Just like those with copper toxicity.  As I understand it from my
conventional
doctors, copper mimics estrogen in the body, too much copper does a
variety
of damage -- after I "got the lead out"  I felt much better, using
oral DMSA chelation
prescribed by a conventional doctor.   Now I am anxious to get the
rest of the gunk out!!

I understand that people that have heavy metal (Nickel is a real bad
boy), problems,
a lot have skin problems on their feet, and hands.  I have some
problems from copper;
but not like if I eat cheese or drink milk---then my hands and feet
peel.  I am not lactose
intolerant; I have a milk allergy.  I was never a huge milk fan, even
as a kid; except Buttermilk,
so giving up milk was not something that bothered me, because I drank
so very little of it
anyways.  And for some silly reason, ice cream does not bother me like
milk, or cheese do.
I understand that heavy metals toxicity also plays havoc with
infections, and many people
get boils on their body.

I did it off and on for a summer when he got jobs that were too big
for
himself and his helper--not that I really wanted to do it, but that's
what you
do for your friends--when they need help.  My heavy metal exposures
came from working in a machine shop without proper ventiliation---no
one
knew that it was not safe --between the chemicals and dust from the
metals,
it was a real toxic environment.  The employer was really dishonest,
he had
two sets of MSDS sheets, one he let the employees read, and one he
kept
on file.  A typical shop where most of the guys had a pitcher after
work, and
smoked.  You couldn't be around either of those with several of the
chemicals
within a 72 hour period--that was the part he cut off.    I only
suspected the
chemicals after DOW Chemical sent me the real MSDS, and compared it to
the copy I had received--and noticed the "chop job," and remembering
how
I would have one glass of wine with dinner on occasion, and be out of
my mind drunk.  And
ofcourse in those days I smoked, as did the guys that worked in the
shop.  There
were always people getting flu like symptoms that refused to go away;
and guys
would tell me that it would take one beer and they would get so rip
roaring drunk,
that they couldn't understand  how which such a little amount of
booze.    I worked
in the office, but ofcourse, chemicals aren't smart enough to know how
to stop outside of the office
door, and my office door was often open.  How sad for the employer who
took "cheapness" over
"safety," of their employees.  The truth of the matter is that I
understand that the owner is now
very ill himself.  I emailed him a number of years ago and told him
that I forgave him, so that he didn't have guilt
riding over him the rest of this life.  I'm just blessed that I got
out of there when I did.