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What about the argument that most of the time, unless it’s for a cancer diagnosis, Gadolinium contrast is not even needed to see what they need to see. But it does allow doctors to bill your insurance significantly more 🤑 After my gadolinium contrast I had a four day headache (I literally never get headaches) My oncologist told me to take Tylenol! Tylenol opens the blood brain barrier presumably allowing even more gadolinium to enter! Um no I won’t be taking Tylenol. I have added this to my running list of why I don’t trust most medical advice. I’ve just gotten too much bad advice in my 61 yrs in this life. 😖 There are also supposed to be better MRI machines (Tesla 3?) that don’t need contrast. But facilities want to get their money out of their investments so they keep the older machines and use gadolinium. And the damage is cumulative. Spend some time in one of the many FB groups for gadolinium poisoning. It’s pretty terrible.

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The metal stays in the deep recesses of the brain ...FOR YEARS! ... so why this false reassurance... all metals do not belong inside any living creature ... period!

The only path out is chelation... that’s about all you need to think about.

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I witnessed a very injured Gad. patient undergo complete healing from hyperbaric treatment. It was nothing short of miraculous.

The informed consent must be strengthened so patients understand the risks involved and can properly hydrate.

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Tell that to Chuck Norris's wife, severely injured by gadolinium poisoning

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Aug 23, 2023·edited Aug 23, 2023

I had an mri about 30 years ago because I was dropping things. Ugh. My holistic doctor since 2017 was definitely concerned when I told her. She did a heavy metals test and numerous other tests (hair, saliva, the whole gamut). Gadolinium showed up on my tests. She's been detoxing me; I'm going to follow up with her in Sept.

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THE LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT

- shedding light on the effects of retained gadolinium from Contrast MRI

https://gadoliniumtoxicity.com/

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AVOID DPTA - choose HOPO hydroxypyridinone

"HOPO or hydroxypyridinone ligand – lends itself to being administered in a pill, is nontoxic when administered in therapeutic dosages, and is not only highly selective for plutonium and other heavy, radioactive elements (known as actinides), but is also highly selective for lanthanides such as gadolinium.

when compared to conventional chelators such as diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid or DTPA, their HOPO chelator is many times more effective at removing gadolinium deposits.

“We also found that if we give the drug right before or right after the MRI, we can prevent up to 96% of the gadolinium from depositing,” said Abergel.

The researchers also found that their HOPO chelator is more selective of gadolinium than DTPA. When DTPA binds to gadolinium, for example, it can also bind to and deplete the body of important minerals such as calcium and zinc, she explained."

https://globalbiodefense.com/2019/10/10/chemists-that-developed-radiation-poisoning-countermeasure-investigate-mri-contrast-agent-safety-application/

Tropical legume Mimosa contains hydroxypyridinone. It may be found in some herbs and planbts. I need to do more research.

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I’m not a total fanatic but I wouldn’t put this stuff in me. Also I have read worse stats on this. And I think doctors over use it.

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You wrote:

“Dr. Semelka also notes that the risk is minimal for most patients.”

The problem with this statement is gadolinium toxicity creates a cyclone storm within the body causing multiple confusing debilitating signs and symptoms, some immediately, but most over a period of time, though it is impossible for the patient to pinpoint and report the antagonist being gadolinium because most patients are told that the “contrast dye” being injected is harmless and will be expelled from the body within 24 hours.

Most patients who are injected with gadolinium do so with uninformed consent and do so as a means for their doctor to investigate, by way of MRI, an underlying known or unknown medical conditions. Once the patient begins experiencing deleterious unaccounted for symptoms and side affects after receiving a GBCA, the patient then goes from doctor to doctor with a whole host of new complaints, never once giving the gadolinium injection any thought or weight because they were reassured by the radiologist that the injection that they received (gadolinium) was safe.

Of note, most doctors never ask when confronted by a patient with serious adverse reactions to gadolinium (usually in an emergency room) if they have recently had any medical testing performed, nor do patients volunteer that they had been injected with gadolinium because unbelievably, neither doctor or patient are aware of gadolinium or of its toxic effects. It’s a hellish spot to be in for the patient as their reported symptoms go unrecognized and untreated, and saddest of all, most patients are described as being hypersensitive, as in, “it’s all in your head” or worse, that they are delusional.

The FDA finally has been forced to admit that gadolinium, indeed, is “all in your head!” and your bones and organs and skin! It’s EVERYWHERE within the body of those who have been injected or poisoned, choose your own wording. I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that gadolinium is now in all of our oceans and waterways and water systems so it is unknowingly being ingested by all.

The FDA has now also admitted that gadolinium is not expelled within 24 hours, hence, remaining within the body possibly forever. It is recommended by gadolinium toxicity support groups that one should have their urine tested for gadolinium and other heavy metals to prove to themselves that gadolinium could be the culprit to their underlying, underreported, and undiagnosed array of symptoms.

Of note, it has been reported within these gadolinium toxicity groups that the measurement of gadolinium within urine samples has been deciphered by major healthcare organizations to enact a standard of weights and measures concerning the toxicity of this specific heavy metal gadolinium. Their decisions on the specific level of toxicity, interestingly, fluctuates and changes frequently on their websites, trying I suppose to suggest that the level of gadolinium within the body is not indicative of the physical harm it creates and causes within the body. It appears to the average observer that as more and more people become aware of gadolinium toxicity and it’s disastrous effects in the body, the FDA and the medical community, to include the author of the quote above, are working hard to shut down the true human and financial costs that has been purposely foisted upon those whom seek medical care and yet, are poisoned in the process by those who claim their oath is “to do no harm!”

For more information please click here:

https://gadoliniumtoxicity.com

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Gadolinium is extremely toxic and stays in the body. I would imagine those with the MTHFR gene mutation don’t fair well with this poison because they are unable to detox properly - those with this mutation is a high percentage of the population. Gadolinium comes with a black box warning. It’s better to get imaging done on higher resolution Tesla machines than a expose yourself to unnecessary poisoning.

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