B12 advice

[summerseeker 2,042]

17 hours ago, Peonie said:

Interesting, it must be a UK thing then. Have you had your blood tests done then or are you still waiting? Mine are scheduled in for month 6 for the first lot. I actually went to school with the nurse at the GP surgery and she is going to look into it further with the Dr, my bariatric nurses and the pharmacist so will report back when they come back to me.

At the moment speaking to the receptionist at our doctors is a rare treat so no I never got any bloods done before yesterday. Since last June. I have a phone consult with a doctor next week about my results of yesterdays blood tests. My BP is so good maybe I can come off some tablets. I expect they will schedule bloods and results before the jab in future.

[Lisa LoVuolo 63]

I was told by my bariatric nurse to book in for my B12 injection as I am three months post op, so booked in at my GP surgery today with the instruction to have one every 6 months. Get to my GP surgery today and they think I should be having injections every other day for two weeks - both sides are holding firm on their stances.
Just wondered what everyone else's experience was?

My B12 is high

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[newnew@46 0]

Hi, jumping in on the thread I was reading that B12 makes you gain weight?? What’s you guys take or experience with these??

[Arabesque 6,998]

46 minutes ago, newnew@46 said:

Hi, jumping in on the thread I was reading that B12 makes you gain weight?? What’s you guys take or experience with these??

It seems it may be related to an excess of all Vitamins not just B12 . A lot of foods are fortified with vitamins to supposedly improve people’s health. Everyone eats more, but generally eats poorly then they take vitamins to make them ‘healthier’. I’d question whether the weight gain is from too many vitamins or too much poor food or both. Apparently though, having a B12 deficiency may lead to weight gain.

As I said in my earlier post, if your bloods show you are lacking in a specific Vitamin or mineral, a supplement is a solution (as is modifying your diet to include good natural sources of the lacking vitamin/s). But if you have ample, you don’t need it.

Two articles I found you may want to read:

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/vitamin-b12-deficiency-and-weight-gain#deficiency

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3932423/