Lab Results Are In.

So apparently I am deficient in my B-12. Funny to have a Doctor ask me if I am a vegan/vegetarian. I laughed out loud. I think my chart my mention my MANY allergies to fruit and vegetables about 2,000 times!

My B-12 deficiency falls under the "dangerous and severe" category so I will have to go in for a shot, or two. Seems simple.

Never having dealt with this issue before I did a bit of research on the topic. Here is a list of symptoms for those of you wondering. Notice how similar it is to the list of Hypothyroid symptoms. There are some new and improved ones on this list - like prematurely greying hair. Now I have an actual culprit for my increasing amount of white hair. Or at least a good scapegoat!

Symptoms can include:

• Lack of appetite, weight loss of 10-15 pounds in about 50% of patients, due to lack of appetite
• Low-grade fever
• Anemia
• Half of all patients have a smooth tongue which may may be painful and red. Burning and soreness on the tongue may also be accompanied by changes in taste and loss of appetite.
• Constipation or several semisolid bowel movements daily
• Numbness and tingling in hands and feet
• Nausea, vomiting, heartburn
• Flatulence, diarrhea
• Sense of fullness, abdominal pain
• Fatigue, weakness
• Pale skin, pallor, lemon-yellow waxy appearance to the skin
• Impaired smell
• Bleeding gums
• Shortness of breath
• Headache
• Ringing in the ears (tinnitus)
• Loss of bladder control
• Impotence
• Clumsiness and unsteady gait (worse in the dark)
• Irritability, personality changes, memory loss
• Delusions, hallucinations
• Premature whitening of the hair
• Rapid heartbeat

Sorry to turn my site into "Hypochondriacs-R-Us" but I figure some of this information may be helpful to someone other than me.

Enjoy! Happy Friday!