Vitamins..How important are they?

Paging Andrea U. and Dave Chambers...

They can tell you anything almost anything you need to know about the importance of vitamins. Real resident vitamin gurus, and I admire them for it.

TanyaF., that was an excellent, heartfelt, and helpful post. Everyone should take note.

Thank you so much for reposting this. What a nightmare. May I ask how you're doing now? Or is this pretty much up to date information?

Well i am not as bad as I was.  I can walk now and there are no mariachi men trying to kill me.  I still do not "feel" my limbs.  There is a constant tingling pain but I cant actually feel them.  Walking is still limited but I can get around pretty well.  From the start I was bed bound.  I have "memories" of a torture machine that they would strap me into to so that I could stand for a while.  I spent months in rehab learning to get in and out of a wheelchair/bed/toilet so being able to walk now is great.  I left there in a wheelchair, with a walker, toilet chair, shower chair, lifting belts.  Some of my meds included morphine, vicodin (the two were cycled every 2 hours) ativan (cause I was a little "lost) and a box full of needles for my 2 shots a day.

The memory loss is still the hardest thing.  It frustrates me and all my family.  They all are understanding but they have had to take on extra duties.  Dates and times are the hardest for me.  Also phone conversations are gone as soon as I hang up.  I use a big calendar to keep track of stuff and I write LOTS of notes.  I have adjusted.  Depending on others is really hard.  If I didn't have my family I would be lost.  It is scary to think about what would be if they weren't here.

I know how easy it is to excuse away why we don't take or vitamins.  I used them all.  The consequences though are so great.  Its not worth it.  I cant be a vitamin guru like some but I can tell others a personal story as to why we need them.