I just wanted to post an update about my dental work. I apologize that I haven't been on the forum for a few months--I took a job at the end of November where I have been averaging about 60-70 hours per week until now, and have pretty much had only enough time for work and family for a while (except for a few days off in between where I got my dental work done).

I had both of my mercury fillings removed (replaced with DiamondLite), and have also had all 3 gold crowns removed and replaced with the Vita-Mark II CEREC's. Love them--they have been wonderful, and I feel no sensitivity with them to boot. When my first mercury filling was removed, I felt like the feeling of a 'membrane' encasing my brain was gone after one day. Since having the rest of the dental work done, I have felt that my mood swings are also becoming less and less pronounced. I think that I will be starting chelation therapy (using DMSA) tomorrow, and will see how that goes. I will be starting at 25mg doses, and see if that will work for me.

Bex, just wondered how things are going for you--have you been able to decide on a dental material that will work for you yet?

Well, I need to run again, but just wanted to give you all an update. Hopefully things will be slow enough at work now where I can start coming out to the forum more often again. It's the one thing that I miss about my last job--there was ALWAYS time to surf the Internet and post on the forum as I had little else to take care of at work for most of the day, plus my manager was OK with it as long as the work was getting done. :-)

Jason