I do have a friend who has kept her amalgams. Honestly she is aging rapidly. She has Multiple sclerosis. She knows about mercury but didn't want to spend the money on removal. I also know of another woman with cancer. Another with alzheimers. All of these ladies are about 10-15 years older than me. They all found out they had mercury issues from a naturopath here. (People are more progressive here than I expected them to be....no offense to the south - I love it here!) Not sure if the other 2 have had them out. The point is, though, they didn't learn about this till later when it was too late to do much about it. Thinking about that....I want to start chelating again or at least being a LOT more proactive about my health again. I don't have any full-fledged disease going but its brewing. What is the average age on here? Bex, how old are you? Russ looks young : ) (But oh so wise!) I am impressed with the people on here. Even the debaters.