No – I never did much testing.

Yes (and no, but mostly no) I have to do the cleanses to stay healthy. Why? Because I am very mercury toxic? How do I know that I am very mercury toxic? Because I can only handle a low chelator dose.

I could stop the cleanses and just chelate…but why not use the herbs as I do? I get hardly any side-effects from them now, they are cheap, and they keep me fit & well during the hard work of me chelating the mercury out. I can do the herbs standing on my head, with my eyes closed, juggling balls….the herbs are piss easy and they keep me fit and well. No need to stop as they are as easy as taking a few capsules each day and drinking water each day. It’s not difficult and has minimal impact on my day-to-day life.

If I stopped chelation I could stop the cleanses…but in a couple of years the mercury would come out of me and damage my health again. I am in this to heal completely so I can have a long happy, healthy life. I have to chelate to achieve this goal. Chelation is hard work, so I use the herbs to ease the ride.

I am lucky I found so many ways to heal myself
I am unlucky that I am some full of mercury: I had many different exposures in my life.

But…that’s life and I am lucky enough to have found ways to help myself lead a totally normal life now.

“I am well aware of your story btw and no offense, but I don't buy the whole idea that 5mg of ALA was the reason for your success. Thanks for sharing but I just think it was the other stuff you were doing imo.”

I agree wholeheartedly with you. The reason I got better is because of ALL the different things I did. That’s my point. The herbs cleaned up the mess the mercury caused. The chelation safely removes the mercury…but I have a lot of mercury in me and it’s taking a long time to remove it…but that’s cool….i am symptom free from all the herbs…..so chelation is just another chore. Now, for me, chelation is like brushing my teeth. An essential day-to-day job.