Need some helpful guidance

Hello at last,,, I have been made to sit on the naughty step by management ,for some  thing. , I see you have no time for a quick hug ????   I too am having memory loss, not a lot,,, what I had for dinner yesterday !!!! and words Didn't know if this was due to the lack of or due to B 12.. I also have found my hair thinning . so annoying.. again,, age or  B 12  Your extra shots sound useful,, where do you get them from ??? Please don't say the internet ,,, I have decided to increase my intake of fish, I do eat a lot of that ,dairy, I also eat a lot of cheese, butter .eggs, Read that beef should be included ,but can't do that.!!! Eat chicken .pork,so,, that is obviously not true,, in my case. There are only so many meals you can plough through in a day .I also endure Diverticulitis ,with a really unforgiving menu,  which cancels out the B 12  menu. Still  I battle on ,but I was told  that i had inflammation of my blood,and not a lot of answers given about it, Whether it was an add on to the Lack of  B 12 or something extra to worry about ,Do you have any info on this.

You can always send a private message ,   

HI yes I meant *quick hug!

I'd say by inflammation in your blood they mean you had high markers of inflammation, such as high C-Reactive Protein, this goes hand in hand with B12 deficiency so if you can get a handle on that you can improve the inflammation markers. I also suffer with IBS, any gut dysfunction compounds the little B12 you can absorb by food as well. Ah sorry I do get my B12 online! it's the only way as you can't purchase it OTC, as mentioned the website is in my profile, if you click on my name it says where I get it. I use it once every 2 weeks and initially did a full 10 days daily injection when I first started, my symptoms also worsened for a short time before they improved which I've read is not uncommon. So be wary for things feeling worse before they get better if you up your injections, it only lasted a couple of weeks for me and then I started to feel less physical symptoms - burning feet, sharp pains in nerves in thighs and muscle pain, lack of response when I wanted to use my hands for dexterous things, these all got a bit worse and now these symptoms have disappeared 95% for me. Don't forget to supplement with Folate (Folic Acid) with B12 as it depletes with use of B12. Hopefully your doctor will have prescribed you some Folic Acid tablets, if not do ask for some

Gosh,,, I don't have any of your probs...Which does ,in a back handed way make me feel a tad Better. I do take supplements... boring bit now !!!! calcium---- magnesium---vit D 3 --- selenium with Zinc,,, and Acidophilus  to keep my diverticulitis  happy. I suppose being a qualified wrinkly ,makes me a prime target for incurables, last count,, I have four and a few odd things thrown in . I usually wake up in the morning, wondering which bit is going to hurt today..  

P.S. Glad you are there.

Hi,,,had to laugh at the size prob with the Magnesium size. I take 2 every day ,breakfast and dinner .The Calcium come in a close runner in size.TAKE THE MAGNESIUM !!!!! they really are good '''cos they work in tandem with the B 12 and the calcium, they are three good pals. I gave up smoking , instantly, because my consultant said if I didn't .I would die. Who can resist an offer like that. The daft thing is, now,, I can't stand the smell of them. Tried to do a bit of retail therapy today, but it just seems that nobody works, the traffic was thick, and parking  non existent. so I went home, had a mug of tea and a rather large cream cake,,, very satisfying.  did manage to get to my out of town H&B to stock up,, buy one get one for a penny ,, I really like this deal. Feel normal today, a friend rang three days ago, and said the usual "how are you " really good I said, then blow me a couple of hours later felt flattened, Put it down to my  b 12 being due.  Cold today, but nice, like it better than hot stuff, xxx 

 

Hi,, where are you ???Wotcha doin' ?? how is this for nonsense ... Phoned the surgery,  said I was having  B 12 on the 4th, and could the nurse take a blood sample at the same time, to save time. No was the answer ,see what the nurse  says, and if she THE NURSE !!! thinks I need one ,she will ask the doctor.  Words, fail me .which is unusual, but such protocol, and red tape could leave a pile of dead bodies .

I went to live in Southern Ireland for 15 years, where the Health service was first class +, I was looked after with speed, and expertise and felt very safe, I returned here to take care of my mother, and my health has gone down hill from then on ,by incompetence, rudeness ,and carelessness. to such an extent that I am afraid to go to hospital ,hence the mineral and vitamin usage. 

Hello clive ,,forty five years , my sentence is only 18 months, and probably extending, i accepted it ,as I have to accept other incurables, that I seem prone to collect..having read about blood tests that happen to other people ,and not to me, I started wondering if I had a G.P who does, not bother with blood tests, or he is that good, he can see through my skin to check the state of my blood. As he casually mentioned ,when this "Thing" started ,that I had inflammation of the blood ,and one or two other bits that wasn't keeping the "Traffic flowing  , I thought it was not a serious  problem. so remained calm-ish, I do take herbal and vitamin supplements that I read would help, probably mind over matter, but I have a NO prescription drug rule, and no longer take them .apart from the B 12  Rightly or wrongly ,my health is good now that there are no side effects to combat. BUT ,,I would like a blood test to see if the inflammation has corrected itself, if only to keep my stress level down. I am due a shot on the 4th December, Shot being the operative word .I have to ask for a particular nurse to do it, as the other one is a qualified javelin thrower, who makes me yelp, leaves me with a bruise, and a swelling.

I don't have any of the  symptoms you offer for the Folate  . 

Is your life controlled by the lack of B 12 ? just read another article .that says eating more meat ,fish ,dairy , eggs ,put B 12 into your system  There's always someone ready to give forth, about what is good for us   

I had two thirds of my stomach removed at the age of 17 due to a perforated peptic ulcer. Any gastric surgery can affect the ability to absorb B12 from food and this eventually led to my diagnosis of Pernicious Anaemia in 1972.

In a normal healthy person the stomach lining has what are called "Gastric parietal cells" which produce "Intrinsic Factor" which travels with food through the small intestine which is made up of three parts - the Duodenum, the Jejunum and the Ileum..

Iron is absorbed in the Duodenum, most other nutrients in the Jejunum and our friend B12 in the Ileum.

Here the Intrinsic Factor binds to the B12 and the "B12/IF Complex" enters the cells on the wall of the Ileum after binding to receptors on the surface of the Ileal cells, allowing it to enter the blood stream.

Sadly some people with "traditional P,A." either do not produce Intrinsic Factor or if they do,they also produce an antibody which destroys it and it is then called "Autoimmune Pernicious Anaemia".

In addition it can happen that we produce "Parietal cell Antibodies" and "Intrinsic Factor Antibodies" which totally wipes out any chance of absorbing the B12.

My doctor  when she knew the diagnosis asked whether I wanted the good news or the bad news. I asked for the bad news and she said I had two years to live..  

Here I was a 30 year old married man with two daughters under six and a wife with heart problems - so what's the good news?

She said I wouldn't die within two years if a) I ate raw liver three times a day or b) had injections of cyanaocobamalin B12 injections every four weeks for the rest of my life.

I chose to have the injections....

Sadly my above doctor died on 4th November and I attended her funeral service on Wednesday together with upwards of 200 others. She left general practice in the mid late seventies specialised in psychiatry and became head of The Prison Service Psychiatric Unit looking after the welfare of prisoners. She was awarded the CB - Commander of the Order of the Bath - by the Queen for her Services to Medicine.

Despite her high profile "job" she always lived locally.

Dr. Rosemary Jane Wool (1935 - 2017) was a lovely lady who having "looked after" myself, my wife and girls asked to be allowed to play the organ for my younger daughter's wedding in 1988, writing to us afterwards to thank us for the privilege.

You can imagine the wetness in my eyes on Wednesday as I thought back to that conversation all those years ago and yes. I'm still "clivealive" and now over 75. 

Hi, just popped on to ask Google something, and there you are. Will come back to you this evening ,We have lots in common,,,

hi,, I have just spent half an hour ,probably more ,giving you my pain ,life story ,which They would not send, I sent another,, shorter one ,and that was also withheld ,,see how this one goes, Annoying to say the least

That is really annoying. 

I've learned my lesson after having been moderated (and even reprimanded) on replies I have made in the past so now, if I think I may be blocked, I highlight my post by dragging the cursor from top to bottom, right click on the text and select "copy". Then if it is blocked I send a message by clicking on the envelope next to the person's name I'm replying to and paste the copied text into that.

I will now do that with this reply. I'm always interested in reading of other's experiences.