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: On 7 Mar, 08:56, "Dave Moore" wrote:
:
: Damn, for almost a week I have been forgetting to
: post about my recent experience. So, since
: I finally remembered;
:
: 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.
: 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.
:
: 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.
:
: To make a long story short, for the last couple
: of months I've been munching mass quantities
: of Cilantro, about 1 bunch/day.
: Also I've been supplementing with selenium.
:
: Both supposedly have chelating agents in them that
: can help rid the body of metals.
: Anyway, after about 2 month's of this, I am noticing
: my coordination has improved immensely
: when playing the guitar, and no more
: weird numbness or spinning sensations as of late.
:
: I suppose this is all a bit anecdotal, but thought I'd relay
: my experience anyway FWIW.
:
: I also read about how lead poisoning was what
: made the Hat makers go mad and is where the
: expression "Mad Hatter" came from.
:
: 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" :-)
:
: BTW, also I have a lot of dental fillings
: starting to break lose, so I have to wonder
: if some of the metal toxicity might also be
: a result of mercury from crumbling amalgum.
:
: At any rate, whatever the cause, heaping servings
: of Cilantro and a supplement of selenium seem
: to be keeping it in check.
: I plan to look into Chlorella which also is
: purported to have chelating properties.
:
: sensible thing would be get a blood lead test, as you may be barking
: up the wrong tree otherwise. Or meowing.
:
: Is there genuine evidence for the chelating effects of the things you
: mention?
:
: Re nutritional supplements, lead does some of its harm by competing in
: the body with iron, calcium and zinc. Thus some of the effects can be
: reduced by increasing levels of these minerals to the upper end of
: what is healthy. In so doing one must also raise levels of the
: minerals iron, calcium and zinc compete with, to prevent deficiencies.
:
: Vitamin C is also a weak lead chelator. See wikipedia's lead poisoning
: article.
:
: But all this is only useful if you actually do have a lead problem.
: You need to find out, vague guesses arent much good.
:
:
: NT

True vague guesses aren't much good, but in my case the things
I'm doing have really made a huge difference. I was to the
point where I could hardly play the guitar. It was really weird.
I didn't really feel as though I was uncoordinated or anything,
but when I'd try to play I would miss strings that I rally thought
I was going to hit. It was like there was some kinda disconnect
from the brain to the muscles. Now I'm tearin it up again.

I suppose I should mention that I started taking L-Carnitine
and Coenzyme Q-10 also. Not because of my suspicions about
possible lead poisoning, but simply because they're suppose to
be good for cell rejuvenation in general. At my ripe old age of
52, one begins to think about such things :-)
So I suppose there's the possiblity that these supplements
mighta played a part in the turn around, dunno.

I plan to get tested fairly soon, and when I do, I'll post a follow up.


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