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Can you spare a minute for Matthew?
In November 2012 Matthew Leahy was admitted to a Mental Health Unit - The Linden Centre, Essex where he was found hanged seven days later. He was just 20 years old! Matthew’s mother Melanie has since become aware of his low vitamin B12 levels, and probable coeliac...
Wherever we are in the world, we are all in the same boat…
There are many problems associated with diagnosis and treatment of B12 deficiency and many of them boil down to a lack of education of health professionals. They have all been done a disservice. This is a worldwide problem. Serum B12 blood results I help people to...
A tale of two nurses – threat and resolution
Nurse oneMy lovely mum is a retired District Nurse. Her job involved giving B12 injections to her patients at 3 monthly intervals. My grandma had a diagnosis of PA (pernicious anaemia) and mum would recognise when she was ready for her next injection. Mum had zero...
A bizarre and wasteful practice – Is your doctor following this crowd?
It seems there are a group of doctors using the B12 test to in order to remove B12 injections from patients who require life long treatment. I have blogged about this practice before but due to the extra impact it's having I thought it time to revisit. Some doctors...
B12 Deficiency – The Inside Story
On the 1st of May 2019 I was interviewed by Steven Bruce of the Academy of Physical Medicine for a live 90 minute broadcast including questions from Academy members.
Steven described this as one of the most important and informative live broadcasts we have done, giving a wealth of information not covered in medical training, and exposing the shortcomings of the conventional response.
Have you been told to shut up about B12 deficiency?
Something happens to people who discover they are B12 deficient, it seems that an internal switch has been flicked and it leaves you with an uncontrollable urge to tell everyone you know and even people you don’t know about B12 deficiency. Sometimes this has a...
70th Anniversary of the NHS. North Wales RCN fly the flag for B12 deficiency once more
On Tuesday this week I spoke in scorching North Wales about B12 deficiency to a group of nurses from different disciplines who attended an RCN Event which celebrated 70 years of the NHS. The hope is that they will be able to take the information gained and make a...
A year to the day – looking out for the elderly……
Jasper You may remember our beloved poster boy Jasper, passed away peacefully on the 23rd of May last year and that he did in fact become B12 deficient toward the end of his life. Remember, for us humans, there is no for 4 injections a year, your GP may not be aware...
Pernicious anaemia (PA) or B12 deficiency – which is worse?
Patients with a diagnosis of PA (pernicious anaemia) do not experience a more excruciating pain or a different kind of damage than someone who has a diagnosis of B12 deficiency due to another cause. Both B12 deficiency and PA cause damage to the protective fatty...
Dying to breathe
Three weeks ago I thought I might be taking my last breath. I had a virus which coupled with whooping cough (that I caught back in April), meant that each breath I took felt like trying to push a train uphill, through a very, very tight tunnel. Thankfully, excellent...
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