Tell Mayo about my supplements?
 

Should I tell Mayo about my supplements or will that impact how they treat me?

Absolute candor is imperative in any doctor-patient relationship, and should have no impact on treatment.

If anything I would think it would demonstrate interest/willingness/determination to be proactive in your care.

Doc

Mayo continues to use the old ranges for B12 going down to 200.
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

This is the new medical advice on the AAFP website to doctors written in 2003: enlarge figure 3.

http://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/0301/p979.html

Yes, do make a list of what you take and for how long.
But don't expect Mayo to care a whit about it... their website
is mostly anti-supplement, with a few exceptions.

I think your evaluation of the anatomical problem in your spine
would be the focus of their opinion.

Thank you so much. Yes, I found the supplements lacking there too.

Hopkins told me to stop taking all my supplements. They said it was a waste of my money!

Really??? How archaic and awful!

Anyone who wants to see how doctors have behaved historically about pernicious anemia, and other blood testing would find
Drawing Blood highly revealing and interesting. This book is very good. I found it on a general search on Ebay for "drawing" which I had hoped to find some affordable art supplies. Instead this book came up and I researched it and bought it. I read it 2 summers ago and it was a real eye opener. Don't know if it is still on Ebay, but it is on the "used book" function at Amazon.
I believe I was "led" to it by Karma, or angels or whatever is out there guiding us sometimes! It is quite the education!
The historical data on Mayo alone is worth getting this book!
You will be surprised at the revelations about doctors back
then.

http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Blood-...=Drawing+blood

It is on Google books too.
Please note that there are many vampire books out now with this same title. The medical book is authored by Keith Wailoo.

It also contains quite a bit about the trivialization of women and minorities. Doctors still do not understand today, about B12 and some other nutrients that support the nervous system.

That wonderful B12 YouTube was pulled after several months I am sorry to say. So I can no longer link to it.
edit.... it is back... here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvEizypoyO0
It was pulled into private status for several months. So maybe it was updated or edited?

Lucky for us... B12 information is documented on the net by some knowledgeable doctors, The DNA methylation testing is growing more common and helping those with MTHFR polymorphisms and it remains OTC for patients to buy inexpensively and self medicate after testing. I certainly don't know of many pennies a day cures out there. B12 and now, Vit D3 are pennies a day! And Methylfolate is back OTC after the greedy Merck company tried to make it RX only (they stopped selling it to OTC suppliers for a few years)!

in my opinion John Hopkins has lost all its credibility. this is but one example

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/...ndustry-defeat

I am not surprised.... The medical schools continue to be run by old and politically poisoned greedy men. That article is horrific!

Thanks for putting it up.

You should tell them. It CAN affect how they treat you; they just would want to monitor for you drug/supplement interactions. Too much or too little of a supplement can be harmful or interact with your natural diet, or your medications.

That is terrible. My dermatologist asked me why I was going down there for an evaluation. I said I assumed they were the best. She didn't seem to agree. She studied there and didn't seem very impressed.