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Default Solder sniffers beware,,, lead = bad

On Mar 7, 7:25Â*pm, "Arfa Daily" wrote:
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On Mar 7, 2:56 am, "Dave Moore" wrote:
Damn, for almost a week I have been forgetting to
post about my recent experience. So, since
I finally remembered;


Â*Not long ago I started noticing that when I would
play the guitar I was missing a lot of the strings.
Also I was doing weird stuff like bumping into
the edges of doorways on occasion,
instead of gracefully passing through them.
Â*Sometimes when standing still, it would feel like
my feet were sliding apart in this kinda weird
almost spinning sensation. Sometimes numbness
in the hands.


Â*Anyway, finally, it dawned on me that perhaps
30 years involved in electronics with a good
20 of them heavily involved in prototyping guitar
amp designs, might have taken it's toll. So I did some
research online and discovered that indeed my symptoms
just might well be those of lead poisoning.


Â*To make a long story short, for the last couple
of months I've been munching mass quantities
Â*of Cilantro, about 1 bunch/day.
Â*Also I've been supplementing with selenium.


Â*Both supposedly have chelating agents in them that
can help rid the body of metals.
Â*Anyway, after about 2 month's of this, I am noticing
my coordination has improved immensely
Â*when playing the guitar, and no more
weird numbness or spinning sensations as of late.


Â*I suppose this is all a bit anecdotal, but thought I'd relay
Â*my experience anyway FWIW.


Â*I also read about how lead poisoning was what
made the Hat makers go mad and is where the
expression "Mad Hatter" came from.


I thought it was mercury.


Â*This struck me a bit funny since my wife
and I have an animal shelter for cats. I'm
thinking about changing my screen name to
"The Mad Catter" Â*:-)


Â*BTW, also I have a lot of dental fillings
Â*starting to break lose, so I have to wonder
if some of the metal toxicity might also be
a result of Â*mercury from crumbling amalgum.


Â*At any rate, whatever the cause, heaping servings
of Cilantro and a supplement of selenium seem
to be keeping it in check.
Â*I plan to look into Chlorella which also is
purported to have chelating properties.


bet you smell funny, like an Indian or a Mexican ;P


"Librarian" as in Unseen University ?

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