Hey guys, after reading Andy Cutler's book I've been really hopeful about getting well with chelation. However when I read the article today under tuberose.com, it said that the damage that mercury does to the brain is permanent. Andy says that when you get it out of the brain, it will start to work properly again. Which do you think is correct and do you think that any damage from mercury can be corrected once the mercury is gone?

Sandra

Good question, Sandra. I've been thinking this myself. We all know that the brain and nervous system is the least part of our body capable of recovery. But I read somewhere that our neuro-cells do regenerate, something like every seven years, so I think it could be possible for us to get better, only it will take some time, and not be over night.

I find that my anxiety levels are not always bad, and they have been somewhat less since I've been taking vitamin c and not the glucosamine sulphate. I took it the other day and my anxiety level by the morning was quite high, so I'm thinking food can trigger problems. I'm not taking it now until I've had my fillings done.

As people have got better sometimes from MS after getting their fillings out, I think it could be that improvement is possible.

I believe some brain damage is permanent and some is not. There are certain aspects of damage that cannot be repaired and there are others that can. I believe we should not confuse the idea of permanent damage with the idea of not recovering.

In short, I believe there are certain aspects of my brain that have been permanently damaged, however, my memory (for example) has improved in the past 5 years (my amalgam removal was in July of 2000) and is now FAR better than it has ever been. I now not only remember short-term things like names, dates and places better than ever, but memories from childhood have come back that were completely missing. It's refreshing but really kind of weird at times.

I guess that time will tell. I hope some of my compulsion problems improve when I've had the fillings out, but it's definitely caused by a brain malfunction, and could well be permanent. I'll just have to wait and see. At least getting the fillings out is doing something positive that "might" help, rather than doing nothing.

I think, though, that in any illness or condition, losing hope of improvement is a sure way of not recovering, but having hope and takig action opens the door to the possibility.

I don't know if I will improve, but I hope that I will.

Thanks Russ and Demi, your words and thoughts are very encouraging and you are right. If we want something to be then we must believe that it will be.

Sandra