Vitamin C counteracts damage that mecury is doing in your body thus it is good to take lots of it if you are mercury toxic. It does not do anything directly to the mercury itself.

As far as your hip goes, with mercury, anything is possible. Remember, people get multiple sclerosis from mercury, so why not some problem in your hip? It's just hard to know for sure.

Regarding the fruit, my guess is that you may have aggravated yeast (candida) by eating all that fruit. Most people who are mercury toxic have candida yeast. My levels are very high. Sugar and sweets including fruit should be avoided to prevent flare ups.

Sandra