B-12...etc...etc...

Hey folks... I now asking for help...had my blood work done recently for my 1 year check up, and guess what my B-12 came back at 1.71...so does anyone have any suggestions for which B-12 to be taking...regular or sublinguals...if so what brand and dosage...never knew there were so many to choose from... I had wanted to get started with my plastic surgery when I have my hysterectomy...really wanted BL/BA and a tummy tuck... I can understand why Dr Williams would not want me to have the tummy tuck, since I had to have the emergency surgery in April for scar tissue, but was hoping he would let me have the BL/BA...guess what he said....NO...NO...BUT NO!!!! I am so upset now, I cant even think straight... He wants me to wait 18 months from WLS before I have PS...well, that puts me to having that at the earliest in December...well folks, cant do it then...not until after tax season 2007... Tax season is grueling enough when your healthy, but cant even think about doing it till after then... One reason why I am so depressed over this...I just feel like my body is so UGLY right now...loose skin every where from my shoulders to my knees... Yes, I do know that I have come along way from the 251 pound person that I once was, and that I should be happy with myself weighing in at approx. 142-144...but this has just thrown me for a LOOP!! People that did not know me back then, can not believe that I used to weigh that much, but I did... Thanks for letting me vent... Take care Norma

What brand of sublinguals do you use, and what dosage?? Norma

I am pre op and I have been taking B-12 subligual for about 3 weeks, My energy has increased and I love it. I got mine at wal-mart for under $3.00 and its a bottle of 200 I take 2 per day or 1000 mcg they are made by Rexall. Good luck Angie

Hey Norma I take the inexpensive Rexall B-12 sublingual from Walmart too. So far so good ! They are 2500 mcg and I take one per day

If there is a way to take less pills etc. daily I am all for it, so I chose to take the B-12 shots. I take ONE shot a MONTH. 1000 micrograms. I hardly feel it and it is easy for me. (Tricare pays for it too! So that is one less thing I have to pay for) Kia

Hey Norma! I take the B12 Inhaler called nascobal it is a gel, one squirt in the nostril 1 time a week and alternate nostrils. It is prescription so you have to go to the doctor for it. The last RX he wrote is for nascobal spray so I am hoping to like it better than the gel. HOWEVER, it beats facing a needle anyday! I am such a chicken about needles. I started taking this B12 2 mos post op and I am now 15 mos out and my B12 levels have been fine. As for PS, it will happen in time. I know how you feel about all the loose skin. With my clothes on I look okay, it all packs up and shifts nicely around, but remove the clothes--YIKES I have the body of a 90 year old hounddog-Shar pei mix--IT AINT PRETTY! Good luck to you--Hope to see you at a get together soon! Hugs, Kelly S

Kelly, Thanks for the idea about the inhaler...I will call my Dr's office tomorrow about that... You are right about the loose skin making you feel like a Shar pei / Hound mix...mine has been flapping so lately, I feel like a cool breeze has just blown in through the window...LOL Trust me, the plastic surgery will be happening around May 1st 2007...I will almost guarantee that... Norma