Jarett:

I went to 10 stores to find the methyl b-12. I went to my local GNC and they only sell the cyano. I then went on iherb.com and initially bought the 1000 mcg of the methyl b-12. After one week, I knew I wanted the bigger dosage. So this is what I bought.

Here's the link:

http://www.iherb.com/ProductDetails....1&pid=117&at=0

I sometimes take two a day. That brings me to 10,000 of the Methyl b-12. I read Rose's information and it literally brought me from burning, Pins and Needles, tingling, 24 hours a day (after my podiatrist used a vibrating tool on my toes and I went absolutel nuts), I went from that, to occasional burning.
But I'm a diabetic, and have been for 20 years. I keep my sugar stable, I don't eat what I'm not supposed to and I do whatever I can to hopefully keep my PN at bay. Not all of us can do this, but I most certainly do the best that I can.

And from reading all the information on these boards about the difference between cyano and Methyl, I know that the Methyl is what my body needs to repair my nerves. It will take some time, but it has absolutely no side effects. You can't take too much. It doesn't stay in the body and your body will take in as much as it needs. Actually it can't get enough and we need megadoses of Methyl b-12.

And forget about our physicians explaining the whole Methyl B-12 to us. They never learned about this in Medical School. Physicans (god bless them, we do need them), well they learn how to fix, not actually how to heal. That's a whole other planet to them. As an example, last month, Alan was sitting in his podiatrist office, and the head podiatrist was treating Alan. I mentioned Methyl B-12 and the doctor said "you do not need to take this unless you have Pernicious Anemia". I said "but what about what I have read about how it heals nerves (even though it takes a long time). The doctor replied "that is absolutely ridiculous, I never heard of this in medical school and I'm practicing medicine for over 30 years".

See??? they are not taught this in medical school so how can they tell us about it???? So we learn things on our own. They might not believe that we can repair our nerves, but I most certainly believe that we can. And I most sincerely believe that PN'rs know significantly more about neuropathy than most physicians.

I take this on an empty stomach first thing in the morning because B-12 is a large molecule and if there is food in your stomach when you take it, the food will aborb it and not your body, so take this on an empty stomach.

I use the losenges that I dissolve under my tongue. I don't chew it (then it would go in my stomach). This way, it dissolves under my tongue and my body absorbes as much as it can. I could probably take 30,000 a day but my bank account won't let me.

We have to learn how to monitor our own bodies, our stress levels and how to help ourselves deal with pain, and frustration.

It's baby steps but I'm on the road.

So Babs, get the Methyl b-12 and start taking it. You have nothing to lose.

Get those b-12 levels up to 4 digits.

Melody