I never knew what normal was until I got ride of the Hg, I was poisoned at a really young age. My girlfriend would insist on taking me to museums and art galleries etc and I would think, for what? Funny thing happened, I started to realize why people look at paintings and why flowers are beautiful. Sounds a bit corny I know but other odd things like, I walk 3 times faster now. I'm not trying to walk faster it's just that with the same amount of effort things are just more efficient, like oiling a rusty bike. Another Hg symptom, shyness, boy was I shy before, and public speaking even in front of a couple of people, just would never have happened. Stuttering too, and trying to put the great ideas I had down on paper, no way, it was like I would run into a brick wall. Now, no one would call me shy, I think people would better describe me as an extrovert. No stuttering, and boy am I funny, I crack people up all the time. It’s like I’m a mirror image of the way I was. As I said, I don’t recognize myself.

The downside, when I started to go to this doc in New York, he said originally that he could get rid of the Hg and that I would get a relief of symptoms, however, he also said that because of the length of time I’d been poisoned, that there would be permanent damage he couldn’t fix. The other downer, especially after 9/11, I know the job is not complete. I need to finish the chelation of Hg, to get rid of the very deep reservoirs of Hg. Unfortunately, at the time, I ran out of money and since then the doc I was seeing has retired. I now live in San Francisco anyway and I’ve started the task of looking for a doc in the area that will complete the job. Can’t wait till I find out what I’m really like after completion.