Still alive and kickin.

Was a rough evening but now feeling a bit better.

Im already late for my Public Health lecture but wanted to get this down.

My eyes were insanely dry this early morning. I got up about 6 times to urinate and drink a few more large glasses of water.

I did another enema this morning to get rid of whatever metals accumulated in my colon - as mercury, lead and some others preferentially leave via the stool - not the urine. I didnt want them hanging around in my colon for any length of time as they would end up right back into my circulation - and then fat.

Point is this - if you get the heavy metals mobilized from your fat stores, whether it be from exercise, sauna, peat bath, DMSA, fasting - you best have a great system of elimination in order. If you do not, the mobilized heavy metals will be giving you grief.

So drink loads of water, do gravity-fed enemas daily, take plenty of vitamin c and other antioxidants, load up on a stool bulking product like psyllium husk...

[Initial test dose of DMSA - 11 capsules]

The heavy metal urine catch is in process. 4 hours down and 2 to go.

I already have 1.5 liters in the good ol' orange bin. I really wonder how much toxic stuff is in there. Ill find out soon enough - hopefully by Wednesday.

At times I feel very flushed in my face, chest and my left knee got very hot as well. Odd that the knee got hot. It isn't at the moment. Sorry for this but the urine just absolutely reeks. Perhaps it is due to the sulfur components of DMSA - likely. At one point, in the inital hour before I began drinking plenty of water, the urine burnt.

Headache again coming...more water....

Im finding that I have to drink water basically constant otherwise headaches appear - and this one isn't relenting...more water...

When I say I drink water about every 10-20 minutes - that is 10 ounces. And yes - it is filtered of course. I use the Akai Ionizer Plus to filter my water.

The DMSA protocol is quite intense - and can get pretty expensive....

[Heavy Metal Collection Kit - 6 hr urine catch]

The appointment went fast - and well. I forgot today was the day that the clinic re-opened its doors for the first time in a new beauuutiful location. Damn - I guess naturopathic medicine is really moving on up in the world.

A patient at the check out desk said today, "Wow. I feel like I am at Group Health."

I told him, "Hey now."

Anyhow the visit was pretty much what I expected. A ton of questions and a prescription for DMSA. The questionnaire was specific for environmental toxicities and was 8 pages long. It took me about 40 minutes to fill it all out.

It would be cool to be tested for herbicides and pesticides but that test will be very expensive so I will only cleanse myself as I have them - as I do.

• Did I tell you I got pesticides sprayed all over me by a tractor in New Zealand?
• That I woke up in the morning as a kid from hearing the drone of a crop duster 100' above my room?
• That as a landscaper I encountered yards sprayed al...

I had a late night working with my company so I will not fill in the details of my day until tomorrow morning.

What I can say is that my day overall was pretty good. I was quite tired all day though. Sleep is hard to come by lately which is not handy during such a detox protocol.

The day's summary:

• very intense peat bath this evening,
  
• another enema in the morning
  
• maintained a good diet,
  
• appointment tomorrow with a specialist in Environmental Medicine.

• heart rate to 145 bpm.
• internal temperature to 103.5!
  

I kinda botched it this evening - and I got a raging headache for it.

My wife came home from the store with a ton of processed snack foods. I was tempted then not - then company came over and BAM. That shit filled my stomach.

Sucks

This brings up a major point actually.

When someone in the home is attempting to fast, detox, eliminate some food or addiction - do not have those substances in the house. Temptation is too strong and much harder when someone 2 feet away from you is munching on something processed and tasty while you are eating a piece of celery.

Not to say it is my wife's fault - not at all. I am to blame.

She told me, 'Ben. Don't do it."

My mind said, "You're right."

But my gut and facial nerve said, "Ah a bit won't kill me. I decided to do a full heavy metal detox so I deserve to binge a little."

So I ate my dinner of veggies and then cracked open a bag of chips, salsa and bean dip - all organic but ... it doesn't matter. It is processed food. I don't give a damn if sugar is...

Headache is gone.

I did an enema this morning and half-way through the procedure, my headache vanished and I felt light and clear in my head. In all the enemas I have done in my life - about 15 I guess - this one had the best immediate result.

The clarity I got was amazing. It was like someone opened my head and poured a glass of pure mountain spring water on my brain. Seriously.

I haven't been taking psyllium husk for the past few nights and it is making a big difference. My bowels have not been moving well and they are not full in size - skinny in other words. Sounds sick and gross yes but it means something. It means that there is a lot of material left in my colon even after having a bowel moment. The enema this morning proved that. No wonder I felt better.

The psyllium husk adds bulk to the stool allowing it to stretch the colon and stimulate a bowel movement by peristalsis. I will definitely be taking it tonight - about 2 T with about 10oz of water.

By the way - if you find your...