Hi SoSick, My butt also hurts from sitting too much. It is either due to lack of cushion or sensative nerves. I gut the jalepenos before steaming them with other veggies. The didn't taste hot yet it felt as if someone applied icy/hot cream inside my forearms. I have almost completed with my 4th round of DMSA for 3 days, every 3 hrs, totaling 600mg. This time around there was no jaw numbness, dizziness or icy/hot sensation. Instead I felt a different kind of numbness in one arm and it has a bunch of tiny red dots. I tried cilantro before and it made me dizzy. I decided to stop cilantro until completing more round of DMSA and DMSA+ALA.