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This episode details relevant personal updates regarding Shari’s health status, surgeries, death of a prominent family member and an official statement regarding MELISA Diagnostics inability to currently provide metal LTT testing to US residents, as well as where to find alternative testing in the meantime.

This episode also makes statements responding to serious allegations leveled at Shari regarding the production and agenda of the Heavily Metalled Podcast.

Also the new YouTube Medical Misinformation policy is summarized.  Podcast agendas & goals for the future are detailed. 

In this episode you will learn:


About Tarlov Cyst Disease & how it can affect patients with metal hypersensitivity.


The MELISA Diagnostics plan for moving forward. 


The true goals and agendas of the Heavily Metalled Podcast.


How to maintain access to relevant integrative health information free from censorship. 



~Links and Resources~

~To follow Heavily Metalled on RUMBLE click HERE. 

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~To read the YouTube medical misinformation policy click HERE. 

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~Get the Low Nickel Diet cookbook HERE.

~~To make a comment or petition to the FDA, click HERE. 

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~To learn more visit ⁠HeavilyMetalled.com⁠.

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Check out the “Heavily Metalled” resource page: ⁠https://www.heavilymetalled.com/resources⁠

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***Many WONDERFUL, supportive special-interest communities exist for metal allergies and diet, hardware issues, medical devices, etc., online and on social media. They have many resources and often act as a collective think-tank. I owe many parts of my recovery to knowledge obtained in such groups. Search keywords to join these groups and find your tribe!***

Emily, is working on her Bachelor’s Degree in Nutritional Science and is looking forward to completing a PhD in the same field a few years after graduation.

Emily has been sensitive to metals her whole life, starting with a severe allergy to earrings and other jewelry as a child.

In early 2019 she was talked into getting her nose pierced by a friend and was SUPER excited. Even picking out cute nose rings.

Within months of that nose piercing Emily developed multiple autoimmune diseases and suffered with the debilitating effects of Trigeminal Neuralgia, a syndrome nicknamed “The Suicide Disease” creating painful nerve sensations on the face.

She also suffered from an onset of joint pain, repeated sore throats and swelling of her lymph nodes, as well as all kinds of tenderness surrounding the area.

Around the same time frame Emily started noticing increase symptoms from several mercury fillings in her mouth, experiencing a large “flair” when the fillings were removed and likely swallowing a small piece of the extracted filling during removal.

Symptoms from her fillings were most notably a metallic taste in her mouth, among others.

Emily also shares experiences where her body actually pushed out an IUD device, and relays stories of her throat becoming sore when drinking from stainless steel water bottles and starting to feel unwell from a gifted set of new stainless steel cookware.

She is still trying to discern whether or not a surgical clip was left in place during a 2017 appendectomy.

She experienced a substantial, indisputable relief of her Trigeminal Neuralgia and other symptoms upon removing the nose ring for an unrelated surgical procedure, along with having her metal fillings removed. Tune in to hear the rest of her compelling story! 

In this episode you will learn:


How small amounts of metal can wreak BIG havoc on the body & immune system. 


How to safely remove dental amalgams.


Alternatives to drinking & kitchenware. 


How LDN or Low Dose Naltrexone can assist in your healing journey. 



~Links and Resources~

~To find a biological / holistic dentist in your area click HERE.

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~To purchase the glass/silicone water bottle shown in the podcast go HERE.

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~Check out the Quirky Cork Gourd drinking bottles HERE.

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~To learn about LDN or Low Dose Naltrexone click HERE

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~Get the Low Nickel Diet cookbook HERE.

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~To make a comment or petition to the FDA, click HERE. 

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~To learn more visit ⁠HeavilyMetalled.com⁠.

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Check out the “Heavily Metalled” resource page: ⁠https://www.heavilymetalled.com/resources⁠

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Sign up for the FREE newsletter and email list on HeavilyMetalled.com & get a FREE symptoms list & next steps bundle!~Sign the petition asking medical providers and facilities to pre-screen for metal hypersensitivity here: http://tinyurl.com/2458ea8

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Follow Heavily Metalled on Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/HeavilyMetalled⁠

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Follow Heavily Metalled on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/heavilymetalled/⁠

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Subscribe to Heavily Metalled on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@HeavilyMetalled⁠

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Check out our sponsor ⁠https://melisa.org⁠

***Many WONDERFUL, supportive special-interest communities exist for metal allergies and diet, hardware issues, medical devices, etc., online and on social media. They have many resources and often act as a collective think-tank. I owe many parts of my recovery to knowledge obtained in such groups. Search keywords to join these groups and find your tribe!***

Come learn about why YOU need to have the chronic infection & virus component on YOUR radar if you are dealing with systemic metal hypersensitivity and other chronic issues. Many with metal hypersensitivity could be dealing with Lyme Disease, Bartonella, HHV6 or EBV, worsening all systemic symptoms & immune status with NO idea. Systemic metal allergies are driven by antigens and T-cells, which put your immune system into rebellion and overdrive. With a compromised immune system so inflamed by metals, it can’t work as hard to fight off chronic infections and viruses that healthy people can hold within no problem.This can leave you with more than one chronic issue. Join the renowned integrative health veteran BetterHealthGuy Scott Forsgren, FDN-P and I as we explore what you need to know within the chronic infection realm and how you can heal from said infections, metal hypersensitivity and more to become whole, healthy and functional again. No doom and gloom here!

In this episode you will learn:

How metal hypersensitivity can pre-dispose you to chronic viruses & infections such as Lyme, Epstein-Barr Virus & more.

The best detox methods for metal hypersensitivity. 

11 steps to immune wellness & optimizing your health.

What Limbic System Retraining is and why it’s critical. 


~Links and Resources~
~ To visit the BetterHealthGuy website, click HERE. 
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~ Lyme & Co-infection testing options: IgenEx, DNA Connexxions, Armin Labs, InfectoLabs.~
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~ Limbic System Retraining Programs: DNRS, Gupta Program, Primal Trust.
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~To make a comment or petition to the FDA, click HERE. 
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~To learn more visit ⁠HeavilyMetalled.com⁠.
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Check out the “Heavily Metalled” resource page: ⁠https://www.heavilymetalled.com/resources⁠
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Sign up for the FREE newsletter and email list on HeavilyMetalled.com & get a FREE symptoms list & next steps bundle!~Sign the petition asking medical providers and facilities to pre-screen for metal hypersensitivity here: http://tinyurl.com/2458ea8
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Follow Heavily Metalled on Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/HeavilyMetalled⁠
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Follow Heavily Metalled on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/heavilymetalled/⁠
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Subscribe to Heavily Metalled on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@HeavilyMetalled⁠
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Check out our sponsor ⁠https://melisa.org⁠
***Many WONDERFUL, supportive special-interest communities exist for metal allergies and diet, hardware issues, medical devices, etc., online and on social media. They have many resources and often act as a collective think-tank. I owe many parts of my recovery to knowledge obtained in such groups. Search keywords to join these groups and find your tribe!***

Maria Lappin, our guest from Michigan, is our incredible Season 2 opener.

Her episode discusses a prominent lesion on the tip of her nose, diagnosed by multiple specialists, as aggressive metastatic melanoma. The lesion was, in fact, caused by a systemic reaction to surgical clips placed inside her body without her knowledge, her permission or being pre-screened for metal hypersensitivity, during surgery to remove her lymph nodes in conjunction with the Melanoma diagnoses. Her brave saga will leave you stunned and speechless.We will follow Maria on her overwhelming 10-YEAR journey as a harmless mole, was called out as a disease that would be rapidly life-altering, and could even be life-ending.Maria takes us along on biopsy after inconclusive biopsy, removal of lymph nodes in her neck, repeated imaging studies, medical gaslighting by prominent cancer doctors and institutes, plastic surgeons & more. On several coincidentally “lucky” days, Maria was able to discover her surgical clips, along with the support groups that would eventually lead her to a vascular surgeon who believed her story and who would remove them with a striking dose of compassion and humanity, resolving her symptoms, as well as the lesion on her nose, in short order. Had she not discovered the true source of her lesion, it would have led into MANY years and full facial reconstruction surgery. Yikes!You will hear Maria’s assertive testimony before the FDA on how these surgical clips stole much of her life, and you will hear how she is crawling out of the wreckage to get that life back, and at the end of the episode you will hear a partial conversation with her cancer surgeon stating that they leave clips in patients all the time and that “no one has any problems with them”; A bold statement as we have so much evidence to the contrary….even evidence from our own FDA. You’ll have to hear it to believe it!

In this episode you will learn:


Systemic reactions to titanium surgical clips exist & can cause havoc throughout the body. 


Sometimes these systemic symptoms can be diagnosed as life-threatening illness, leading to many life-altering, horrific and unnecessary surgeries. 


Why filing an adverse even report is not only a good idea - it’s critical! 


That you can be a voice for change and make your voice heard to not only medical providers, but to the FDA. 



~Links and Resources~

~ To see the images that accompany this episode, click HERE. 

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~ To visit Maria’s website, click HERE. 

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~To make a comment or petition to the FDA, click HERE. 

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~To learn more visit ⁠HeavilyMetalled.com⁠.

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Check out the “Heavily Metalled” resource page: ⁠https://www.heavilymetalled.com/resources⁠

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Sign up for the FREE newsletter and email list on HeavilyMetalled.com & get a FREE symptoms list & next steps bundle!~Sign the petition asking medical providers and facilities to pre-screen for metal hypersensitivity here: http://tinyurl.com/2458ea8

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Follow Heavily Metalled on Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/HeavilyMetalled⁠

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Follow Heavily Metalled on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/heavilymetalled/⁠

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Subscribe to Heavily Metalled on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@HeavilyMetalled⁠

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Check out our sponsor ⁠https://melisa.org⁠

***Many WONDERFUL, supportive special-interest communities exist for metal allergies and diet, hardware issues, medical devices, etc., online and on social media. They have many resources and often act as a collective think-tank. I owe many parts of my recovery to knowledge obtained in such groups. Search keywords to join these groups and find your tribe!***

EP22 - Beyond the Metal: Holistic Dental Care with Dr. Michelle Jorgensen, DDS, FAGD, TNC, CNAS

Dr. Michelle Jorgensen has a passion for not just the mouth but how it connects to the entire body, and beyond that, how the connects to the world! We discuss Dr. Michelle’s personal journey with metal toxicity to mercury amalgam, and how she almost became unable to practice dentistry, and had to put her practice up for sale. She tells us how she detoxed and how she uncovered her own MTHFR genetic mutation that can make detox more difficult. Dr. Michelle found a new way to practice, and shocked those in her profession as she recovered completely and became an innovator in her field, an author, a social media guru with over 100K followers, and creator of her own natural product line. Dr. Michelle outlines what dentists are taught regarding metal hypersensitivity in dental school, especially the dialogue surrounding mercury fillings and the controversy surrounding alternative approaches or viewpoints in dentistry. We discuss metal toxicity, metal allergies, metal composites, including porcelain fused to metal crowns, and the fascinating way she is finding places in the bone where it has not healed completely from dental work. These places harbor bugs, parasites and more! She talks about how she heals these areas and miraculously returns patients to full health. We discuss biocompatibility and Dr. Michelle’s best recommendations for testing prior to implantation of any dental devices.Find out the novel ways she has to save teeth and what she recommends if you have to have an implant placed. You will learn how to follow Dr. Michelle and like her, live WELL! 

In this episode you will learn:


The safest implant for those with metal allergies.


Why we are seeing more and more sensitivities to titanium.


Testing options for material biocompatibility. 


How to locate a holistic dental practitioner. 



~Links and Resources~

~ Check out Living Well with Dr. Michelle! https://www.livingwellwithdrmichelle.com

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~ Check out Dr. Michelle’s Dental Practice: Total Dental Care_

~To learn more visit ⁠HeavilyMetalled.com⁠.

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Check out the “Heavily Metalled” resource page: ⁠https://www.heavilymetalled.com/resources⁠~

Sign up for the FREE newsletter and email list on HeavilyMetalled.com & get a FREE symptoms list & next steps bundle!~Sign the petition asking medical providers and facilities to pre-screen for metal hypersensitivity here: http://tinyurl.com/2458ea8

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Follow Heavily Metalled on Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/HeavilyMetalled⁠

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Follow Heavily Metalled on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/heavilymetalled/⁠

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Check out our sponsor ⁠https://melisa.org⁠

***Many WONDERFUL, supportive special-interest communities exist for metal allergies and diet, hardware issues, medical devices, etc., online and on social media. They have many resources and often act as a collective think-tank. I owe many parts of my recovery to knowledge obtained in such groups. Search keywords to join these groups and find your tribe!***

Christian hails from Michigan and is a young Italian man, working as an engineer, who has a passion for soccer, being Italian and heavy metal music.. He describes himself as a formerly “happy-go-lucky” guy until spine surgery and metal allergies turned his life upside down. After the sudden onset of back trouble and searing pain, Christian worked through the traditional medical routes, until it was decided that he would need a spinal fusion.After surgery,  Christian knew immediately that something wasn’t right, waking with searing, intractable pain and a litany of symptoms:  rashes, insomnia, an ulcerated tongue, vision, cardiac issues and more. After numerous consults and research,, he came to the hypothesis that he could be allergic to his spinal fusion hardware. Christian obtained blood metal lymphocyte transformation testing from Orthopedic Analysis, where testing determined he was severely allergic to the titanium alloy. Christian was able to gain the confidence of a surgeon and was able to have this fusion revised with stainless steel hardware, which contained components he did not test allergic to. All of his symptoms went away immediately with revision, then returned within months, almost as bad as the first go. Christian re-tested with Orthopedic Analysis and the new test came back showing him reactive to the new hardware. After fusion occurred the supporting hardware was removed and like the prior time, Christian experienced a large resolution of his symptoms….until slowly they returned. Christian discovered that the surgeons had utilized a large number of titanium surgical clips in the revision surgery. He is still fighting a battle to have them removed to this day. 

In this episode you will learn:


Systemic reactions to titanium exist & can cause havoc throughout the body. 


Hypersensitivities to a given metal don’t always present until an exposure occurs. 


Why self-advocacy is important - surgeons can still make mistakes. 


Grace is needed for cutting-edge providers trying to offer assistance. 



~Links and Resources~

~ Too see the images that accompany this episode, click HERE. 

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~To learn more visit ⁠HeavilyMetalled.com⁠.

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Check out the “Heavily Metalled” resource page: ⁠https://www.heavilymetalled.com/resources⁠

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Sign up for the FREE newsletter and email list on HeavilyMetalled.com & get a FREE symptoms list & next steps bundle!~Sign the petition asking medical providers and facilities to pre-screen for metal hypersensitivity here: http://tinyurl.com/2458ea8

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Follow Heavily Metalled on Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/HeavilyMetalled⁠

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Follow Heavily Metalled on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/heavilymetalled/⁠

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Subscribe to Heavily Metalled on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@HeavilyMetalled⁠

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Check out our sponsor ⁠https://melisa.org⁠

***Many WONDERFUL, supportive special-interest communities exist for metal allergies and diet, hardware issues, medical devices, etc., online and on social media. They have many resources and often act as a collective think-tank. I owe many parts of my recovery to knowledge obtained in such groups. Search keywords to join these groups and find your tribe!***