: >: >> 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. : >: >
: >: >I thought it was mercury. : >: >>
: >: >> 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. : >: >
: >: >bet you smell funny, like an Indian or a Mexican ;P : >: >
: >: Cilantro dental odor is more than a little foul. Mixed with : >: cigarette odor and you almost puke. : >: : >: Riding the bus in North San Diego County is a nightmare when it is : >: full of Mexican illegals on their way "home" from working the local : >: farms. : >: : >: Nauseating even. The odor, and the fact that "home" is here. : >
: > Then there's the frijole factor to consider. : >
: : Como esta frijole? : : Which is a funny way of saying how have you been. :-]
Don't you mean how have you bean ?