1 Yr lab results in- b12 = 155 yikes

For the B12 injections you actually need to put it in the muscle to have the best this is an IM ( intramuscular) injection.

So is that the thigh, or the hiney?  I do have her put it in my upper arm where I think i have muscle but with the smaller needle, it might not get there.  I know when I was diabetic during pregnancy, it was always the thigh.

Suggestions?

You can do it in the Deltoid ( upper triangle of the arm muscle below the shoulder) you can also do it in the hinney or thigh too. For very small people I usually do the hinney!!!!

Jenn

do the vials need refrigeration?  I work for a doctors office, so our nurse would give them to me...so I hit the muscle...but we don't have refrigeration capability

thanks in advance for your reply
Vicki

Vicki,

I never even thought to look at what it says but I have just kept it in my bathroom drawer.  I don't see it saying anything about refrigeration.

Anyone else have any idea?

I take the 2500mg of B-12 nearly every day.  At one year my B-12 was too high.LOL  But the dr said it was ok it wasn't way too high.  Now I take one every other day.  I am coming up on 2 years and will see how it does.  My surgeons office also recommends the Upcal-D powdered calcium.  It's not bad.  It's not flavored and you just mix it in with your water of crystal light.  YOu have to keep shaking it because it can just settle in the bottom but it has helped me to get in my calcium because I still have a hard time when I take too many pills. 

vicki.... i thought my b12 was low at 200....i am getting a shot every sunday....i am going to start the b12 sublingual also.... i have a lot of memory loss and numbness in my face, arm and leg.... i can not work right now or drive cause i dont remember where i am going....

please get with your dr asap....you need more than once a month shot.....

not sure what your iron level was....i am getting iron infusions monthly also....

i was one of those bad people thinking oh i am healthy and have maintained my weight loss i dont need my vitamins so i stopped taking them for months at a time..... and now i am dealing with these symptoms and not sure if its permanant....

take your vitmains.... daily and get more b12 in you....

thank you for the encouragement...

I am so sorry you are going thru all of this...

I have noticed my memory is not what it was... but I thought it was age + being put under 17 times this year for esophagus dilations....   both could be a factor but now I can add another piece to the puzzle.

I will contact my dr today... he was in surgery yesterday... to get my script.
thanks again...

have a great weekend
Vicki