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Entry for August 30, 2009 - Following Professional medical
advice may be risky. The advice may not have been meant for you in
your circumstances, or, in other words, the advice may have been
based on misunderstanding or incomplete knowledge.
To Illustrate what I
mean, here is a
picture of Gerbera
daisy plants I grew
from seeds planted
on the same day.
Which is the result
of following
professional advice?
As seedlings they
were equal in every
respect. But, that changed when I followed professional advice and
put one in full sun. The other I put in partial shade to fill things out in
the shady corner of my garden.
Which is which? The one grown following professional advice is on
the left. (I surmise the South Carolina professionals were thinking of
full sun with the kind of humidity they are familiar with in South
Carolina.) In my New Mexico garden the advice stunted my plant.
When it comes to health, professional medical advice is often the
same in terms of speaking to a set of knowns, as opposed to speaking
specifically to you.
For instance, low vitamin B12 can affect someone's balance, or their
blood may show the characteristic signs of anemia, or they may
become depressed, etc. For a long time doctors believed that if
someone did not have blood cell changes associated with anemia, they
could not be low in B12. That has now changed, somewhat.
Consider this email which I received a few days ago:
dangerous as too little. I had to beg for shots until a different doctor
gave me a prescription to inject myself.
Later I went to a holistic doctor who prescribed a shot a day (which
would be the same as 30mg in lozenge form). But I thought it was a
mistake so I didn't immediately begin using that much.
Once I began using 30mg of Methylcobalamin a day the changes were
far more radical (for the better) than I had ever imagined possible. For
instance, the other docs had all said my nerve damage was
"permanent" -- But, in fact it was not.
The holistic doctor said she thought 1200 was a good "low" test
reading for B12; she said she tried to keep her patients well above that.
What is little understood is that while the common B12 test measures
B12 in blood, B12 needs to be in deep tissue throughout our bodies in
order for the B12 to stop serious nerve problems. With that in mind, a
high blood test level means you are giving your body the best
opportunity to heal. It does not mean that you are healed. See
Symptoms of low B12.
If you want excellent advice to follow regarding your health, you need
to develop that advice for yourself. How? You need to keep notes on
your health so that you can see how things affect you. For instance, if
you begin using Methylcobalamin, do you experience less numbness?
is your memory better, does your tinnitus go away?
You don't need to spend a lot of time making notes. Short notes are
the easiest to review later when you want to know whether you
should continue taking certain health related steps, or go back to ones
you abandoned.
In the same way that eating meat is more healthy for someone with
type O blood, according to Eat Right for Your Blood Type, vitamin
B12 may improve your balance, while for someone else it may reduce
sensations of tingling, or episodes of tinnitus.
For me, if I forget to use B12 lozenges (Methylcobalamin) one of the
first things that happens is a nosebleed. When I was younger, my
period would be very heavy. It was my notes that helped me see this.
If I'm under a lot of stress and blocking out awareness of my body
and well being, then as time passes without me using B12 I become
extremely depressed and everything, to include the future, seems
hopeless. If I've let myself get to that extreme point, then it's
sometimes hard to remember that the problem is I'm low on B12, but
when I do grasp what's happening and use Methylcobalamin lozenges
I begin to feel improvement within hours.
advice may be risky. The advice may not have been meant for you in
your circumstances, or, in other words, the advice may have been
based on misunderstanding or incomplete knowledge.
To Illustrate what I
mean, here is a
picture of Gerbera
daisy plants I grew
from seeds planted
on the same day.
Which is the result
of following
professional advice?
As seedlings they
were equal in every
respect. But, that changed when I followed professional advice and
put one in full sun. The other I put in partial shade to fill things out in
the shady corner of my garden.
Which is which? The one grown following professional advice is on
the left. (I surmise the South Carolina professionals were thinking of
full sun with the kind of humidity they are familiar with in South
Carolina.) In my New Mexico garden the advice stunted my plant.
When it comes to health, professional medical advice is often the
same in terms of speaking to a set of knowns, as opposed to speaking
specifically to you.
For instance, low vitamin B12 can affect someone's balance, or their
blood may show the characteristic signs of anemia, or they may
become depressed, etc. For a long time doctors believed that if
someone did not have blood cell changes associated with anemia, they
could not be low in B12. That has now changed, somewhat.
Consider this email which I received a few days ago:
- "I experienced severe neurological and cognitive symptoms 20
years ago. I was misdiagnosed with psychiatric problems; then in
2000 diagnosed myself with B12 deficiency. By that time my
serum level was 38ng/L. I was treated with injections then oral
methyl-cobalamin. My deficiency was too chronic and severe
for the symptoms to improve significantly.
"I am now back to taking 1000mcg (1mg) methylcobalamin. I
was taking 5000mcg (5mg) per advice of an internet B12 doctor.
But my doctors here discouraged me from taking as much when
my B12 serum level rose to over 2000ng/L. Did a doctor advise
you to take 30000mcg (30mg)? I was treated at a major medical
institution in San Franciso and they didn't really seem to have a
clue about what B12 deficiency does to you. In fact, it's the
same institution that did NOT diagnose me for years and years."
dangerous as too little. I had to beg for shots until a different doctor
gave me a prescription to inject myself.
Later I went to a holistic doctor who prescribed a shot a day (which
would be the same as 30mg in lozenge form). But I thought it was a
mistake so I didn't immediately begin using that much.
Once I began using 30mg of Methylcobalamin a day the changes were
far more radical (for the better) than I had ever imagined possible. For
instance, the other docs had all said my nerve damage was
"permanent" -- But, in fact it was not.
The holistic doctor said she thought 1200 was a good "low" test
reading for B12; she said she tried to keep her patients well above that.
What is little understood is that while the common B12 test measures
B12 in blood, B12 needs to be in deep tissue throughout our bodies in
order for the B12 to stop serious nerve problems. With that in mind, a
high blood test level means you are giving your body the best
opportunity to heal. It does not mean that you are healed. See
Symptoms of low B12.
If you want excellent advice to follow regarding your health, you need
to develop that advice for yourself. How? You need to keep notes on
your health so that you can see how things affect you. For instance, if
you begin using Methylcobalamin, do you experience less numbness?
is your memory better, does your tinnitus go away?
You don't need to spend a lot of time making notes. Short notes are
the easiest to review later when you want to know whether you
should continue taking certain health related steps, or go back to ones
you abandoned.
In the same way that eating meat is more healthy for someone with
type O blood, according to Eat Right for Your Blood Type, vitamin
B12 may improve your balance, while for someone else it may reduce
sensations of tingling, or episodes of tinnitus.
For me, if I forget to use B12 lozenges (Methylcobalamin) one of the
first things that happens is a nosebleed. When I was younger, my
period would be very heavy. It was my notes that helped me see this.
If I'm under a lot of stress and blocking out awareness of my body
and well being, then as time passes without me using B12 I become
extremely depressed and everything, to include the future, seems
hopeless. If I've let myself get to that extreme point, then it's
sometimes hard to remember that the problem is I'm low on B12, but
when I do grasp what's happening and use Methylcobalamin lozenges
I begin to feel improvement within hours.
Following professional medical advice may be risky