70 rounds complete!

Hello everyone!

 I just wanted to post a quick update on my progress and I'm glad to say I feel a whole lot better! Boy oh boy were the "60's" a doozy! I mainly attribute my struggles to the mold that's not only been on my boat but I was also living in a basement apt which started to get mold. It seems I haven't been able to get away from it for the past few years! its been in the last two homes in which I lived and due to poor circulation of air on this ship, we've had our fair share on here as well. (Currently on ship)
 I chose to up my milligrams of ALA to 50mgs and I'm glad I did. I'm the first one to preach not to get too froggy with going up too high, too fast due to so many people (including myself) having setbacks. But the name of the game is upping the mgs when the body is ready. I have been chelating while struggling with mold toxicity which brings on an onslaught of its on problems! As if being mercury poisoned isn't enough! While on round, I could feel that my body was ready. One positive thing was the glimpses of vividness while dreaming. I don't dream but with ALA being able to cross the BBB (Blood brain barrier) it felt good to remember some of my dreams after waking.

Food sensitivities are very minimal. I'm sure I'd see much more of an improvement if my diet was more paleo type, excluding grains, glutens and sugars but as a sailor there is not much of an option, I eat what gets served so I have to deal with it. Basically, I deal with about 20 minutes of coughing and clearing my throat if I eat lots of bread, sugar, grains or glutens, a very slight bit of brain fog but not crippling as it used to be.

 I'm super excited my toe nails have returned to a normal color! They basically looked like I dropped cinder blocks on them due to candida. I was prescribed fluconazole and I was also taking oil of oregano and lots of probiotics. mission accomplished! I'll take the little gains as they come!

My memory is improving but still an issue. Its not nearly as bad as it was but still hindering me in my desire to become a marine engineer. The test is five tests, 70 questions each test. Question, multiple answer. You have to study from a pool of 10,000 questions. An FAA pilot has three tests and a pool of 3000 questions so its not easy for a normal person let alone someone who has mercury poisoning!

My supplements I'm not really having to take all that much. Vitamin C doesn't help much, I was in desperate need of magnesium but I found I'm at a place where I cannot notice much of a difference. Me "needing" to take probiotics  isn't all that much of a necessity. Coming from a guy who had to take 30 different types of pills to function on a day to day basis. I'm pretty regular and can go the bathroom sometimes 3, 4 times a day. the only issue is noticing critters in the toilet which brings me on to my next issue...

 I'm dealing with an onslaught of parasites right now. I have the basics to keep them at bay but as soon as I get off the boat, I'm going to order some Humaworm, I've read enough testimonials from the Humaworm page that I know that's the road I want to take. I very much look forward to get rid of those little buggers!

That's all I've got for now folks! I'll update a YouTube video as soon as I'm off the boat.

 In Christ,

 Joe R

Update while at sea.

I'm sitting here pondering all that this mercury has taken from me. Tonight I'll go down in to the engine room. My brain fog might or might not kick in. If it does not, I'll have a good shift. My boss will talk about certain components of this ship and how they work and what I must do to keep this ship as a whole to keep it working efficiently. If I go down below and the mercury happens to take over, Its over before it began. No matter what anyone says to me I won't be able fully comprehend it. I remember pre-mercury. If I didn't know of a certain subject, If I was subjected to it long enough my brain did what it was designed to do and learn, but as one of the symptoms of mercury poisoning the mind, one is incapable of learning anything.I sit here with a tremendous opportunity to make a lot of money. Working anywhere in the oil industry your gonna rack in the dough. This company is building 16 brand new ships and its not the largest in the Gulf. Some 60 or so Oil rigs are suppose to built in the next few years. The only problem I have is that I can't learn how to efficiently do my job if this mercury doesn't come out of my brain. I have 13 rounds in, Cutler says 50 rounds people "Start" to feel themselves again. I was listening to an interview the other day with Cutler and another doctor that used the Cutler protocol because he was poisoned by his amalgams and the doctor quoted something that Cutler had told him, he told him its going to take a good 3-4 years before being at 100%....I don't have that long. I want the magic pill. I want to take one pill and everything return back to as they were pre amalgam. Unfortunately thats not how it works. I'm in this for the long hall...

 I'm considering on chelating while on ship. If my brain isn't going to function correctly than there's no reason I should hold back from healing it. I only have enough DMSA for one round @ 25 mg a dose. I was up to 50 mg. I have plenty of ALA, though I'll have to make smaller doses. I have 120 mg pills and last round knocked me through a loop.

Mercury is a horrible element. It takes everything from you. It acts just like sin. its almost impossible to get rid of.(Sin is, apart from the blood of Christ.) Its always there to completely ruin your life.If anyone has been following my posts, they would realize that I haven't been talking all that much about God. My greatest passion my heart has ever experienced I feel I just can't enjoy anymore because of the way mercury has its grip on me. Someone who's brain isn't completely poisoned won't understand how it feels to have someone talking to them and the words are like Snoopy's teacher just gabbing away and the neurons aren't doing their job and putting the words together and confirming a conclusion. its a horrible feeling. I sat on the back deck and the chief mate was telling me and another gentleman about one of the mates that went home. He was complaining about having Lyme disease. Now I know that Lyme disease mirror's mercury poisoning. I know that as they chelate they get better....Maybe this cat doesn't know he's mercury poisoned. The Chief Mate was mocking the lad for such an outrageous claim. It sucks having something that your friends and your family can't have sympathy for because they simply don't believe you. I've talked to people about Mercury and I get that "look." LIke I'm a kook. a whack job. a funny duddy. one who doesn't have all his marbles. When I first came to Christ, I had someone in church prophesy over me that "Through my mouth I will heal many, It's what I had been through and it has to do with children. It says in 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 "  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God." When one has been afflicted with mercury and all its debilitating effects it has on the body and mind and is healed from those effects, they can't help but share the good news. Its the very reason the Gospel has taken root in every continent and country in the world. People are poisoned by the effects of sin. It dims there whit spiritually and holds them captive to do what ever it so desires and Jesus comes and saves them and heals them and comforts them. They have no other choice but to tell of this great and mighty thing God had done for them.

There is a victory story, One day I will sit on top of the mountain and shout of the healing waters that flows from Jesus. If that happens to be helping people cope with Mercury poisoning or being a Pastor or an elder or an evangelist. One who disciples people on how to get well through the effects of whatever is debilitating them. No matter where He leads me, I hope to do so with His passion.


 In His service,

  Joey Ruggiero

4 rounds down.

I just finished my fourth round this morning and I'm starting to understand a little bit better about how this might go. When I first start my rounds as the mercury is stirred up I have a rough first day. my second is a little better and my third I actually start to feel pretty good.We had something in my city called "The Delray affair" its a bunch of booths of various companies in my city and my church had a booth. I was there but the Mercury that was being stirred had caused some pretty bad social anxiety, so that was fun. Thousands of people walking around and me wanting to hide in a bush ! =p  I considered going another day of chelation but got side tracked and realized I was 45 minutes late for my dose and didn't have any prepared so I called it quits. I also realized on Sunday night how much I have improved.( since having my amalgams removed a year and a half ago.) I was invited over a friends house for a little get together and I had some Coke. ( The kind you drink ;) and usually it would give me the worst brain fog and my Candida would severely flare up but it didn't. I'm still gonna stay away from all sugars and stick to my healthy way of eating. I just figured a little treat now and again is well deserved ;) Next round, I'm going to up my dose of DMSA to 25 mg. I'll keep my ALA to 10 mg. for the next few rounds so I'll know, if any side effects occur, I'll know which chelater would be possibly causing the side effects. This round I found that local Bee Pollen had something in it that my body was craving because I feel great after taking it. I'm really struggling with not having any motivation and the Bee pollen gives you lots of energy. Its hard to read anything because of the lack of ability to comprehend that which I am reading. I'm out of work and submitting resume's are such a difficult task. I REALLY look forward to my memory improving so that I can go on with my life....

            Grace and peace, Joe <><

    

2nd day down of round 2.

I created this blog to keep a record of my own progress during chelation,Gain insights from others that have already went down the path and also help those who are looking for that path of healing from the debilitating effects that Mercury has on the body.   I'd have to say today was the worst experience I have ever had with brain fog. I've read so many blogs,Read the books "Getting the Mercury out.", "Amalgam illness" as well as reading the Yahoo chelation groups and I very much look forward to getting this mercury out of my system and feeling fully recovered. I am glad I found the answer to my problems. Every symptom I have can be found in the effects mercury has on one's body.  Its half past midnight and I just swallowed my last DMSA/ALA pill to finish off the second day and definitely something different in the way of side effects. My stomach is hot, almost as indigestion wants to rise up, definitely something going on in the cranium as well. Feeling my self slip back into that all too familiar place of brain fog. For those who know what this feels like; the lack of ability to concentrate and comprehend whats before us. A good book, the ability to gain deep insight in your vocation to where your boss is pleased with your ability to prosper at work...To be the "Go to guy"...(or girl ;) I personally work in the engine room on ships. The more I can comprehend all of the components of the engineering department, the better I am at my job. There's great money on ships but nobody wants someone who doesn't have ability to attain what he is being taught. I will say for us who finally  make it over this hump, will no what its like to not have the ability to use our minds in a productive and effective manner and do so with great fervency. Day two of round two down. Good night no one....( Being that I just started this blog and I'm the only one on it  =)