Off late there’s been quite a rampant increase in the people being deficient of Vitamin B12 and in turn getting anemic. Trying to bring this to notice is because i was also detected with the same. Past 5 months have been harrowing for me fighting with the same. Its been a long time almost a year that i wasn’t feeling to my optimum level of health. I ignored the same co-relating it to different events and my typical ‘lifestyle’. The symptoms that were very evident were Tiredness, Loss of Breath, Sore Tongue, Lethargy, Confusion (at times), Paleness, Fatigue, Loss of Appetite, Diarrhea, Loss of Weight ! The symptoms were so varied that i misled it to different other things… Well i am pretty famous in my family of being my own doctor ! That costed me dearly till i found out that in my CBC report the hemoglobin was as low as 7 and with other different very varied readings like the MCV was high etc.
The day i got my report my study of the disease started from the internet and searched like a nerd on the combination of high MCV and low HB ! Then as usual the internet is so famous for misleading you (at times ofcourse) that i kinda got depressed until some wise thoughts made me determine that it could either be a liver screw up or an imbalance of Vitamin b12 (as it indicated high MCV)
Then came in the role of different doctors. By nature i hate taking tabs and i kinda avoid allopathy treatments. Am more biased towards Ayurveda and well i do have a wellknown doc in my family so consulted him and took his advice and started treatment. Ofcourse had to have lotsa foods which would increase Haemoglobin etc… but my health deteriorated further and the doctor asked me to see a gastroenterlogist. My ayurveda doctor knew its Vitamin B12 and my medicines were also given in similar fashion… but since the HB was so low it was taking time in actually doing good to me ! Therefore very reluctantly i consulted the specialist and as always had to do a series of tests and my fear came to reality – I was deficient of Vitamin B12 and for a speedy recovery or for that matter to correct the B12 one has to normally take B12 injections. I was prescribed 10 injections and a month of different tabs along with the injections which were completed and HB was shot upto 10 which the doctor suggested was good but slow, so had to continue the injections and the tabs for another month !
Likewise i am through with my injection course and i do feel energetic and i know for sure that my health is back to its optimum ! Need to get the last lap of tests done and m through with those needles and capsules ! *yikes* Ideally its said that vegans don’t get their required dosage of Vitamin B12 from what they eat as its very evident in the Non-Veggies. But thats not an excuse. This incident has made me kinda take a big stride n correct my lifestyle, my eating habits, my daily activities (YES i love to go to the GYM) etc etc. My Parents, and my relatives n friends play a big role of being mentors and kinda encourage me in various things around ! And it feels good to be back here ! Hope to keep writing regularly !