Posted by janejane on June 22, 2010, at 20:39:30
In reply to Re: Thought I Would Share a Success Story » janejane, posted by bleauberry on June 22, 2010, at 17:31:57
> > I forgot to ask, what were her numbers? Do you think all of us should get standard vitamin and mineral tests and shoot for the upper levels of the standard reference ranges?
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> Two tests:
> 2008 B12 379 (range 243-894) pg/ml
> 2010 B12 364 (range 211-946) pg/ml
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> As you can see, another complication is that supposedly normal ranges are prone to variation depending on the lab or the time in history. In any case, her levels were within normal range and it was shrugged off as a non-issue by the doctors.
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> I don't have my actual numbers handy, but my two most recent B12 tests were at least as low as hers or lower.
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> Another indicator of chronic hidden disease is low vitamin D, despite taking vitamins, dairy, and sunshine. If D is low, something is wrong.
>To clarify, did her numbers not reflect the apparent success she had with the patch? It seems like they should have gone up between 2008 and 2010.
By the way, my holistic doc considers anything below 400 to be too low even though the lab she uses has a reference range of 200-1100. My husband's level was under 400 so she told him to take 1000 mg/day sublingually and now it's closer to 600. One question I do have... I thought B12 was stored, but she said he should take continue to take it since some people just don't absorb it well. Thoughts on this? I felt that maybe he could stop after a while. I think she was confusing it with other B vitamins that aren't stored.
Something I'm having continued trouble with is copper. I've tried copper sebacate (supposed to be the better than other forms), fairly high doses and my serum copper results continue to suggest deficiency. Ceruloplasmin is low normal so I'm a bit worried about the possibility of excess in the organs (similar to Wilson's). Do you think a nutritionist could help me figure that out? Doc is stumped.
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