Daniella,

Possibilities:

People actually rebuild stores and benefit more in the long run from daily B12 than from the occasional shot. So, it is possible that you actually were storing more B12 as a result of the regular B12 dose. (Remember everyone, that people with SEVERE malabsorption cannot benefit from a regular B complex, so please don't depend on it.)

So, if you malabsorb only from food (and it appears very clear that that was the case, unless your B complex contained 1000 mcg B12), you were getting plenty of B12 to rebuild stores. And it would not be unusual that your test results were better on that than the usual shot regimen.

The first test could have been inaccurate, you may not have stopped the B12 and B complex long enough before the test to get the more accurate lower reading, the unit of measure could be different.

The important thing is that you are absorbing. The false normal is not anywhere near your result. It is clear that you have been taking has been getting through.

rose