The PRICE of a Pretty Smile!

About the Book

The PRICE of a Pretty Smile! Cathi Clendennen Long The PRICE of a Pretty Smile is my story from zero to sixty. I know I will never be given more than I can handle, but sometimes, I wish God didn¡¦t think I was so tuff! I believe the love of my family and friends helped me survive years of being completely TOXIC, costing me every cent I had and more. It took years to detoxify my body and mind. You find out ¡§very quickly¡¨ just who your close friends are when you have no money, you are too sick to leave the house, and there is no promise you will ever recover. Success is truly measured by the amount of friends you can count on, not by your checkbook. Everyone always said I had a pretty smile. ƒº I am a very positive person who has an enormous zest for life. I believe a smile can affect everyone that sees it. I am sure my smile is contagious, and normally, it gets passed on as a gift to each new person I greet. I have a blessed life and a lot to smile about. My smile came at an unbelievable high price to my health! Hi, I¡¦m Cathi, and I¡¦m TOXIC! image I looked healthy, I felt healthy, and I lived healthy. I didn¡¦t know my body and mouth were a ¡§toxic waste site¡¨! My life was changed forever. Brilliant is not a word that has ever been associated with me. I am so dyslexic that nothing has ever been easy. I have always had to try harder than anyone just to get by. I always smiled to prove I was trying and that I had a positive attitude. I have laughed my way through surviving hepatitis B at twenty-one, a terrible parasite from Mexico in my thirties, and a car wreck that fractured my neck and caused a brain injury at fifty. Each roadblock I have been given, I¡¦ve plowed over with a ¡§never give up¡¨ attitude and bounced back with style. However, I almost lost my sense of humor at fifty-five when my mind and body suddenly stopped. Can you imagine not being able to leave the house? I was allergic to the world! How could this happen after fifty-five years of being an almost-normal person? I took my health, my smile, and my energy for granted¡Xuntil I lost them! ƒ¼ I was poisoned from dental toxicity, mercury poisoning, plus our environment. As my immune system weakened, I began to crash from the poisons that inhabited my brain and body. Daily, new toxic assassins would knock me down completely. My happy world was wrecked when I started feeing dizzy and confused shortly after a dental procedure. I really couldn¡¦t think or concentrate. I had brain fog! My strength was slowly drained from my universe. I also had a rusty penny taste I couldn¡¦t get rid of. I was pleading for the medical and dental field to give me an answer to why my eyes were blistering and swollen shut. As I grew worse, my face would become severely burned and blistered with each invisible exposure! I was very familiar with the dentist¡¦s office. I had a mouth full of old root canals, bridges, mercury fillings, and an amalgam tattoo across the bottom of my jaw. It was the ultimate price for a pretty smile. I had my teeth cleaned twice a year for fifty years, and NO dentist had ever told me I had a toxic waste site in my mouth! The poison had been working its way slowly into my body, wiping out my immune system. The weaker my immune system grew, the more I became poisoned and allergic to my environment. In 2000, I was a medical freak with all my problems in my head. It took me years and thousands of dollars to solve my medical and dental mystery. I was a single woman who wanted her life back. I refused to give in to my illness. I chose to find out everything I could to fight back. Detoxification was my savior even if it did almost kill me! I have learned so much that I have to share with you. A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words! image I had to wear a charcoal mask to leave the house! Chemicals are ALL around us, and they are toxic to our bodies. Think of y

About the Author

Hi. I’m Cathi, and I am TOXIC! I became allergic to the world, being poisoned by dental toxicity and our environment. I was a TOXIC- WASTE-SITE. I looked like the picture of health until my mind and body crashed. I was caught in a maze for years, searching for answers to why my life was wrecked. Detoxification saved my life! Be aware of the common invisible poisons all around you! Everyone needs to read my story to prevent your own toxic nightmare. “Happy whatever” is always my motto! I keep smiling when things are at their worst. I am blessed with a love for life to live each day to its fullest. A positive attitude and a never give up spirit have pulled me through sixty-one years of life’s roadblocks, laughing through the challenges. :)