Entry for May 4, 2008 - Foreclosure, doctors and Stress
Having heard a lawyer and judge in my condo foreclosure lie on the audio
transcript, it's stressful to know my home's foreclosure is going to court. I
can barely see the moons on my thumbs. Moons aren't visible at all on
my other fingernails. And, the stress affects my memory: I have forgotten
about wash in my washing machine, this blog, cooking.
Still, the methylcobalamin is helping me cope.
Here is a comment a lady wrote to me today:
I replied:
I posted the above because suicide is much more common than
homicide, but it doesn't get the same evening news coverage.
There was some news coverage recently on how many veterans are
attempting suicide and killing themselves, but as far as I have seen there is
no coverage on how deep a problem suicide is in America for the "average
person" in the average family.
If you, your child or a loved one who isn't a relative is depressed it's
important to look at their fingernails and get them on methylcobalamin if
there are ridges or no moons. Antidepressants can increase the likelihood
of suicide, B12 on the other hand is genuinely healing.
Having heard a lawyer and judge in my condo foreclosure lie on the audio
transcript, it's stressful to know my home's foreclosure is going to court. I
can barely see the moons on my thumbs. Moons aren't visible at all on
my other fingernails. And, the stress affects my memory: I have forgotten
about wash in my washing machine, this blog, cooking.
Still, the methylcobalamin is helping me cope.
Here is a comment a lady wrote to me today:
I replied:
I posted the above because suicide is much more common than
homicide, but it doesn't get the same evening news coverage.
There was some news coverage recently on how many veterans are
attempting suicide and killing themselves, but as far as I have seen there is
no coverage on how deep a problem suicide is in America for the "average
person" in the average family.
If you, your child or a loved one who isn't a relative is depressed it's
important to look at their fingernails and get them on methylcobalamin if
there are ridges or no moons. Antidepressants can increase the likelihood
of suicide, B12 on the other hand is genuinely healing.
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Entry for December 24, 2007
This is my ten year anniversary since I began having regular B12
replacement therapy... It was momentous. I need to find a way to
describe what happened over these years so that people see how
important vitamin B12 is.
This is my ten year anniversary since I began having regular B12
replacement therapy... It was momentous. I need to find a way to
describe what happened over these years so that people see how
important vitamin B12 is.
Entry for December 25, 2007- B12 is connected to all our nerves
200 people visited my Fingernail-lines page today and only six looked
at my page explaining about vitamin B12. So I've clearly failed to make
between spinal cord damage and insufficient vitamin B12 in the body.
But, despite the fact that knowledge of the relationship between vitamin
B12 and our nervous system has been there for decades, doctors tend not
to look for vitamin B12 deficiencies, nor treat them.
There are three main reasons for this: 1. the range used to identify a
deficiency varies greatly and the low normal is so low that many people
who could be saved from nerve deterioration are not because their B12 is
not low enough to register alarm or even notice by their physician; 2.
there are misconceptions about vitamin B12, for instance one doctor told
me that I could not be B12 deficient because I was not a vegetarian... she
completely ignored that my mother had pernicious anemia, an advanced
form of vitamin B12 deficiency, (vitamin B12 deficiency tends to run in
families with people of certain nationalities being more prone to it than
others - for instance people of a Scandinavian origin - this does not mean
that people of other ethnic backgrounds do not have to worry, it simply
means that on the whole more Europeans will have the deficiency); 3.
there are drugs to treat many of the symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency
and doctors seem to have a predilection for prescribing expensive drugs.
To me, it is an extreme shame that doctors gravitate toward expensive
drugs rather than a relatively cheap vitamin when one of the things that
depletes vitamin B12 is stress and anxiety.
What I mean is that if someone is sick because they are worried about
money and finances, and they go to the doctor and are prescribed an
expensive drug, then the prescription will be stressful and will cause some
harm simply because of the stress and increased anxiety about money.
I know that one doctor I was seeing prescribed Serafem, a Prozac look
alike marketed to women for PMS. I'm way past PMS age, but still was
prescribed this drug, and, when I was reluctant to take an antidepressant
because of my experience a decade earlier when after a few months on an
antidepressant I had gained a lot of weight and lost a lot of hair -- which in
itself is depressing -- so, the doctor told me that the side affect of this
antidepressant was weight loss.
She failed to say that it could also cause incontinence and that it was
contraindicated for people with certain blood disorders. B12 deficiency is,
in many cases, a blood disorder because it can cause blood cells to get
abnormally large.
For a few weeks the antidepressant was heaven. I was ecstatically happy.
Which, being a bit extreme, probably should have been a warning sign.
Then, all of a sudden, there was incontinence and I was scared. I went
back to the doctor with the pamphlet from the prescription which said this
could happen and that Serafem shouldn't be prescribed if there were
"hematological" conditions. When I handed her the pamphlet, she glanced
at it, threw it in the trash and turned it around: Did I want to have
depression? It was my choice!
I am staggered even today to think that anyone would think that an
antidepressant that causes weight gain, hair loss, and/or incontinence is
going to be anything other than a cause of depression in the long run.
In fact, when someone is low on vitamin B12 there is a high likelihood
that they will be depressed. Depression is one, actual symptom of low
B12.
I fear that I've still not made the correct point, which is that vitamin B12
is something that features in the way our bodies work. It could be
compared to the oil in a car... if the oil runs out, then the engine can be
ruined for good.
Vitamin B12 is something that's a small part, but vital. It works on a level
in our bodies that affects our balance, our mood, our sense of touch, or
pain level, all of our nerves, whether they are our optic or auditory
nerves, or the tiny nerves in our feet that tell us we have been injured and
need to take steps not to get an infection or disease from the injury.
Maybe this would make it clear: doctors look at things from the
perspective of there being thousands of different disorders, they try to
match us and our symptoms to particular disorder; my view and the view
which I hope you adopt is that there are a few things in our bodies that
have a big impact. Similar to the systems in a house: the electricity, the
plumbing, the roofing. These are big time items. If the electricity goes out,
we want to replace the fuse or reset it, we don't go from lamp to lamp
looking for the problem.
B12 is like electricity. If we begin to have numbness (a bit of an outage)
or if we begin to have tingling and then painful tingling (a bit like a shock)
then we need to do something. We can go to a doctor and run up a bill
which will run down our internal B12 supplies if we are in a position of
having to worry about money, or we can take a serious look at our
fingernails and see if they show any indications that we are low on B12.
If our fingernails show ridges or lack of moons, then we have a duty to
our health to look at a comprehensive list of symptoms of low B12 and if
some of those fit, then we have a duty to buy Methylcobalamin and take
it for two months, recording our symptoms day by day so that we can see
what it has or has not done for us.
That is a duty we have to ourselves, and failing that duty we can lose
feeling in our feet, we can lose our memories, we can lose our health in
myriad ways.
I want to be clear, if you have symptoms of low B12, if you have
depression, then you have a duty to yourself to buy Methylcobalamin and
take it and see if it resolves your problems for you.
And, while I would love for you to buy it via my site, I want you to know
that I am writing this because it is so important and I want people to know
this. You can buy methylcobalamin at your health food store, but you
must get the methylcobalamin form because of how complicated B12 is.
For that reason it would be most efficient for you to buy it from my site.
That way you will get the right kind. But, if you are afraid I am only
writing this for profit, then the important thing is for you to not worry and
buy it where your fear level will be least stressful for you.
200 people visited my Fingernail-lines page today and only six looked
at my page explaining about vitamin B12. So I've clearly failed to make
- clear why if someone has ridges on their fingernails it is
vital for them to understand what the ridges mean.
Darn it!
Okay, here's why it's so important: vitamin B12 is
intimately connected with our nerves. When our nerves
are happy and working properly we have less pain, our
eye sight is sharper, our hearing is clear and we don't
have a ringing in our ears.
Many years ago before they discovered how vitamin B12
works there were autopsies in which it was discovered
that the nerves in the spinal column were badly
between spinal cord damage and insufficient vitamin B12 in the body.
But, despite the fact that knowledge of the relationship between vitamin
B12 and our nervous system has been there for decades, doctors tend not
to look for vitamin B12 deficiencies, nor treat them.
There are three main reasons for this: 1. the range used to identify a
deficiency varies greatly and the low normal is so low that many people
who could be saved from nerve deterioration are not because their B12 is
not low enough to register alarm or even notice by their physician; 2.
there are misconceptions about vitamin B12, for instance one doctor told
me that I could not be B12 deficient because I was not a vegetarian... she
completely ignored that my mother had pernicious anemia, an advanced
form of vitamin B12 deficiency, (vitamin B12 deficiency tends to run in
families with people of certain nationalities being more prone to it than
others - for instance people of a Scandinavian origin - this does not mean
that people of other ethnic backgrounds do not have to worry, it simply
means that on the whole more Europeans will have the deficiency); 3.
there are drugs to treat many of the symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency
and doctors seem to have a predilection for prescribing expensive drugs.
To me, it is an extreme shame that doctors gravitate toward expensive
drugs rather than a relatively cheap vitamin when one of the things that
depletes vitamin B12 is stress and anxiety.
What I mean is that if someone is sick because they are worried about
money and finances, and they go to the doctor and are prescribed an
expensive drug, then the prescription will be stressful and will cause some
harm simply because of the stress and increased anxiety about money.
I know that one doctor I was seeing prescribed Serafem, a Prozac look
alike marketed to women for PMS. I'm way past PMS age, but still was
prescribed this drug, and, when I was reluctant to take an antidepressant
because of my experience a decade earlier when after a few months on an
antidepressant I had gained a lot of weight and lost a lot of hair -- which in
itself is depressing -- so, the doctor told me that the side affect of this
antidepressant was weight loss.
She failed to say that it could also cause incontinence and that it was
contraindicated for people with certain blood disorders. B12 deficiency is,
in many cases, a blood disorder because it can cause blood cells to get
abnormally large.
For a few weeks the antidepressant was heaven. I was ecstatically happy.
Which, being a bit extreme, probably should have been a warning sign.
Then, all of a sudden, there was incontinence and I was scared. I went
back to the doctor with the pamphlet from the prescription which said this
could happen and that Serafem shouldn't be prescribed if there were
"hematological" conditions. When I handed her the pamphlet, she glanced
at it, threw it in the trash and turned it around: Did I want to have
depression? It was my choice!
I am staggered even today to think that anyone would think that an
antidepressant that causes weight gain, hair loss, and/or incontinence is
going to be anything other than a cause of depression in the long run.
In fact, when someone is low on vitamin B12 there is a high likelihood
that they will be depressed. Depression is one, actual symptom of low
B12.
I fear that I've still not made the correct point, which is that vitamin B12
is something that features in the way our bodies work. It could be
compared to the oil in a car... if the oil runs out, then the engine can be
ruined for good.
Vitamin B12 is something that's a small part, but vital. It works on a level
in our bodies that affects our balance, our mood, our sense of touch, or
pain level, all of our nerves, whether they are our optic or auditory
nerves, or the tiny nerves in our feet that tell us we have been injured and
need to take steps not to get an infection or disease from the injury.
Maybe this would make it clear: doctors look at things from the
perspective of there being thousands of different disorders, they try to
match us and our symptoms to particular disorder; my view and the view
which I hope you adopt is that there are a few things in our bodies that
have a big impact. Similar to the systems in a house: the electricity, the
plumbing, the roofing. These are big time items. If the electricity goes out,
we want to replace the fuse or reset it, we don't go from lamp to lamp
looking for the problem.
B12 is like electricity. If we begin to have numbness (a bit of an outage)
or if we begin to have tingling and then painful tingling (a bit like a shock)
then we need to do something. We can go to a doctor and run up a bill
which will run down our internal B12 supplies if we are in a position of
having to worry about money, or we can take a serious look at our
fingernails and see if they show any indications that we are low on B12.
If our fingernails show ridges or lack of moons, then we have a duty to
our health to look at a comprehensive list of symptoms of low B12 and if
some of those fit, then we have a duty to buy Methylcobalamin and take
it for two months, recording our symptoms day by day so that we can see
what it has or has not done for us.
That is a duty we have to ourselves, and failing that duty we can lose
feeling in our feet, we can lose our memories, we can lose our health in
myriad ways.
I want to be clear, if you have symptoms of low B12, if you have
depression, then you have a duty to yourself to buy Methylcobalamin and
take it and see if it resolves your problems for you.
And, while I would love for you to buy it via my site, I want you to know
that I am writing this because it is so important and I want people to know
this. You can buy methylcobalamin at your health food store, but you
must get the methylcobalamin form because of how complicated B12 is.
For that reason it would be most efficient for you to buy it from my site.
That way you will get the right kind. But, if you are afraid I am only
writing this for profit, then the important thing is for you to not worry and
buy it where your fear level will be least stressful for you.
Entry for January 7, 2008 - Batteries and nerves are similar
I can't use my computer so far today because my ruined batteries don't
hold much charge and so far there's snow not sunshine. But, this is good
because I've been wanting to address the similarities between out nervous
systems and batteries.
I would not have seen this similarity if my batteries had not been ruined,
so in a way there is a blessing to be found in this otherwise costly problem.
Here is the picture: I had four batteries, each 183 amp hours. That's a lot
of storage capacity. Way more than I need to use my computer every
day, have a small 15 amp DayLight flourescent light on, and maybe an
hour or two of telly, as well as the phone. That covers my electric needs.
But when winter was coming on and I thought about how to heat, I saw
that I had never used so much as ten percent of the stored energy in my
batteries, so I decided I could use maybe 15% of their capacity to heat
some Crock Pots for warmth. And, I began to do that.
I was well within the safe limit according to my battery monitor when my
inverter began to beep. That's not good, and I wasn't expecting it. I ran to
make sure I'd read the battery monitor correctly, and I had, it showed that
I was still within safe limits.
But the fact was that I was not.
Now, this is similar to our nerves in several ways. First of all, we are
constantly told to push ourselves, "No pain, no gain." I saw a pbs telly
program on people pushing themselves to be in a marathon and actually
fracturing their bones and being told they were doing a good thing, and
they themselves feeling as if enduring the pain and making this ultimate
effort was a good thing.
That is a misleading kind of program, of which there are many. Why
would it be good to hurt your body? How long does it take to heal? and
does it heal completely? Look at Evel Kneivel... he died quite young
having sustained a lot of injuries. Do we look at him and say to ourselves,
"Gosh, that's the way I want to live my life. That was a wise choice he
made." No, we don't. But in smaller ways we sign on to the myth that
pain is good for our bodies and minds.
Pain is a warning sign. It's like a STOP sign. Disobey at your own risk.
Do you see the relationship? For my batteries I bought a monitor so that I
would have a warning that would prevent me from using too much of the
power in my batteries, and thereby ruining them. But the monitor didn't
work and now my batteries are ruined and don't hold enough of a charge
to run my 60 watt computer for a whole day.
When we are not told of the dangers of running our bodies too hard, and
wearing them out, we can and often do exactly that: wear them out.
Where vitamin B12 fits in, is that it is like a recharge to our nerves. It
keeps them from getting burned out. But we have to remember to take it,
and to do that we have to know why it's important to take it.
Someone objected yesterday to my constant mention of B12. She said it
was like being told by television ads not to smoke, that it made you want
to smoke all the more.
I can see that, too. But the thing is that it is so serious and people are so
unaware of how easily they can do damage to their bodies that will, in the
end, keep them from being able to do the things they love, or keep them
from doing them without pain.
We think of our bodies as constantly rechargeable. We don't think of
them not taking a charge anymore because we over used them. But that is
what happens. My batteries were good for seven to ten years, except now
they don't take a charge that will get me through one whole day... and
there's no reserve for a snowy day like today.
When we use up our bodies, when we work late for our employer, or see
one more account, or make one more dish for dinner, all of those things
that at the end of the day are a challenge to complete, we use up energy
that is not necessarily renewable.
It is only renewable if we don't drain our reserves past a certain point.
With batteries the best thing to do is not to use more then 25% of the
stored energy, certainly not half.
So, in a day when we have 24 hours, if we work for 8 that is using 33%
of our stored energy. If we then go out with friends or sit in front of the
telly and relax, we begin replenishing our energy store.
But more likely than not what we really do is work longer than 8 hours
and from work we fight our way home in traffic and at home begin the
tasks that keep home tidy. So, slowly but surely we are running our Crock
Pots, so to speak, on energy we only think we have.
Add into the mix that once we begin to wear ourselves down sleeping
becomes difficult, we can begin to see how we can ruin ourselves just
about as quickly as I ruined my batteries by using them when I thought it
was okay, but it really wasn't.
What B12 does, is replace some of what our bodies use when we over
use our bodies. It keeps us from running too low and doing serious
damage to our nerves. It keeps us from shortening the enjoyableness of
our life span.
I can't use my computer so far today because my ruined batteries don't
hold much charge and so far there's snow not sunshine. But, this is good
because I've been wanting to address the similarities between out nervous
systems and batteries.
I would not have seen this similarity if my batteries had not been ruined,
so in a way there is a blessing to be found in this otherwise costly problem.
Here is the picture: I had four batteries, each 183 amp hours. That's a lot
of storage capacity. Way more than I need to use my computer every
day, have a small 15 amp DayLight flourescent light on, and maybe an
hour or two of telly, as well as the phone. That covers my electric needs.
But when winter was coming on and I thought about how to heat, I saw
that I had never used so much as ten percent of the stored energy in my
batteries, so I decided I could use maybe 15% of their capacity to heat
some Crock Pots for warmth. And, I began to do that.
I was well within the safe limit according to my battery monitor when my
inverter began to beep. That's not good, and I wasn't expecting it. I ran to
make sure I'd read the battery monitor correctly, and I had, it showed that
I was still within safe limits.
But the fact was that I was not.
Now, this is similar to our nerves in several ways. First of all, we are
constantly told to push ourselves, "No pain, no gain." I saw a pbs telly
program on people pushing themselves to be in a marathon and actually
fracturing their bones and being told they were doing a good thing, and
they themselves feeling as if enduring the pain and making this ultimate
effort was a good thing.
That is a misleading kind of program, of which there are many. Why
would it be good to hurt your body? How long does it take to heal? and
does it heal completely? Look at Evel Kneivel... he died quite young
having sustained a lot of injuries. Do we look at him and say to ourselves,
"Gosh, that's the way I want to live my life. That was a wise choice he
made." No, we don't. But in smaller ways we sign on to the myth that
pain is good for our bodies and minds.
Pain is a warning sign. It's like a STOP sign. Disobey at your own risk.
Do you see the relationship? For my batteries I bought a monitor so that I
would have a warning that would prevent me from using too much of the
power in my batteries, and thereby ruining them. But the monitor didn't
work and now my batteries are ruined and don't hold enough of a charge
to run my 60 watt computer for a whole day.
When we are not told of the dangers of running our bodies too hard, and
wearing them out, we can and often do exactly that: wear them out.
Where vitamin B12 fits in, is that it is like a recharge to our nerves. It
keeps them from getting burned out. But we have to remember to take it,
and to do that we have to know why it's important to take it.
Someone objected yesterday to my constant mention of B12. She said it
was like being told by television ads not to smoke, that it made you want
to smoke all the more.
I can see that, too. But the thing is that it is so serious and people are so
unaware of how easily they can do damage to their bodies that will, in the
end, keep them from being able to do the things they love, or keep them
from doing them without pain.
We think of our bodies as constantly rechargeable. We don't think of
them not taking a charge anymore because we over used them. But that is
what happens. My batteries were good for seven to ten years, except now
they don't take a charge that will get me through one whole day... and
there's no reserve for a snowy day like today.
When we use up our bodies, when we work late for our employer, or see
one more account, or make one more dish for dinner, all of those things
that at the end of the day are a challenge to complete, we use up energy
that is not necessarily renewable.
It is only renewable if we don't drain our reserves past a certain point.
With batteries the best thing to do is not to use more then 25% of the
stored energy, certainly not half.
So, in a day when we have 24 hours, if we work for 8 that is using 33%
of our stored energy. If we then go out with friends or sit in front of the
telly and relax, we begin replenishing our energy store.
But more likely than not what we really do is work longer than 8 hours
and from work we fight our way home in traffic and at home begin the
tasks that keep home tidy. So, slowly but surely we are running our Crock
Pots, so to speak, on energy we only think we have.
Add into the mix that once we begin to wear ourselves down sleeping
becomes difficult, we can begin to see how we can ruin ourselves just
about as quickly as I ruined my batteries by using them when I thought it
was okay, but it really wasn't.
What B12 does, is replace some of what our bodies use when we over
use our bodies. It keeps us from running too low and doing serious
damage to our nerves. It keeps us from shortening the enjoyableness of
our life span.
Entry for January 14, 2008 - Not all B12 helps
A friend sent me this B12 chart joke. I laughed. But I was sad to think
the B12 he bought at the store
probably wouldn't work or help.
I say that because after I tried
to kill myself in 1997 a doctor
sent me a bill that said I had
"profound" B12 anemia, but
no one had mentioned that to
me at the hospital.
When I asked about "profound
B12 anemia" at the clinic where
I was going, they said I should
have a B12 shot, so I agreed.
But it was $25 and one of the
things that was extremely
stressful at that time was having
little money...
So I thought, well, instead of asking for another shot when it's so
expensive, I'll go to K-Mart and get some B12 vitamin pills. Seemed like a
good idea to me.
I remembered that B vitamins work as a complex and if you take too
much of one it can make an imbalance that acts as a deficiency of one or
more of the others, so I got a MEGA B. Not the strongest one, but the
middle range one.
I went home and took several an hour with a lot of tea. It's important to
have a lot of liquid with vitamins, aspirin, Advil, prescription drugs, etc.
Over the next few weeks I went through a couple of bottles, and they
were large bottles.
The two things that happened next were very telling.
1. It was fall here in Santa Fe and the chamisa was in full, brilliant yellow
bloom, EVERYWHERE. So that usually meant sneezing, runny nose,
itchy eyes and throat... sometimes my forehead would swell and I'd look
Mongoloid. But that year, nothing. For the first time I could walk up to a
chamisa shrub, put my nose into the flowers and smell them... and it was
great. No sneezing, no discomfort. That made me WAY happy.
2. When the clinic wanted me to have another B12 test, I was delighted
because I was sure that if all the B vitamins made my allergies go away,
that my B12 level was going to be fine and dandy. But... No. Not at all. It
was entirely unchanged.
That's how I know that cyanocobalamin in the "B12" from most stores is
not going to work.
The cyanocobalamin in shots works because of how much there is. I
know it works, and that's my guess why it works. So, you have to
remember to get Methylcobalamin. That works. Taking it works just as
well as the B12 shots.
I think the "B12" in stores may work for really young people without
much damage. It worked for a 17 year old girl I worked with. But
ordinarily it is a disappointment and it can make it seem as if B12 is not as
powerful as I, among others, say it is.
A friend sent me this B12 chart joke. I laughed. But I was sad to think
the B12 he bought at the store
probably wouldn't work or help.
I say that because after I tried
to kill myself in 1997 a doctor
sent me a bill that said I had
"profound" B12 anemia, but
no one had mentioned that to
me at the hospital.
When I asked about "profound
B12 anemia" at the clinic where
I was going, they said I should
have a B12 shot, so I agreed.
But it was $25 and one of the
things that was extremely
stressful at that time was having
little money...
So I thought, well, instead of asking for another shot when it's so
expensive, I'll go to K-Mart and get some B12 vitamin pills. Seemed like a
good idea to me.
I remembered that B vitamins work as a complex and if you take too
much of one it can make an imbalance that acts as a deficiency of one or
more of the others, so I got a MEGA B. Not the strongest one, but the
middle range one.
I went home and took several an hour with a lot of tea. It's important to
have a lot of liquid with vitamins, aspirin, Advil, prescription drugs, etc.
Over the next few weeks I went through a couple of bottles, and they
were large bottles.
The two things that happened next were very telling.
1. It was fall here in Santa Fe and the chamisa was in full, brilliant yellow
bloom, EVERYWHERE. So that usually meant sneezing, runny nose,
itchy eyes and throat... sometimes my forehead would swell and I'd look
Mongoloid. But that year, nothing. For the first time I could walk up to a
chamisa shrub, put my nose into the flowers and smell them... and it was
great. No sneezing, no discomfort. That made me WAY happy.
2. When the clinic wanted me to have another B12 test, I was delighted
because I was sure that if all the B vitamins made my allergies go away,
that my B12 level was going to be fine and dandy. But... No. Not at all. It
was entirely unchanged.
That's how I know that cyanocobalamin in the "B12" from most stores is
not going to work.
The cyanocobalamin in shots works because of how much there is. I
know it works, and that's my guess why it works. So, you have to
remember to get Methylcobalamin. That works. Taking it works just as
well as the B12 shots.
I think the "B12" in stores may work for really young people without
much damage. It worked for a 17 year old girl I worked with. But
ordinarily it is a disappointment and it can make it seem as if B12 is not as
powerful as I, among others, say it is.
Entry for January 15, 2008 - Micro-organisms and Immunity
My StumbleUpon friend, Patrick, asked me this morning what I think of
Bruno Comby's book, Maximize Immunity which receives Wayne
Green's praise, "This book may possibly change your life. It might even
save your life... particularly if you are struggling with an immunity-related
illness."
I agree with Comby that raw foods are good for us and remember a news
report of correlation between cancer and the degree of darkness our foods
reach in cooking (whether slightly browned or crispy at the edges with a
bit of burning.) The news may in fact have derived from Comby's work.
But my feeling overall is that what "raw" basically means is more
likelihood that microorganisms are alive and well in what we eat.
Because immunity is of such huge importance to all of us, this is a timely
topic. I just feel that talk of immunity without mention of microorganisms
leaves a lot of what is essential unsaid.
In today's supermarkets we have an array of beautiful fruits and
vegetables to choose from, but most of those choices are grown using
chemicals rather than microorganisms for "fertilizer."
I am sad to say that my grandfather, as president of the American Farm
Bureau Federation, decades ago contributed to the problem of
spectacularly beautiful produce that is lackluster in nutrition. Think of it as
PhotoShopped food... it really catches the eye, but deep down it's not real
-ly what our bodies need.
In the old days fertilizer was organic. Manure was plowed into fields.
Today chemicals are strewn on fields for quick growth and insect death.
But to be healthy we need enormous numbers of microorganisms in our
digestive tracts... and if the good microorganisms get outnumbered by the
bad, then we can no longer get B12 or magnesium from our food because
the bad microorganisms are keeping our stomachs from producing gastric
acid which is essential in releasing B12 and magnesium from food.
Taking a probiotic helps retore the natural balance. Taking vitamin C
helps kill off the bad microorganisms like h.pylori, and vitamin C also
helps free magnesium and B12 from food.
If at all possible, it's a good idea to grow a bit of your own food and
compost to enrich the soil for your garden. (My polish grandfather who
did that lived decades longer than my "more successful" grandfather....
Those are my thoughts on this.
My StumbleUpon friend, Patrick, asked me this morning what I think of
Bruno Comby's book, Maximize Immunity which receives Wayne
Green's praise, "This book may possibly change your life. It might even
save your life... particularly if you are struggling with an immunity-related
illness."
I agree with Comby that raw foods are good for us and remember a news
report of correlation between cancer and the degree of darkness our foods
reach in cooking (whether slightly browned or crispy at the edges with a
bit of burning.) The news may in fact have derived from Comby's work.
But my feeling overall is that what "raw" basically means is more
likelihood that microorganisms are alive and well in what we eat.
Because immunity is of such huge importance to all of us, this is a timely
topic. I just feel that talk of immunity without mention of microorganisms
leaves a lot of what is essential unsaid.
In today's supermarkets we have an array of beautiful fruits and
vegetables to choose from, but most of those choices are grown using
chemicals rather than microorganisms for "fertilizer."
I am sad to say that my grandfather, as president of the American Farm
Bureau Federation, decades ago contributed to the problem of
spectacularly beautiful produce that is lackluster in nutrition. Think of it as
PhotoShopped food... it really catches the eye, but deep down it's not real
-ly what our bodies need.
In the old days fertilizer was organic. Manure was plowed into fields.
Today chemicals are strewn on fields for quick growth and insect death.
But to be healthy we need enormous numbers of microorganisms in our
digestive tracts... and if the good microorganisms get outnumbered by the
bad, then we can no longer get B12 or magnesium from our food because
the bad microorganisms are keeping our stomachs from producing gastric
acid which is essential in releasing B12 and magnesium from food.
Taking a probiotic helps retore the natural balance. Taking vitamin C
helps kill off the bad microorganisms like h.pylori, and vitamin C also
helps free magnesium and B12 from food.
If at all possible, it's a good idea to grow a bit of your own food and
compost to enrich the soil for your garden. (My polish grandfather who
did that lived decades longer than my "more successful" grandfather....
Those are my thoughts on this.
Entry for February 3, 2008 - Low B12 enhances worries
Allergies! Have you had your first sneeze of the Spring? I sneezed twice
today, and I knew immediately that I'd better write about allergies and B
vitamins. My blog about allergies continues below.
Right here, right now, I want to share an email I just wrote:
Allergies! Have you had your first sneeze of the Spring? I sneezed twice
today, and I knew immediately that I'd better write about allergies and B
vitamins. My blog about allergies continues below.
Right here, right now, I want to share an email I just wrote:
"The thing about low B12 is that ... gosh, how to say this... it sort of
enhances worries because the deficiency reduces how many solutions
come to mind.
When I couldn't remember anything I was able to look at actual things
and arrange them aesthetically, like on my web site. What I mean is,
creativity can come to the fore when the intellectual part of our brain
is not supporting us as well as it might, for instance if there is low B12.
In terms of your daughter's white spots on her nails, I have read that
low magnesium is associated with the white spots. I am inclined to
think that is true. The curious thing is that magnesium is nearly as
hard to get from food, actually it is as hard to get from food as B12
is. It's a complicated process. So, you might try giving her a
magnesium capsule or tablet with her food.
I've been having a lot of magnesium since I learned that I was losing
bone in my jaws from all the Advil I was taking, and in the last year,
since I started taking quite a lot of magnesium, my body has begun
working a lot better, in a lot more healthy way.
Magnesium supports nerves, too (in addition to Methylcobalamin).
enhances worries because the deficiency reduces how many solutions
come to mind.
When I couldn't remember anything I was able to look at actual things
and arrange them aesthetically, like on my web site. What I mean is,
creativity can come to the fore when the intellectual part of our brain
is not supporting us as well as it might, for instance if there is low B12.
In terms of your daughter's white spots on her nails, I have read that
low magnesium is associated with the white spots. I am inclined to
think that is true. The curious thing is that magnesium is nearly as
hard to get from food, actually it is as hard to get from food as B12
is. It's a complicated process. So, you might try giving her a
magnesium capsule or tablet with her food.
I've been having a lot of magnesium since I learned that I was losing
bone in my jaws from all the Advil I was taking, and in the last year,
since I started taking quite a lot of magnesium, my body has begun
working a lot better, in a lot more healthy way.
Magnesium supports nerves, too (in addition to Methylcobalamin).
Back to Allergies. This is the time to begin taking a B vitamin complex to
prepare yourself NOT to have allergies, if you tend to have them.
Before I knew anything about vitamin B12, I was told I was "profoundly
B12 anemic." I thought I could take vitamin tablets and recover, the same
way one recovers from iron deficiency anemia by taking iron tablets.
I bought a MegaB vitamin in the mid range of potency and took a couple
an hour with a lot of tea, water, coffee, or other liquids. I did that for a
few bottles worth over a couple of months, then was given another B12
test. Well, my B12 level was unchanged, much to my chagrin.
However, shortly after that our Santa Fe Chamisa came into full, yellow,
pollen laden bloom. This tended to be one of my worst seasons every
year because I had such horrible allergies. Once I was trying to write a
contract for some people who wanted to buy a home I'd shown them, and
my nose was running so badly that it was almost impossible to write, I
was that busy wiping my nose.
Well, after all the B vitamins I had NO allergies. It seemed impossible that
I would not have them, since I'd had them nearly my entire life. Yet the
fact was I was not sneezing, my eyes weren't itching and neither was my
throat.
I decided to put it to the ultimate test: I went up to a Chamisa, bent my
head to the masses of yellow flowers and drew in a deep whiff -- that was
a first! And nothing, no sneezing, no discomfort.
So, I highly recommend a B vitamin with all of the Bs in it. Don't take as
many as I did in the beginning, that was more than necessary. Take three
a day, maybe four. You will get a feel for it, I think.
I have been using the Jarrow with perfect success. (It's about the middle
of the page, scrolling down.) You want to be sure to have a lot of liquid
with them.
Entry for February 7, 2008
I am happy and amazed at how things work. I have been having a hard
time doing a complaint against the developer/Realtor who had a condo
built over a privy pit and then sold it to me, and against the lawyers who
lied in court at the hearing after my condo had been foreclosed and sold
without proper notice to me. (If you are facing foreclosure, just know that
the lawyers, even ones you hire, may say untrue things in court, and
unless you check yourself, this will work against you in the most insidious
way. My appeal brief talks about this.)
So, what's the amazing, happy making thing? I just received a website
comment that makes me smile to know that I am being helpful and useful.
I'm posting it because it helps make clear how a B12 problem can exist
and sort of sneak by... under your radar.
I am happy and amazed at how things work. I have been having a hard
time doing a complaint against the developer/Realtor who had a condo
built over a privy pit and then sold it to me, and against the lawyers who
lied in court at the hearing after my condo had been foreclosed and sold
without proper notice to me. (If you are facing foreclosure, just know that
the lawyers, even ones you hire, may say untrue things in court, and
unless you check yourself, this will work against you in the most insidious
way. My appeal brief talks about this.)
So, what's the amazing, happy making thing? I just received a website
comment that makes me smile to know that I am being helpful and useful.
I'm posting it because it helps make clear how a B12 problem can exist
and sort of sneak by... under your radar.
"I don't know how to start or end or even what to write here! I guess
I just really need to let you know how much you helped me! I
developed a b12 deficiency and thought I was turning into an absolute
loon because at the time I had never heard of it and didn't understand
why I was so sad, too tired to even SHOWER, went down to 100
pounds, unable to cook for myself, and generally freaking out along
with so many other things!
While looking up symptoms I found out about b12 deficiencies and
that my medication (minocycline) had probably caused it, and started
taking cyanocobalamin because that was what the b12 vitamins in my
cabinet were made from. After a week I somehow managed to feel
worse, not to mention that I had moments where I would just
completely lose it. I figured then that it couldn't be a b12 problem
since I was taking it.
Around that time I noticed some odd black things under my nails that
I couldn't wash off and that the moons were gone and my nails were
very rough. I looked it up online and found your page! At first I was
somewhat annoyed because I knew it couldn't be a b12 problem, but
then I saw your writings on methylcobalamin and also how you still
suffer to this day because your doctors didn't take you seriously.
Immediately afterwards I got myself to the Doctor's and made clear
what I thought the problem was, and that I needed to be taken very
seriously because I didn't want any damage to be permanent.
Thankfully I have a wonderful Doctor who was more than helpful,
and now I feel a good deal better!
If it wasn't for your page about fingernails and methylcobalamin, I
wouldn't have gone to the Doctor's (health insurance problems) and
would have just gotten worse. I really can't even begin to describe
how thankful I am to you, I could gush about it for ages! I hope you
realize what an incredible person you are, and how much you've
helped others while still dealing with your own problems.
I wish you the absolute best in life, which you more than deserve!
You are a saint, and I will do everything in my power to point others
towards your website. Thank you again for the billionth time, I do not
doubt for one moment that you have saved me a lot of future pain
and problems!"
Name withheld.
I just really need to let you know how much you helped me! I
developed a b12 deficiency and thought I was turning into an absolute
loon because at the time I had never heard of it and didn't understand
why I was so sad, too tired to even SHOWER, went down to 100
pounds, unable to cook for myself, and generally freaking out along
with so many other things!
While looking up symptoms I found out about b12 deficiencies and
that my medication (minocycline) had probably caused it, and started
taking cyanocobalamin because that was what the b12 vitamins in my
cabinet were made from. After a week I somehow managed to feel
worse, not to mention that I had moments where I would just
completely lose it. I figured then that it couldn't be a b12 problem
since I was taking it.
Around that time I noticed some odd black things under my nails that
I couldn't wash off and that the moons were gone and my nails were
very rough. I looked it up online and found your page! At first I was
somewhat annoyed because I knew it couldn't be a b12 problem, but
then I saw your writings on methylcobalamin and also how you still
suffer to this day because your doctors didn't take you seriously.
Immediately afterwards I got myself to the Doctor's and made clear
what I thought the problem was, and that I needed to be taken very
seriously because I didn't want any damage to be permanent.
Thankfully I have a wonderful Doctor who was more than helpful,
and now I feel a good deal better!
If it wasn't for your page about fingernails and methylcobalamin, I
wouldn't have gone to the Doctor's (health insurance problems) and
would have just gotten worse. I really can't even begin to describe
how thankful I am to you, I could gush about it for ages! I hope you
realize what an incredible person you are, and how much you've
helped others while still dealing with your own problems.
I wish you the absolute best in life, which you more than deserve!
You are a saint, and I will do everything in my power to point others
towards your website. Thank you again for the billionth time, I do not
doubt for one moment that you have saved me a lot of future pain
and problems!"
Name withheld.
Happy making, indeed! Not just because of how very nice it is in relation
to me, but because it's so dynamite to know that someone has been saved
future pain and problems. Happiness!
to me, but because it's so dynamite to know that someone has been saved
future pain and problems. Happiness!
Entry for February 8, 2008
Yesterday a woman I used to work with when I was a Realtor stopped
over to visit. It was near dusk and my candles were beginning to glow.
She said she was worried when she'd read my web site about me heating
with candles.
Today she called and said she was near Target, did I want her to bring me
some candles? (I'm running low on the tall, pillar candles that give the
most heat and that I use to cook and heat water for coffee and tea.)
I replied that I hated to have her buy them there as they would be so
much more expensive than the ones I order on line, and next week I
should have the money to order them.
Then, her voice changed and she said how glad she was to see how cute
my tent is, and that she was really relieved to see how cute I have it.
Yesterday a woman I used to work with when I was a Realtor stopped
over to visit. It was near dusk and my candles were beginning to glow.
She said she was worried when she'd read my web site about me heating
with candles.
Today she called and said she was near Target, did I want her to bring me
some candles? (I'm running low on the tall, pillar candles that give the
most heat and that I use to cook and heat water for coffee and tea.)
I replied that I hated to have her buy them there as they would be so
much more expensive than the ones I order on line, and next week I
should have the money to order them.
Then, her voice changed and she said how glad she was to see how cute
my tent is, and that she was really relieved to see how cute I have it.
"That's my old Realtor
instinct," I laughed in reply.
We agreed that it's getting
warmer out, and I told her I
was marshaling most of my
candles into my bathroom so
that I can wash my hair for
my disability doctor
appointment tomorrow.
She said she hoped I would
get it, and soon. I said I did,
too. She said she'd pray for
me, and I thought how neat it
is when things look good
instinct," I laughed in reply.
We agreed that it's getting
warmer out, and I told her I
was marshaling most of my
candles into my bathroom so
that I can wash my hair for
my disability doctor
appointment tomorrow.
She said she hoped I would
get it, and soon. I said I did,
too. She said she'd pray for
me, and I thought how neat it
is when things look good
and inspire more beauty... I think prayer and offers of kindness are kinds
of beauty.
So, I took a picture of the candles in my bathroom, a few of them, at
least. The picture doesn't convey how beautiful it is in my bathroom by
candlelight.
of beauty.
So, I took a picture of the candles in my bathroom, a few of them, at
least. The picture doesn't convey how beautiful it is in my bathroom by
candlelight.
Entry for February 10, 2008 - Methylcobalamin heals diabetic
neuropathy... and heaviness in the legs
I received two interesting emails in the last few hours. One relates to how
methylcobalamin heals diabetic neuropathy in cats, which had
interested me when I ran across a web site about it. (I've put added the
site to my Useful Websites page.)
However, when the site owner responded to my email I learned that she
had a LOT of experience with cats and methylcobalamin and I began to
wonder if her observations and accummulated knowledge about
thousands of cats responding to methylcobalamin could be called
"research". After all, research is frequently conducted on animals (often to
their detriment, but in this case for their betterment.)
Laurie, the site owner, reported that cats that could barely walk because
of the neuropathy were healed with the use of methylcobalamin. She
reported that some of the cats received 25mg of methylcobalamin a day.
What is astonishing and WONDERFUL about that is that it is exactly
what I found when I got rid of my peripheral neuropathy when I was
having a B12 shot a day, which is about the same as 25 to 30 mg of
methylcobalamin a day taken by lozenge.
Not "exactly", because a cat is tiny and I am 6 feet tall and heavy.
If you don't have diabetes or know anyone with it to whom you can
extend this information, think of it this way: everything is a continuum, so,
if you have a bit of tingling or numbness now that is not the end of it.
Some numbness can, over time, progress into something debilitating. (For
instance, my peripheral neuropathy caused me not to feel a small injury to
my toe that led to tetanus.)
I'll put Laurie's email message about the "thousands" of cats on my page
about Fingernails and Vitamin B12 Deficiency.
The other email was from my friend Tena and is about an "new"
neurological disease showing up in Minnesota... that is characterized by
heaviness in the legs... which reminded me of the kitties and their
neuropathy... and I wondered if anyone was telling the affected people in
Minnesota about vitamin B12 in the form of methylcobalamin and how it
can regenerate nerves.
neuropathy... and heaviness in the legs
I received two interesting emails in the last few hours. One relates to how
methylcobalamin heals diabetic neuropathy in cats, which had
interested me when I ran across a web site about it. (I've put added the
site to my Useful Websites page.)
However, when the site owner responded to my email I learned that she
had a LOT of experience with cats and methylcobalamin and I began to
wonder if her observations and accummulated knowledge about
thousands of cats responding to methylcobalamin could be called
"research". After all, research is frequently conducted on animals (often to
their detriment, but in this case for their betterment.)
Laurie, the site owner, reported that cats that could barely walk because
of the neuropathy were healed with the use of methylcobalamin. She
reported that some of the cats received 25mg of methylcobalamin a day.
What is astonishing and WONDERFUL about that is that it is exactly
what I found when I got rid of my peripheral neuropathy when I was
having a B12 shot a day, which is about the same as 25 to 30 mg of
methylcobalamin a day taken by lozenge.
Not "exactly", because a cat is tiny and I am 6 feet tall and heavy.
If you don't have diabetes or know anyone with it to whom you can
extend this information, think of it this way: everything is a continuum, so,
if you have a bit of tingling or numbness now that is not the end of it.
Some numbness can, over time, progress into something debilitating. (For
instance, my peripheral neuropathy caused me not to feel a small injury to
my toe that led to tetanus.)
I'll put Laurie's email message about the "thousands" of cats on my page
about Fingernails and Vitamin B12 Deficiency.
The other email was from my friend Tena and is about an "new"
neurological disease showing up in Minnesota... that is characterized by
heaviness in the legs... which reminded me of the kitties and their
neuropathy... and I wondered if anyone was telling the affected people in
Minnesota about vitamin B12 in the form of methylcobalamin and how it
can regenerate nerves.
"mortgage meltdown" reflects horrendous lack of morality in financial
and legal ends of real estate.
and legal ends of real estate.
"I thank God that I did not listen to the doctors. I questioned 3
doctors they all said my b12 levels were fine. As you said the USA is
way too low for the level of B12. My depression is better, there was a
time when I really thought that I was going to die. The one thing I
wanted to ask you is once you started your shots did you have
good days when you thought you were so much better and then
out of nowhere some of the same symptoms were back. This
seems to be a pattern for me. I wanted to know is that normal. I get
very discouraged somtimes but with Gods help I will keep pluging on.
Take care and I hpoe you have had a good day."
doctors they all said my b12 levels were fine. As you said the USA is
way too low for the level of B12. My depression is better, there was a
time when I really thought that I was going to die. The one thing I
wanted to ask you is once you started your shots did you have
good days when you thought you were so much better and then
out of nowhere some of the same symptoms were back. This
seems to be a pattern for me. I wanted to know is that normal. I get
very discouraged somtimes but with Gods help I will keep pluging on.
Take care and I hpoe you have had a good day."
I think that it is very hard to get enough B12 when there is a lot of
stress.
Last night I had a nightmare about losing my home and garden, and
today I felt horrible, physically, mentally, emotionally.
I've had a hard time getting my moons back. They were coming back
and then the foreclosure lawyers sent some papers and I was so
stressed again. That's why I say to have more shots ... or get the
lozenges so that you can start building up on that.
I realize that I should handle the stress better, but ... it gets me down.
The moons on my thumbs are so faint I can barely make them out.
What I am saying is that if you are under a lot of stress, then it is more
tricky to recover.
When you say you thought you were going to die, are you saying you
think that if you had not found the B12 information that you too would
have tried to kill yourself? (the way I wrote you that I had)
I for sure no longer feel that way. My memory is much better and I
am able to think of other things to do.
But, depression is not the first thing to clear up. I think that has to do
with pathways in our brains: When our B12 is low we burn certain
pathways very deeply into our brains because we aren't thinking a lot
of different things. The deficiency reduces the number of things we
think, so we think a few things too repetitively.
As we recover and create more pathways, we are less likely to think
about killing ourselves. But it's not fast because of how deep the
damage goes.
And thank you, it was a good day. I worked in my garden. That
always makes me happy. I so want to be able to keep my home and
garden.
stress.
Last night I had a nightmare about losing my home and garden, and
today I felt horrible, physically, mentally, emotionally.
I've had a hard time getting my moons back. They were coming back
and then the foreclosure lawyers sent some papers and I was so
stressed again. That's why I say to have more shots ... or get the
lozenges so that you can start building up on that.
I realize that I should handle the stress better, but ... it gets me down.
The moons on my thumbs are so faint I can barely make them out.
What I am saying is that if you are under a lot of stress, then it is more
tricky to recover.
When you say you thought you were going to die, are you saying you
think that if you had not found the B12 information that you too would
have tried to kill yourself? (the way I wrote you that I had)
I for sure no longer feel that way. My memory is much better and I
am able to think of other things to do.
But, depression is not the first thing to clear up. I think that has to do
with pathways in our brains: When our B12 is low we burn certain
pathways very deeply into our brains because we aren't thinking a lot
of different things. The deficiency reduces the number of things we
think, so we think a few things too repetitively.
As we recover and create more pathways, we are less likely to think
about killing ourselves. But it's not fast because of how deep the
damage goes.
And thank you, it was a good day. I worked in my garden. That
always makes me happy. I so want to be able to keep my home and
garden.
Entry for May 6, 2008 - B12 lozenges work differently
Today a woman wrote to me:
I wrote back explaining that B12 in lozenges is absorbed differently:
Today a woman wrote to me:
I wrote back explaining that B12 in lozenges is absorbed differently:
I was very dizzy yeaterday, today my right hand in numb. I had a
shot last night so I hope that will help. I thought about taking some
orally but my problem is I am not absorbing the B12. Right now I
am taking a lot of Vit.c as well to build up to do a vit. c flush. Have
you ever did one of those. My Dr. says it will help some of my
problems. I hope you are feeling well today. I know for me somedays
are better than others. I just try to enjoy the good ones and somehow
make it through the rough ones.
shot last night so I hope that will help. I thought about taking some
orally but my problem is I am not absorbing the B12. Right now I
am taking a lot of Vit.c as well to build up to do a vit. c flush. Have
you ever did one of those. My Dr. says it will help some of my
problems. I hope you are feeling well today. I know for me somedays
are better than others. I just try to enjoy the good ones and somehow
make it through the rough ones.
The thing with lozenges is that the methylcobalamin goes right into
your body via the membrane under your tongue. So it doesn't matter
if you don't have intrinsic factor or another absorption problem.
Methylcobalamin is the form of B12 our bodies make out of liver, if
we eat liver. Since it's the same kind of B12 as the end product of our
body's work with raw ingredients, it goes right to work. Only you still
have to use 1mg a day for a month to equal a shot.
I'm unclear what a vitamin C flush consists of.
I was taking about 30 grams of vitamin C a day for quite a long time.
It controlled a bad infection I had. Now I am taking 8 to 10 grams a
day.
If you have diabetes then a lot of vitamin C can pose a risk of heart
problems, because of some gene. If you don't have the gene then it's
no problem, but if you have diabetes and you don't know about the
gene (and how would the average person know?) then I would be a
careful about taking a lot of C. (More about vitamin C.)
After you begin using Methylcobalamin you will begin to feel hugely
better and there will be a lot fewer of the really rough days. But it
takes awhile because the B12 has to go back into deep tissue where it
was slowly lost over a long time, probably a lot longer than you were
aware of, because in the beginning the changes aren't that noticeable.
My moons are peeping back and my eyesight is clearer today, and
there was less numbness in my hands, and I can flex my toes.
your body via the membrane under your tongue. So it doesn't matter
if you don't have intrinsic factor or another absorption problem.
Methylcobalamin is the form of B12 our bodies make out of liver, if
we eat liver. Since it's the same kind of B12 as the end product of our
body's work with raw ingredients, it goes right to work. Only you still
have to use 1mg a day for a month to equal a shot.
I'm unclear what a vitamin C flush consists of.
I was taking about 30 grams of vitamin C a day for quite a long time.
It controlled a bad infection I had. Now I am taking 8 to 10 grams a
day.
If you have diabetes then a lot of vitamin C can pose a risk of heart
problems, because of some gene. If you don't have the gene then it's
no problem, but if you have diabetes and you don't know about the
gene (and how would the average person know?) then I would be a
careful about taking a lot of C. (More about vitamin C.)
After you begin using Methylcobalamin you will begin to feel hugely
better and there will be a lot fewer of the really rough days. But it
takes awhile because the B12 has to go back into deep tissue where it
was slowly lost over a long time, probably a lot longer than you were
aware of, because in the beginning the changes aren't that noticeable.
My moons are peeping back and my eyesight is clearer today, and
there was less numbness in my hands, and I can flex my toes.
Entry for May 12, 2008 - How much B12? How long to improve?
Here is a good email and answer I want to share:
I replied:
Here is a good email and answer I want to share:
I replied:
"Glad to find your sight on nails. I have had moonless ridgy nails for
years and they are jagged on the sides from the splitting. I started
doing b-12 shots at the docs office about 6 months ago and did not
know that there was a correlation between the two. I have some of
the other symptoms as well. I was wondering how often do you give
yourself the shots and can I just go to walmart and get these shots
over the counter or do I have to have a script? My doc never
mentioned that I could get the shots that way. What is the best
sublingual to get (brand)?How much? My pointer fingers are rather
smooth with a moon on the left one and a slight hint on the right one.
Thumbs have a slight moon each and maybe a resemblance of one on
my right middle finger. The ridges are still prominent and I can’t tell
to what degree because I had been filing a buffing them to get the
ridges out. Any tips, comments or just plain old sharing would be
much appreciated. I guess my biggest question is how much b-12 do
I need and how long does it take to see a difference? Seems like
one negative incidence can and will set one back. Is this a daily
monitoring ? Blessings
years and they are jagged on the sides from the splitting. I started
doing b-12 shots at the docs office about 6 months ago and did not
know that there was a correlation between the two. I have some of
the other symptoms as well. I was wondering how often do you give
yourself the shots and can I just go to walmart and get these shots
over the counter or do I have to have a script? My doc never
mentioned that I could get the shots that way. What is the best
sublingual to get (brand)?How much? My pointer fingers are rather
smooth with a moon on the left one and a slight hint on the right one.
Thumbs have a slight moon each and maybe a resemblance of one on
my right middle finger. The ridges are still prominent and I can’t tell
to what degree because I had been filing a buffing them to get the
ridges out. Any tips, comments or just plain old sharing would be
much appreciated. I guess my biggest question is how much b-12 do
I need and how long does it take to see a difference? Seems like
one negative incidence can and will set one back. Is this a daily
monitoring ? Blessings
I'm glad you found my site, too. :)
To buy injectable cyanocobalin at Wal*Mart you need a prescription.
It is really cheap; I haven't purchased it in awhile since I switched to
methylcobalamin lozenges, but when I did buy it, it was something
like $5.98 a bottle, and that's 30 shots. So it's really cheap to give
yourself the shots. Needles ran about 26 cents each, you have to have
a new needle for each shot.
I use the Source Naturals lozenges, 5mg ones, that I have on my site.
Using one 5mg a day for a month equals, at the end of the month, a
shot a week, and then a little bit more.
I use several lozenges a day, and more when there is a lot of stress.
It appears that stress uses up B12, so if you are experiencing a lot of
stress, then use more to counteract it.
In terms of how much B12 you can or should have, it's really good to
take notes so you can see how it works for you, and then build on
that.
I had very bad peripheral neuropathy which did not improve with a
shot a month or even a shot every two weeks. I was told by my
doctor that it was permanent, and to get used to it.
But then when I had tetanus and was having a shot a day, sometimes
two, the peripheral neuropathy went away.
Now when there is a lot of stress I get twinges. That tells me that
even though I use a lot of methylcobalamin, I need more under stress.
B12 is supposed to be in all of our tissue. When we run low it is
slowly depleted from places deep in our bodies. It's slow to replace,
too, that's why watching our fingernails can be helpful: You know
how slowly your fingernails grow, well, that's also about the speed at
which B12 can be replaced and it isn't all replaced at once, it's a very
slow process.
But while it is slow, it is a sure way to recover from many MANY
different health problems.
Did you look at my page with pictures of my nails over a period of
time? It shows how ridges look as they begin to grow out, and it
shows that the moons come and go, having so much to do with stress.
I have been trying really hard to stay on top of the stress here, and
today I can just begin to see the moons on my thumbs come back,
but they are not very clear, and there is huge stress. So it's going to be
a battle to take in enough methylcobalamin for my body to use
without using that which has been slowly stored in less stressful times.
I hope this helps. :)
To buy injectable cyanocobalin at Wal*Mart you need a prescription.
It is really cheap; I haven't purchased it in awhile since I switched to
methylcobalamin lozenges, but when I did buy it, it was something
like $5.98 a bottle, and that's 30 shots. So it's really cheap to give
yourself the shots. Needles ran about 26 cents each, you have to have
a new needle for each shot.
I use the Source Naturals lozenges, 5mg ones, that I have on my site.
Using one 5mg a day for a month equals, at the end of the month, a
shot a week, and then a little bit more.
I use several lozenges a day, and more when there is a lot of stress.
It appears that stress uses up B12, so if you are experiencing a lot of
stress, then use more to counteract it.
In terms of how much B12 you can or should have, it's really good to
take notes so you can see how it works for you, and then build on
that.
I had very bad peripheral neuropathy which did not improve with a
shot a month or even a shot every two weeks. I was told by my
doctor that it was permanent, and to get used to it.
But then when I had tetanus and was having a shot a day, sometimes
two, the peripheral neuropathy went away.
Now when there is a lot of stress I get twinges. That tells me that
even though I use a lot of methylcobalamin, I need more under stress.
B12 is supposed to be in all of our tissue. When we run low it is
slowly depleted from places deep in our bodies. It's slow to replace,
too, that's why watching our fingernails can be helpful: You know
how slowly your fingernails grow, well, that's also about the speed at
which B12 can be replaced and it isn't all replaced at once, it's a very
slow process.
But while it is slow, it is a sure way to recover from many MANY
different health problems.
Did you look at my page with pictures of my nails over a period of
time? It shows how ridges look as they begin to grow out, and it
shows that the moons come and go, having so much to do with stress.
I have been trying really hard to stay on top of the stress here, and
today I can just begin to see the moons on my thumbs come back,
but they are not very clear, and there is huge stress. So it's going to be
a battle to take in enough methylcobalamin for my body to use
without using that which has been slowly stored in less stressful times.
I hope this helps. :)
Entry for July 9, 2009 - Vitamin B12 for healthy nerves, keen mind
Last year when Tim Russert died I was sure he had died because of some
aspect of low vitamin B12. But in preparation for blogging about it I
found this picture of him which shows he had great moons, very clear
even from the distance in this photo. It stopped me in my tracks.
with our use of our minds to their fullest potentials.
I also mean that when moms-to-be are stressed and their B12 is used up
in the daily struggle of existence, their in uterus babies suffer from a
deprivation of B12, needed for them to develop healthy minds and nerves.
So, when well-meaning pro-lifers create stress they may be hurting the
unborn by condemning them to a life of mental disability, and even
physical disability due to the impact of stress lowering a mother's B12
levels which in turn impacts the fetus she is carrying.
Research published on March 2, 2009 says that vitamin B12 can prevent
birth defects. I've excerpted the research on my Methylcobalamin page.
Tolerance is one way to reduce stress and prevent B12 from being
depleted. Support for people in difficult positions can do a lot of good in
real, physical ways. Quiet support may prevent not just vitamin B12
depletion and resultant birth defects, but it might also make it possible for
a mum-to-be to choose to keep her baby rather than have an abortion: All
with good as the focus. Talking about abortion as murder is not good.
Last year when Tim Russert died I was sure he had died because of some
aspect of low vitamin B12. But in preparation for blogging about it I
found this picture of him which shows he had great moons, very clear
even from the distance in this photo. It stopped me in my tracks.
- The clarity of his
moons drives home to
me how vitamin B12
plays a role in our nerve
health and in our brain
function: Tim Russert
was very bright, and
exhibited his keen mind
every week on his show.
Now I think about how
people with the best
minds may also have
some of the highest B12
levels.
No, I don't mean that
B12 makes us smart,
with our use of our minds to their fullest potentials.
I also mean that when moms-to-be are stressed and their B12 is used up
in the daily struggle of existence, their in uterus babies suffer from a
deprivation of B12, needed for them to develop healthy minds and nerves.
So, when well-meaning pro-lifers create stress they may be hurting the
unborn by condemning them to a life of mental disability, and even
physical disability due to the impact of stress lowering a mother's B12
levels which in turn impacts the fetus she is carrying.
Research published on March 2, 2009 says that vitamin B12 can prevent
birth defects. I've excerpted the research on my Methylcobalamin page.
Tolerance is one way to reduce stress and prevent B12 from being
depleted. Support for people in difficult positions can do a lot of good in
real, physical ways. Quiet support may prevent not just vitamin B12
depletion and resultant birth defects, but it might also make it possible for
a mum-to-be to choose to keep her baby rather than have an abortion: All
with good as the focus. Talking about abortion as murder is not good.
Entry for September 15, 2009 - Your health is unique
You realize that your health is not the same as that of your neighbor, best
friend, or even your mother and father. But, are you still inclined to take a
doctor's advice which is basically the same for all of those people?
The advice may be excellent for your neighbor, not bad for your mother,
and not good at all for you.
To illustrate, lets look at my bamboo and begonia. They both need water.
Each can flourish only if it is given water. But, when I water my bamboo
and my begonia
the same amount,
one or the other
suffers because
the bamboo
needs lots of
water while the
begonia drops
its flowers if its
soil is stays damp.
My point here
relates to vitamin
B12: If a doctor decides someone is deficient, then the treatment is the
same for everyone, a shot a month. It would be far better if anyone with
symptoms of low B12 used Methylcobalamin and kept notes to discover
what amount of replacement is right for them, individually.
You realize that your health is not the same as that of your neighbor, best
friend, or even your mother and father. But, are you still inclined to take a
doctor's advice which is basically the same for all of those people?
The advice may be excellent for your neighbor, not bad for your mother,
and not good at all for you.
To illustrate, lets look at my bamboo and begonia. They both need water.
Each can flourish only if it is given water. But, when I water my bamboo
and my begonia
the same amount,
one or the other
suffers because
the bamboo
needs lots of
water while the
begonia drops
its flowers if its
soil is stays damp.
My point here
relates to vitamin
B12: If a doctor decides someone is deficient, then the treatment is the
same for everyone, a shot a month. It would be far better if anyone with
symptoms of low B12 used Methylcobalamin and kept notes to discover
what amount of replacement is right for them, individually.
Entry for April 18, 2010 - The most false thing I say to myself
Way too often I say to myself, "Just this one more thing and I'll be all
done." In truth there is no All done.
It's hard to stop doing things, even when I can feel that I'm getting too
tired I still say, "Just this one more." And that's even though I know that
when I stop and rest I can accomplish hugely more because my body
doesn't give out on me as quickly.
I am reminded that when I was 4 or 5 I invited a little boy I was playing
with in to have just one cherry from the pie my mother had made for
company. We each had a cherry that we fished out from the lattice work
top crust. Then we had just one more. I kept saying, we can have one. In
the end there wasn't one cherry left in the pie -- at which point I had an
inkling of dismay.
50 years later at my great aunt's funeral in Oceanside an older couple
asked me, are you Karen Kline? I said yes. They said I'd gotten their son
to eat all the cherries in my mother's pie. They didn't mention that it was
fifty years earlier. They remembered as if it were yesterday.
So, all in all, I think the "just one" phrase is fraught with danger... (...lol...)
The above is from a series of tweets, that ended, "I think I'm going to
take all those last few twitters & put them together on my blog page~But
first I need to do just one more thing outside." 11:14 AM Apr 13th via web
Way too often I say to myself, "Just this one more thing and I'll be all
done." In truth there is no All done.
It's hard to stop doing things, even when I can feel that I'm getting too
tired I still say, "Just this one more." And that's even though I know that
when I stop and rest I can accomplish hugely more because my body
doesn't give out on me as quickly.
I am reminded that when I was 4 or 5 I invited a little boy I was playing
with in to have just one cherry from the pie my mother had made for
company. We each had a cherry that we fished out from the lattice work
top crust. Then we had just one more. I kept saying, we can have one. In
the end there wasn't one cherry left in the pie -- at which point I had an
inkling of dismay.
50 years later at my great aunt's funeral in Oceanside an older couple
asked me, are you Karen Kline? I said yes. They said I'd gotten their son
to eat all the cherries in my mother's pie. They didn't mention that it was
fifty years earlier. They remembered as if it were yesterday.
So, all in all, I think the "just one" phrase is fraught with danger... (...lol...)
The above is from a series of tweets, that ended, "I think I'm going to
take all those last few twitters & put them together on my blog page~But
first I need to do just one more thing outside." 11:14 AM Apr 13th via web
Entry for June 22, 2010 - Changing beliefs to change weight
Changing, while probably always possible, seems to pit me against
beliefs I've held for so long that they seem like the very piers supporting
my life. And yet, I know they're not. I know that my Roman Catholic
beliefs, "inculcated" from home, Catholic grade school and Catholic
high school must be measured against Monsignor Finucan giving me my
first kiss, in grade school, -- with the admonition not to tell. Because I
didn't tell I have no idea what group of young girls I fall into, or girls
and boys. At this point I am sure "group" is the proper word because I
doubt very much I was his sole interest.
What does this have to do with weight loss, which is what I want to talk
about? Very simply, I have beliefs about weight loss that have been
fundamental in my life for a long time. The fact is that my beliefs fail
when I measure them against what I have experienced, but still my
beliefs persist.
It would little matter that incorrect beliefs persist except that they make
it hard for me to continue doing the things I know work. It's puzzling
that things I know work can be undermined by beliefs of mine which
are obviously wrong if they are in conflict with what I know works.
Basically, I know that exercising three minutes a day caused me to lose
about five pounds (or an inch) a month. I went from 280 to 229. That
is a fact. But I don't believe it the way I believe that I can't lose weight
because illness has made me too sedentary.
I would like to change how I feel about what I know. I would like to
trust what I know and be less a prisoner of my beliefs.
Changing, while probably always possible, seems to pit me against
beliefs I've held for so long that they seem like the very piers supporting
my life. And yet, I know they're not. I know that my Roman Catholic
beliefs, "inculcated" from home, Catholic grade school and Catholic
high school must be measured against Monsignor Finucan giving me my
first kiss, in grade school, -- with the admonition not to tell. Because I
didn't tell I have no idea what group of young girls I fall into, or girls
and boys. At this point I am sure "group" is the proper word because I
doubt very much I was his sole interest.
What does this have to do with weight loss, which is what I want to talk
about? Very simply, I have beliefs about weight loss that have been
fundamental in my life for a long time. The fact is that my beliefs fail
when I measure them against what I have experienced, but still my
beliefs persist.
It would little matter that incorrect beliefs persist except that they make
it hard for me to continue doing the things I know work. It's puzzling
that things I know work can be undermined by beliefs of mine which
are obviously wrong if they are in conflict with what I know works.
Basically, I know that exercising three minutes a day caused me to lose
about five pounds (or an inch) a month. I went from 280 to 229. That
is a fact. But I don't believe it the way I believe that I can't lose weight
because illness has made me too sedentary.
I would like to change how I feel about what I know. I would like to
trust what I know and be less a prisoner of my beliefs.
Entry for July 4, 2010 - Brown spots, Baking Soda and Turmeric
I have been powdering baking soda on some sebacious keritosis brown
spots I have. The baking soda was making my brown spots smaller and
less intensely colored, so I thought I'd just dust it all over. Well, my
chest broke out, which is very uncommon for me. And it itched
horribly. Vaseline, alcohol, and Neosporin did no good. I found forums
where people were talking about breaking out when they exercised, and
mostly they thought it was toxins coming out. When I read that turmeric
has been used to get rid of boils, I thought I'd try that. Yesterday I put a
tablespoon of turmeric in my brown rice... and it worked. No more
itching. I'm having it in my brown rice again today because apparently
it's like Milk Thistle and good for the liver.
I have been powdering baking soda on some sebacious keritosis brown
spots I have. The baking soda was making my brown spots smaller and
less intensely colored, so I thought I'd just dust it all over. Well, my
chest broke out, which is very uncommon for me. And it itched
horribly. Vaseline, alcohol, and Neosporin did no good. I found forums
where people were talking about breaking out when they exercised, and
mostly they thought it was toxins coming out. When I read that turmeric
has been used to get rid of boils, I thought I'd try that. Yesterday I put a
tablespoon of turmeric in my brown rice... and it worked. No more
itching. I'm having it in my brown rice again today because apparently
it's like Milk Thistle and good for the liver.
Entry for September 18, 2011 - I once read that yogurt reduces
asthma symptoms significantly, so, I ate 6oz. of yogurt daily. In three
months I had few asthma attacks. Today, a new study of probiotic
bacteria found in yogurt says the Lactobacillus regulates emotional
behavior via GABA receptors in the brain with significant effect.
Javier Bravo at University College Cork in Ireland, fed normal lab mice
a diet full of probiotics, then tested for significant behavioral changes.
When probiotic-fed mice were stressed by being dropped into a pool of
water, they were less anxious and released less stress hormone. When
researchers snipped the nerve connecting gut to brain it stopped changes.
health problems are. Stress appears to help bad bacteria like h.pylori
flourish in the gut, resulting in an inability to absorb vitamin B12.
Interestingly, in 2008 a study from the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre,
University College Cork, Cork, Ireland showed that Lactobacillus
inhibited the growth of h.pylori.
asthma symptoms significantly, so, I ate 6oz. of yogurt daily. In three
months I had few asthma attacks. Today, a new study of probiotic
bacteria found in yogurt says the Lactobacillus regulates emotional
behavior via GABA receptors in the brain with significant effect.
Javier Bravo at University College Cork in Ireland, fed normal lab mice
a diet full of probiotics, then tested for significant behavioral changes.
When probiotic-fed mice were stressed by being dropped into a pool of
water, they were less anxious and released less stress hormone. When
researchers snipped the nerve connecting gut to brain it stopped changes.
health problems are. Stress appears to help bad bacteria like h.pylori
flourish in the gut, resulting in an inability to absorb vitamin B12.
Interestingly, in 2008 a study from the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre,
University College Cork, Cork, Ireland showed that Lactobacillus
inhibited the growth of h.pylori.
http://www.health-boundaries-bite.com
- Your fingernails reflect your health --
Learn some warning signs --
- Karen Kline
