What a lovely post Bex. Thanks very much. Your ideas seem to be spot on so I wouldn't be surprised if you were right about how you describe mercury being eliminated. It's really nice to have so much support here. If it weren't for you I might not have started on the DMSA protocol, and I'd probably be very sick by now.

I had my 4 amalgams in for 3 years. It isn't much mercury, and it isn't a long period of time. Maybe I'm just one of those people who is extra sensitive. I thought, though, that because of these factors, chelation shouldn't take long either. It's obviously important to remember that I would have had a significant re-exposure when I got the amalgams out without protection.

Like you say, all I can do is keep chipping away. I hope I'll see some positive signs that I'm making progress at some point. It is really weird how my symptoms fluctuate daily, and sometimes several times a day. I'll have an hour or so when I suddenly feel happy for no reason. I'll have a crying spell where I feel like everything is pointless. Sometimes I'm slightly dizzy. Sometimes I have an appetite, sometimes I don't like the thought of food. It's bizarre. My symptoms didn't used to fluctuate like this, so perhaps it's another sign that the chelation really is doing something.

Thanks again for the encouragement Bex. It can be hard to dig up the courage and patience for this after 3 years already. My relationship with my husband is almost non-existent and I fear I will end up losing him; but I can't force myself to be well, and hopefully I'm doing everything I need to do now to get there.