Hi,

I have only posted once or twice some time ago.

However, I have had my mercury fillings removed, and am happy to report that I have made significant progress in several areas. On the other hand, my progress has been slower than I hoped.

I will post my experience so far, with the hope others can tell me whether my progress seems good given the time frame and other factors.

My wife and I began about 18 months ago. I had 4 fillings left of about 12 since my teen years. (Am now 51.) As an aside, the dentist told me he would make no guaranties that removal of the amalgams would have the desired effect (which I described to him.) I pointed out that I was merely hiring him to do a job I could not easily do for myself. He is a regular dentist taking only normal precautions, that is, rubber dam, vacuum with water, and so on. I don't know if it helped, but I took a deep breath and held it during the times he was drilling. I thought, no point in sucking up more mercury fumes along with the dentist and his assistant. Bad enough if one of us dies of mercury poisoning.

Went home after each session and took loads of vitamin c and Algin, which I got from Russ.

I have since been doing rounds of chelation according to Cutler's protocol. Started with 50mg of DMSA and 25MG of ALA every 4 hours, rounds varying from 4 to 10 days. I am now up to 100mg of DMSA with 200mg of ALA every 4 hours.

Progress:
-Brain fog nearly gone. Can think more clearly, visualize better (important to me as an artist), play pool better.
-short term memory much better, but still not what it could be.
-improved speech - tongue less swollen, can enunciate much better, word searching rare; before, word searching was constant.
-better conversations; before, my mind would often just be freewheeling, and generate nothing of interest.
-hand tremors gone.
-tinitus is less, but it comes and goes, and is the first symptom to appear during a regressive cycle and is never completely gone.
-circadian rhythms are in line again, and my sleep is more restful. Fall asleep easily, which often took hours before.
-Back muscles are much more relaxed, which relieves the headaches that were becoming the norm before.
My wife:
-in addition to the above, my wife reports that her mind has become razor sharp, able to remember shopping lists, and do all but the most difficult logic puzzles.
-hair loss has been halted. Sometimes she thinks it is growing back in.

I have observed that progress is like the stock market - 3 steps forward, 2 steps back. But overall, improvement is unmistakable.

My target:
At times during this walk, I have experienced exceptional lucidity. I am smarter, and I know it. I can think with crystal clarity, remember names I didn't even know I knew. I can reach conclusions in seconds that might take me days of pondering normally. I am funnier and more fun to be with. I become more outgoing and it is easy to make new friends. I hope eventually, I will be like this most of the time.

I have been doing chelation for over a year. I would like to hear from people who are farther along than I am. I have specific questions:
1)Does there come a point when you know you are done with chelation?
2)How long did that take for you?
3)are there other questions I should be asking?

Will

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