Living with B12 Deficiency, Gastritis, Celiac

mskitty · 09-26-2010, 05:53 PM

HI Melody, want wto clear up what I said about neuropathy coming back in 6-12 months. Basically, my symptoms include, blurry vision, unbalanced, dizziness, numbess in extremities-which all has to due with the neurological sheath that covers the nerves which is damaged by the lack of b12. this sheath actually acts as the pathway- the message system from brain to nerves. when this is damaged due to the lack of b12, these symptoms plus many others arise. Now the neuropathy-or this sheath-can rebuild itself with enough b12 in the system. This rebuilding takes a while.. now i am not sure how long, however, i have read and my doctor mentioned a time frame of 6-12 months.

Now i have been taking my shots b12 -every 3 - 4 days for 3 months and i have just started to feel a little better. I am not falling over, i am not numb all over, my vision is better and i can eat and sleep ok. howeer, i am not 100%. In addition, i am off gluten and wheat as well. so, this is not a death sentence. bu you have to be treated and you need enough b12 and you have to look at if you are gluten sensitive and if you are -don't ingest gluten at all. doing this will bring you back. it did for me.. but like i said. i am not 100% yet.. but if i keep this pace i feel that i will come back.

i hope that i cleared this up

Quote:

Originally Posted by MelodyL

Hi. I just responded to your other thread. But I am confused about something in your post.

You wrote:

"i have read that neuropathy takes 6 -12 months to come back.
Has any one come back completely and living their normal lives? I know this is not a death sentance, but some days it sure feels like it."

What do you mean, that neuropathy takes 6-12 months to come back?

I have no idea what you mean by this sentence.

Thanks much if you can clear this up.

Melody

MelodyL · 09-26-2010, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mskitty

HI Melody, want wto clear up what I said about neuropathy coming back in 6-12 months. Basically, my symptoms include, blurry vision, unbalanced, dizziness, numbess in extremities-which all has to due with the neurological sheath that covers the nerves which is damaged by the lack of b12. this sheath actually acts as the pathway- the message system from brain to nerves. when this is damaged due to the lack of b12, these symptoms plus many others arise. Now the neuropathy-or this sheath-can rebuild itself with enough b12 in the system. This rebuilding takes a while.. now i am not sure how long, however, i have read and my doctor mentioned a time frame of 6-12 months.

Now i have been taking my shots b12 -every 3 - 4 days for 3 months and i have just started to feel a little better. I am not falling over, i am not numb all over, my vision is better and i can eat and sleep ok. howeer, i am not 100%. In addition, i am off gluten and wheat as well. so, this is not a death sentence. bu you have to be treated and you need enough b12 and you have to look at if you are gluten sensitive and if you are -don't ingest gluten at all. doing this will bring you back. it did for me.. but like i said. i am not 100% yet.. but if i keep this pace i feel that i will come back.

i hope that i cleared this up

Ah!! Now I understand.

Hope you can get your hands on Methyl B-12.

All the best

melody

glenntaj · 09-27-2010, 06:35 AM

--with large fiber nerves, the axons are still the pathway or conduit for the transmission of signals; the myelin sheathing covers the axons and acts as a focuser and insulator, keeping those signals moving at proper speeds and to proper destinations.

Demyelination will cause the axonal signals to degrade and become patchy, slow, or unreliable.

B12 deficiency can cause both meylin and the axon to degrade, though typically the myelin sheathing goes first--and the myelin is much more suscpetible to repair. If one gets to the point of axonal degredation, one has a much longer and more difficult road back.

mskitty · 10-03-2010, 01:45 PM

Great!! You really did a great job explaining this. thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by glenntaj

--with large fiber nerves, the axons are still the pathway or conduit for the transmission of signals; the myelin sheathing covers the axons and acts as a focuser and insulator, keeping those signals moving at proper speeds and to proper destinations.

Demyelination will cause the axonal signals to degrade and become patchy, slow, or unreliable.

B12 deficiency can cause both meylin and the axon to degrade, though typically the myelin sheathing goes first--and the myelin is much more suscpetible to repair. If one gets to the point of axonal degredation, one has a much longer and more difficult road back.

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