Guest guest Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Hi, , For the present, the doctor has me taking B-12 and Folic Acid supplements. I will be having another round of tests done, but haven't been in town to get the labs drawn. This seems to be a part of the summer time stuff that comes up for me. We do not know yet.... There is a possibility that there is some internal problem going on, too. I have a CAT scan set up for this Friday and will get the results a week later. With so much surgery having been done, even pain, or the absence of pain, is an unreliable symptom for what might be going on with me. Right now, both of us are more concerned with what might be going on internally because a hernia is starting to develop in an old incision for no apparent reason. Dianne At 06:43 AM 6/15/05, you wrote: >Dianne > >Which type of anemia, the B12 or folic acid? What are the characteristics >of your red blood cells? Enlarged, too few, too small, or what? MCV >greater or lesser? If enlarged and MCV is more than normal, then your >anemia is coming from either the B12 shortage, or a folic acid shortage. >You need the methylmalonic urine test for the B12, instead of just the B12 >serum, and you need the Red Blood Cell Folate and the Homocysteine for the >folic acid, instead of just serum folic acid. Why has your doc not retested >this? > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.3/15 - Release Date: 6/14/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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