B-12 is working (re: my neuropathy)
 

Just wanted to update all of you. I went to see the podiatrist yesterday. After he did the toes and feet stuff, I said: "Can you please do the filament thing, I want to see if my neuropathy has progressed?"

The doctor said :"How do you know about filaments"? and I explained that they did that about two years ago when I went to Cornell.

So I'm sitting there with my eyes shut and he does his filament thing. I FELT EVERYTHING.

He was pleased as punch. He said "what have you been doing?" and I responded:

"let me give you a story about B-12 and I don't mean cyanocobalimin".

Well, he just sat there and listened. He said "did you learn this from me?" and I said" No, I learned it from a website called 'NEUROTALKS"

And he said 'your feet are doing just fine".

I go back to Cornell for the big final exam (ekg, measurements, blood, etc. because my participation in the ACCORD trial ends in April).

so I just wanted to share with you some good news.

B-12 (Methyl), definitely has helped me TREMENDOUSLY.

That, and keeping a good watch on my blood sugar.

lol

Mel
 

Hi and you have been hit by a blessing or 2,such as By B12,a nice smile great
laugh. Oh and oh keep it up your hard work it's working. I haven't felt my feet in so many years,or my lower legs hands arms,but that IVIG is my blessing my hands are still slow but,to open a carton of milk for first time in 6 years. Oh what a joy,no bib {I hope} at my son's and Dr. Amy's wedding May
10th.Also not as afraid as I was when my darling grandson was born,now a new baby girl in Feb, if I can lift weights look out little girl,I have no fear of holding you. I missed 2 treatment's
we will not talk about what kept me at home just to well messy,ha!! probably
got it at the hospital,who knows,but I better see hands washed and gloves.
Mel I hogged your good news but I'm so upset,don't know what to do.

I told some people here my fear that my insurance might not
let me stay on it. I talked to my Dr. her nurse much better at paper work.
Oh I forgot the cleaning lady made more sence then the others. I thought who would want a job where you sit around and decide who gets the IVIG or who suffers,maybe die's. Oh I know right now the person in this bad ECONOMY
who has this job a goodpay check and perhaps a big bonus. Then I remember
my sister-in-law has had this job for years,I do not know when or how long she didn't either how long she had been a Diabetic. She was always tiny
but weighed 256 when a new Dr. gave her a very thorough exam, she was very sick,my brother called she had a stroke,The Dr.said stress,that job was getting to her I can't yell at her I love her. But she said be prepared for a
battle......Mel how much b12 do you take where do you get it. I;ll calm down Thankyou Mel from the bottom. of my heart,any body have any ideas,I was right on the 500 mark last test. Blessings to each and every one Sue

Oh I go in the hospital Monday the 29th another 5 days,those 4 little lightbulbs they punp into 10 thousand a bottle, forty thousand a day

Hi there.

I finally got this darn thing to work. Couldn't use my keyboard. Did a system restore. Just starting working again.

Let me answer your question before my computer goes down again.

I take Methyl B each morning (5000 mcgs) on an empty stomach. It really is the best thing I ever did.

I'll write again, but this computer IS NOT WORKING that well.

You take care, and hope you feel better soon.

Melody

That is just fantastic news Melody, i am wondering if you had taken Metformin for your diabetes as i believe that it can deplete B12 in some peoples system, I am sure your good control of your sugar levels has made a huge impact on your recovery as well.

Brian :)

Brian:

I was on Metformin for YEARS when I first got diagnosed. It killed my stomach. I couldn't leave the house until the afternoon. I kept going to the bathroom. I also weighed about 275 at the time. Didn't watch my diet whatsoever. Didn't take diabetes seriously AT ALL.

They tried diabeta, glyburide, Glucophage, Glucovance (this is metformin added to something else).

Nothing worked. I will never forget (about 17 years ago). I went around the corner to a new physician. She kept taking my sugar. I had blood tests. My sugar reading was 265.

The doctor looked at me and said: "Maybe, in your case, your sugar is supposed to be 265"???

A DOCTOR TOLD ME THIS!!! Do you think I was informed enough to say "are you nuts?" Thankfully, soon after I changed physicians, (but I still did not watch what I put in my mouth). My brain hadn't kicked in yet.

What changed me really was being in the ACCORD program, and even then, it took about a year. I went to a nutritionist with my husband (after he had the stent put in and had to go off of salt, and was put on metoprolol and all other kinds of meds).

We both went because I'm the cook in the house. Oh, I rarely ate beef back then. Rarely.

I remember asking the nutritionist "can we eat beef once in a while?" and I remember her saying "why on earth do you want to do that to your body"?? I said "I have no idea, I just want to know"

And she said: "Maybe once a week, IF YOU HAVE TO" I'll never forget the look on her face. She was about 35 years old and had a body to die for. I asked her "how do you maintain that body?" and she smiled and said "I work at it, believe me, I work at it'. Never forgot her. Or that conversation.

I never had any beef after that. I had really given up on beef years before but I had the occasional Romanian Tenderloin steak once in a blue moon. But after those visits to the nutritionist and we learned about the glycemic index and what we should be eating and should NOT be eating, well it all clicked in my brain.

Too bad this was when I was 55, 56 or so.

Should have done this in my 20's, but then we are really not too informed when we are young. We just grab the moment and it's all about self-gratification. What makes us feel good.

Then we develop habits which follow us around for life.

I watch the Biggest loser and I watched when, after a month on the ranch, they bring all the people into this room and they have to face a challenge. Now many of these people have already lost 25 to 30 lbs.

What is the challenge? There, in front of them, are Reese's peanut butter cups, cupcakes, pizza, fried chicken, EVERYTHING SWEET, SUGARY, AND OTHER STUFF FULL OF FAT!!

I looked at the tv and said "ewwwwww"

But when the contestants walked into that room, they were drooling. One person said "oh my god, I'm dead, this will be my downfall"

I looked over to Alan and I said in disbelief: "why is this their downfall? , They've been on the ranch, eating good stuff for 30 days, and exercising their heads off, they have detoxed their bodies". "So why is this their downfall?"

so some of them gave in, and others did not.

It's all the brain thing. This is how I look at it. The brain has to change.

And I find it absolutely amazing (and the trainer was talking about this on the last episode). Do you know that some of the people who lost their 200 or so lbs, GAINED IT ALL BACK AFTER BEING ON THE SHOW??

I said to Alan "that's because their brain didn't change, they are overweight brain in little bodies, and sure enough, the bodies caught up to the brains".

Obesity is a killer, and especially in diabetics. It's really a killer. We are surrounded by food, on tv, when we go out, I mean, IT'S JUST THERE. And all the sweet stuff.

If we don't change our brains, our bodies won't change.

It took me quite a while to get to my way of thinking.

I once read that there is only a 5% success rate for losing weight. I yo-yo'd all my life.

Thankfully, I'm not doing this any more. I grow my sprouts, (and I've even learned to bake sugar free). Didn't do that before.

I did a lot of damage to my body eating the way I used to eat. I can only hope that from now on, my new way of cooking and eating, will benefit my body and my heart and other organs.

I like this hobby (growing stuff in my kitchen). And I'm learning about new sources of protein.

My podiatrist (and you're gonna love this), told me the other day: "Melody, have you ever eaten Alligator?" and I said "what???" Alan gave him such a look I burst out laughing.

Seems he just returned from North Carolina and Alligator meat is BIG where he was visiting. He told me "when you buy Alligator meat you are only buying the tail.".

He told me to go on the internet and look it up. Gosh Darn, if the guy didn't know his Alligators. It's sold like Omaha Steaks are sold.

You can buy Alligator patties, steaks, etc. They are farm raised, have less cholesterol than chicken, have 20 grams of protein, and have 110 calories a serving.

Alan told me "don't you dare". I said "I just might".

What do you think?

Anybody here ever eat alligator meat??

lol

Yep, i believe a lot of diabetic people have issues with Metformin some do better with the ER version of it, i can't remember right now were i found a very interesting artical about insulin resistance but anyway they done some research [ in mice] that showed that inflamation caused insulin resistance not obesity, this url explains it all.
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/hea...stanceDK-L.asp

Brian :)