Lily,

Unfortunately, since so many medical references are decades behind, and thus even most doctors are uninformed or ill-informed, that is not unusual.

When I finally got a diagnosis (after much central nervous damage had been done), I thought that the docs who handled my case much the same as yours were unusually negligent/ignorant. After much research and years of learning how few doctors know more than old myths about B12, I learned how widespread the bad information is.

I'm glad your here and are sharing your experience.

You can put something in your medical file, and then I encourage you to get a copy of the entire file for your own records. Also keep copies of all lab reports, etc., that you can get your hands on, because often they are misrepresented, ignored, and even disappear. It's a sad state.

You might find something at my website that you can use to educate the doctor and correct the misinformation in your file.

rose