.  From my research I found varied responses. Some say it causes diseases or cancers and others say that your disease causes the infected root canal. Nevertheless, it needed to come out and soon. We scheduled an appointment for tomorrow to remove the infected tooth and drill out the socket to get rid of any and all infection.

My hope is that removing this tooth and infection will be just another step in the right direction towards healing.