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December 10, 2007 Please meet Alexis Kelley, also known as Adi, meaning "Primal"! She is a member of our Soul Answer community and has developed a monumental health crisis, probably due to the lead she absorbed from the make up she applied to many celebraties and stars as a high end professional. Now, she needs help to support her healing! From what I "see," she has a Destiny to be of great service in the future.  But right now she needs to be served to regain her priceless physical health. And to benefit your own health, I have added some links to to some wonderful sites that offer you yummy recipes and great detox programs! Please click here and look for the heading "Yummy Eating for Health and Detox" on that page. Dear Family and Friends, I NEED YOUR HELP I'm in the middle of a health crisis. Seems I have extreme levels of lead in my body. My doctor says it took a long time for me to get this sick. No, we don't know where it came from, but my Broadway days had me using all kinds of toxic stuff (I had an absolute disregard for toxins when it came to getting something the color I wanted, for example), not to mention the renovations of my prewar apartment in NY and the 1866 house in upstate NY where we demolished walls, and most particularly, I work with makeup for a living and have only come to understand the threat of lead in makeup. I would never have imagined that ANY amount of lead would be allowed into what we readily put on our skin. The link below has lists of major makeup products and the amounts of hazard they contain. http://cosmeticsdat abase.com/ Blood work revels that I'm not being exposed currently--urine analysis revels it is the overall "body load" that is high. The overall body load of lead is so high in my body, in fact, that it is literally off the chart. The line indicating lead on the lab test just runs off the page. The lab called my doctor to explain that they had tested it 4 times. Mercury levels are high, also, and there is some arsenic as well, but nothing like the lead. "This person's urine lead exceeds three times the upper expected limit per the reference population. Because most of the body burden of lead is excreted in the urine, this finding indicates significant burden with attempted detoxification of lead". The lab, Doctor's Data, Inc. 3755 Illinois Avenue St. Charles, IL 60174 HOW I FOUND OUT I went to doctors in NY last year for symptoms of fatigue and lack of concentration (I thought I might have Lyme disease because I had done a fashion shoot on Shelter Island off of Long Island, NY, and it was loaded with ticks (I found one on my little dog, Bludgette, after we had been there for 2 hours!). Shelter Island is, apparently, the "Lyme Tick Capital of the World," a title I imagine a lot of places claim. I had Bludgette tested and myself as well. I thought it would be a good idea to have a complete physical and blood work done at the same time for everything possible, as well as the Lyme disease. I was told that I had some Hepatitis C "activity" in my blood work and that was it! They had nothing more to say on the matter and I was not tested for heavy metals, nor did it occur to me that I should even be tested for such a thing. Then, in Sept. I decided to do a 28 day intestinal cleanse; I was feeling more and more tired and was really having trouble remembering things. The lack of concentration was bad enough at times to affect my work. I did the Arise and Shine cleanse and it was very successful. There was a lot of build up or mucoid plaque in the intestine that I got rid of (I mean A LOT) and in the last week of the cleanse I decided to do a heavy metal detox, because I had learned that nearly everyone has some degree of heavy metals in today's world. What happened frightened me enough to send me to a doctor here in LA that friends had recommended. I developed a large cyst in my left breast. I didn't think it was cancer because it didn't act like cancer - it came up within a week, it was hard and round, and it was sore. These are typically not cancer, but I went to Dr. Sadeghi, and he was pretty sure I had heavy metals in my system. He did blood work, sent me for a mammogram and sonogram, and said we would do a heavy metal test when the blood work came back. Indeed, no cancer. As it turned out, what I had done was start to push the lead and mercury out of my body at a rate my body couldn't handle, which created cysts and the one large one in particular. Within a week of stopping the detox the cyst was greatly reduced and within 2 more weeks I had the answer no one had been able to give me before. I have lead, arsenic, and mercury in my body, and the lead is extreme enough to cause serious health problems. What I've learned from all this is that I needed a doctor I could trust, and I needed to stop self-diagnosing. I'm grateful I did it my way this time or I might not have found Dr. Sadeghi, who is 100% committed to getting me to a state of health, but I'm going to follow directions from now on regarding what I need to become and stay healthy. Dr. Sadeghi says it won't happen overnight but it is absolutely possible. I feel incredibly grateful for that.     WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN A friend here in Los Angeles is organizing a Lead Walk for me with her Chihuahuas (I know, it's not like Chihuahuas can really walk very far, so it's more symbolic). The hope is that we will raise enough money to get me through this. In the meantime, I need help just to get started on recovery. As most of you know and I've mentioned, I work as a free- lance makeup artist, which means there is no disability insurance to fall back on, and I have not booked work for a staggering 5 months. The cause for this is a mystery to me. I would love to just show all of you my successful side, but I can no longer do that. I feel like a terrible failure, without insurance to cover any of the treatment I need. The most expensive part of the treatment is not covered by insurance anyway, but I still feel embarrassed. I also just settled a 3 year court battle in NY with my co op board. I came out on top but it still cost me a whopping $85,000 when all was said and done. I ended up with about $10,000 when everything was paid out, which has helped to see me through these last 5 months. Recovery will take over 3 months (how long over 3 months will be determined by how quickly the treatment works), and I will be pretty sick while I'm detoxing. My Doctor, Dr. Sadeghi, says I have too much lead to do an IV chelation (see definition of chelate below). IV chelation would be too much, too fast and he says that it would be inhumane (I would break out in terrible rashes and not be able to get out of bed). chelate /che'-late 1. to combine with a metal in complexes in which the metal is part of a ring. 2. by extension, a chemical compound in which a metallic ion is sequestered and firmly bound into a ring within the chelating molecules. Chelates are used in chemotherapy of metal poisoning. What Dr. Sadeghi proposes is that I go on 5 cycles of oral chelation therapy. Each cycle will be 5 days on chelation and 9 days off - it adds up to almost 3 months. Then we'll test again and if the levels have come down enough, he will proceed with IV chelation. If the levels are still too high, we'll do another 5 cycles of 5 days on and 9 days off. The days on chelation will make me pretty sick, because the toxins will be coming out of my body. The other side of the treatment is to build up my body which has been depleted of much because of the lead. My blood work showed burned out adrenals, shot thyroid, high liver count, really low iron and zinc (lead displaces these if I understand correctly) almost no ferritin, hormone imbalance - (I'm still learning what everything on the lab results means). MY SYMPTOMS Extreme fatique Can't remember things Inability to focus (I'm being helped to write this) So dizzy at times that I can't navigate the room or drive Impaired eyesight Impaired hearing Hair loss Bleeding gums Loss of appetite Breaking out in sores (like herpes on the lip and red itchy sponts on back and chest Exaggerated symptoms of ADD (extreme sensitivity to noise or large crowds) Labile (crying for no reason) Bloated stomach and trouble digesting Anemia Treatment for 11 weeks breaks down like this: Chelation meds and nutrients 497.76 HydrocolonTherapy 450.00 IV Nutrients 3850.00* Heavy metals lab work 114.00 Blood work 367.30 Recovery Plan Total 5279.06 Normal living expenses (approximately 2000.00 x 3) 6000.00 TOTAL (for 3 months) $11,279.06 *I could eliminate the IV nutrients and take them orally which would be much cheaper, but I add them here as a best case scenario because they are much more effective and will speed up recovery considerably. I'm hoping I'll be able to get some IV nutrients, but lack of them won't stop the process - it just won't be as fast, and I'm very malnourished. "While a two month, customized IV nutrient protocol is more expensive than oral vitamins, it may (accomplish) in two months what might take an entire year on oral vitamins". Ronald B. Keys, JD, PhD Former Co-Director, American Aging Association Former Scientific Director, Life Extension Foundation Then we'll know what needs to happen from there. I can get started for under $2000. What I'm asking for is that you circulate the info on our Lead Walk (just as soon as we get the email flyers finished) to all your sources (churches, friends, etc.) and that you help me now by sending whatever you can - even $5.00 can be a huge help if enough people contribute. I believe there is great power in the penny. We have opened a PayPal account in order to make it easy or you can send via snail mail. Paypal: Snail Mail Address: (make checks payable to Alexis Kelley) Lead Walk c/o Sierra Pecheur 11734 Tennessee Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90064 Some other links for: my doctor's website and a statement on heavy metal poisoning http:/ /behiveofhealing.com/joomla/index.php? option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=40 NSC (National Safety Council) on Lead http://ww w.nsc.org/library/facts/lead.htm Thank you for taking the time to read all this - I know it's a lot. Much love to all, Alexis   alexiskelley@mac.com 12/7/07 to 6/07/08

NOTES FROM ALEXIS   December 12, 2007   I had a breakthrough day before yesterday - I realized that I have everything to be grateful for, but mostly right now I am grateful for this opportunity to let go of my need for the world to see me in a certain way. Having to ask for help was never my vision of how I  saw myself or wanted anyone else to see me. I could never have  imagined that I would be happy to see my ego shattered like this, but there you have it. I feel so blessed. Thank you all for your generous contributions to my health and my heart. Much love, Adi P.S. I just got the first contribution from someone I don't know, and  it made me feel so connected and truly a part of the family of humankind.     December 17, 2007   I can't begin to express my gratitude for your support. I just wanted all of you who have contributed to my recovery to know that today contributions reached the amount I need to order the chelation meds and start the process of getting this nasty stuff out of my system! I thank you with my whole heart. Much love, Alexis March 6, 2008 Dear Siri-Gian, It's been so long since the incredible session I had with you here in LA. I can't thank you enough for working with me in the way that you do. You know, it should seem amazing, the experience of the third hand on me during our session, but in fact, the experience was one of ordinariness. It happened again in a Reiki session that a new friend gave me. I was sure she was holding my feet when she was at my head. I am coming to understand these phenomena as the norm, rather than extraordinary. So much has happened in this last month. I kept wanting to write to you, but I knew I had so much to say and I never had quite enough time. Well, here I am at last.� I just got the results yesterday of a new and comprehensive blood panel. There's lots of good news and some not so good.� The good news is that I an healthier than I have been in a very long time. I feel healthier than I have in a very long time! I have energy back on most days, the fog around my brain is lifting, I am beginning to remember the everyday things that I'd lost my grasp on before, and, for the most part, I have an incredibly good attitude about life.� The bad news is that I have Herpes Simplex Virus (no outbreaks, so I had no way of knowing) and I may have�Hepatitis C.�More blood was pulled yesterday to test�specifically�for Hep C. I was so sick before that it was impossible to discern what was what from the first blood panel. I had to get healthy enough to be able to see these abnormalities. Before, everything was abnormal so an accurate diagnosis wasn't possible. The amazing thing is this: I'm not one bit upset or freaked out about this news. If the Hep C test comes back positive, then I will have had these things for years already anyway. I also now truly believe in the body's ability to heal itself with proper diagnosis and care. Western medicine will tell us that we have to live with Herpes for life or that the only way to get rid of Hep C is Interferon--not true and not true! I know, I'm preaching to the choir here. Next Installment: March 29, 2008 Well the�Hepatitis�test came back positive. I'm not surprised and it would explain many things. My extraodinary doctor pulled yet more blood to determine which genome of Hep C I have so we would know how to treat it. �I started on Phosphorus on Wed. and was so sick by Thurs. that Dr. Sadeghi had me stop it--he thought my body was too highly sensitive. As it turns out, I had a really nasty virus that coincided with the beginning of treatment. It's a process. I'm not worried, but I will say I'm kind of putting off going back on treatment (even the milder dose now prescribed). I was really sick this week! So, I'll keep you informed on the health progress. In the meantime, I got the green light to go back to work. I had done a favor for a friend who studied with one of the great Feng Shui priests (Nancy SantoPietro is the priest's name) and she (my friend) came to my place to consult me on the Feng Shui of my place. As soon as I�implemented the cures in my apt. I started getting calls about jobs. It was wild--there was one from a company I had wanted to work for for several years, and there was one from an agent who wanted to represent me and two from old clients. So I worked for the first time in a very, very long time. I did six days in a row and they were not easy jobs--one was a Mayan chief that took 5 hours the first day (see photo below). My doctor said I may have contracted the virus from working so hard and so long (we worked till 3:30 AM one night), but it felt really good to be back to work. �� Next installment: April 7, 2008 I can't seem to finish this email.� I didn't get rid of the pain in my abdomen for 11 days, and, because I wasn't expressing it to my doctor, I wasn't getting the help I needed. Finally, I started talking to my doctor and I did an ultra sound on Friday and then a gall bladder flush on Sat. night (both prescribed by my doctor) and today I seem to be okay.� You know, it's not the easiest path, to heal the whole body in a way that is an alternative to the Western medical establishment. It takes time and a lot of patience and consistency. We are so used to getting a pill to "fix it." What I know is this; if I go the easy way today it will be hard to live with tomorrow--if I go the hard way today it will be easy to live with tomorrow. Try telling this to your family, though. Nobody wants to see what I'm doing. The old ideas are familiar and comfortable. We don't have to work for them. We don't have to examine our motives in hanging on to them. We get to remain�unconscious. And, most importantly, we get to hang on to whatever role it is that requires an illness to maintain. If I am a victim and sick, then how can you ask me to take responsibility for my life--Don't you know how sick I am? � It's the same with Kundalini Yoga. It's a process, and the natural consequence of practicing Kundalini is that I have to give up the old story about why I can't do this or why I can't do that.� April 10, 2008 Okay, I'm going to mail this now or it will never happen. It would be lovely to see you while you're here--maybe a cup of tea if you have a minute. I'll quite understand if it can't happen, I hope this is a wonderful trip for you. Much love, Adi     April 13, 2008   Dear Siri-Gian, It's fine to put whatever you would like of what I've written into your newsletter. Thank you so much for always asking. I'm also very happy to introduce Dr. D. to Dr. Sadeghi. It feels like one of my missions to introduce people to this way of thinking about health, and that a doctor is interested is more than wonderful. Dr. Sadeghi teaches at UCLA and is an attending there so it might be possible for her to even sit in on classes. I'm so glad you've "heard" I'm doing fine. Today is not one of the days that it feels that way. It's so fortunate for me that feelings are not facts. So good to hear from you, Lots of love, Alexis     Alexis Kelley Los Angeles, CA http://www.alexiskelley.com