Gadolinium Toxicity (GDD) can cause just about every symptom. Not everything is GDD. Two things, often that may seem contradictory, are true for everything, including GDD.

This seems like a new concept, and I have touched on it for other subjects, but it is critical to realize in all matters, that two or more things that may often seem contradictory, can both be true or at least reasonable. This is critical to appreciate, so as not to get bogged down with the strugggle that only one thing can be right.

In this blog my attention is on Gadolinium Toxicity (GDD) and the huge range of symptoms any one of us can have for anything. The answer is not anarchy or chaos, but rather to accept that different things may all be true. The critical issue is how to make these different realities into a positive approach.

Here is how I do it/ how it should be done with GDD. Typically I describe there are 5 cardinal symptoms of GDD: brain fog/ cognitive impairment, skin pain, bone pain, muscle fasciculations, pins and needles... Sometimes in presentations I neglect to mention one, other times I add in other symptoms as cardinal: imbalance, head pain, skin discoloration, subcutaneous tissue thickening. The reality is that there are maybe 20 main symptoms of GDD, but a few highly trained in medicine sufferers have identified 100 symptoms in themselves, which then can mean, if put to task, one could come up with hundreds. This all makes sense because Gd goes everywhere in the body, and there are hundreds if not thousands of metabolic processes that Gd can interfere with.

So, when a GDD sufferer has certain symptoms, such as intense pelvic pain, or hearing loss, they will tell me things like: 'I have a fibroid and this must be treated' or 'I have endometriosis and that must be treated' or 'I have Meniere's Disease and this must be treated'.

My response to them is: This may all be GDD.

So then what to do: treat GDD and also pursue all these other things right away. Absolutely not.

This is the approach to take when realizing the two, on the surface, opposing thoughts:

1. Gd toxicity/ GDD can cause virtually every symptom.

2. Not everything is GDD.

Assume initially that everything may be due to GDD. Undergo at least 10 chelations (in some cases even more... treatment is nuanced) and if there is persistent symptoms that are untouched completely by chelation, then at that time look into treating them then.

So I don't like back surgery, or essentially almost any surgery (remember there is nuance) before at least 10 chelation sessions, I don't like spinal taps, I don't like peritoneal exploration for endometriosis, I don't like cardiac electrical channel ablations, and any big time drugs (such as for seizures) until at least 10 chelations have been done... And proper chelations > the way I do it.

So, using the example of GDD and treatment, this is how to manage two opposing points of view.

Richard Semelka, MD