Had another follow up with my doctor. He ran some specialized tests in accordance with more things mercury can do. As you all know, I've been pretty ill. He got my results and told me to cut wheat out of my diet and see what happens. I CANNOT emphasize enough what this has done for me. Within three days of cutting out wheat, I feel like a new person. I have literally come back to life. My boyfriend can't believe it. Before I couldn't do much of anything due to the chronic fatigue. Now I'm back to doing lots of housework. My doctor said that mercury can cause many food sensitivities, especially to wheat. Eliminating wheat from my diet has been short of miraculous for me. Meanwhile, I just finished my third chelation campaign with DMSA and ALA. I am tolerating the chelation well. My doctor says I will have to chelate for 2 years given my body burden of mercury. I am happy to share my good news with all of you. Apparently there are millions of people sensitive to the gluten in wheat and don't even know it. They suffer from an array of symptoms and doctors never get to the bottom of it. I guess wheat is fairly new in the food chain, especially for those of us whose ancestors were hunter/gatherers. I have come to realize that wheat is like poison to me.

Sandra