@southernlady I read up on the B 12 levels about 2 yrs ago. I was having numbness and balance issues, my memory never was good but I'd be driving somewhere that I had been to often and although knew where it was I'd suddenly have a slight panic attack thinking how do I get there? But then the thought was gone and I knew my way. B12 is not one of the routine blood tests for the average doc I found out, in fact he didn't do it next time so on the next blood work I repeatedly asked if he had B12 on there. The doc tested for my B12 levels because of the issues I was having. I was extremely low on B12 and discovered that it will cause the issues mentioned above and mimic Alzheimer's or dementia if too bad for too long. In the end this was not the cause of my numbness issues, or balance, most of my left side, even my skin on my side feels asleep, my right foot and ring and middle finger are still numb. But pointing finger and thumb are fine. So weird. So even though it wasn't the cause of the issue, B12 is very important.
I had to change docs to even get to the bottom of it as it started in my left pinky and just kept progressing but the doc I had said it was degeneration, age and weight. Basically told me i was old and fat, but i knew that already! I think a lot of the problem too was no pain, no headaches or anything. Now, after surgery, I will get the headaches if I do too much twisting my head around. Was working on a vintage sewing machine that was stuck for a couple hours and ended up going to ER cause I had so bad of a headache that my vision was blurry and couldn't walk straight and I normally don't get any kind of headache often. Learned not to do that again for so long on that kind of stuff nor when working on my car!! lol
I had to change docs to even get to the bottom of it as it started in my left pinky and just kept progressing but the doc I had said it was degeneration, age and weight. Basically told me i was old and fat, but i knew that already! I think a lot of the problem too was no pain, no headaches or anything. Now, after surgery, I will get the headaches if I do too much twisting my head around. Was working on a vintage sewing machine that was stuck for a couple hours and ended up going to ER cause I had so bad of a headache that my vision was blurry and couldn't walk straight and I normally don't get any kind of headache often. Learned not to do that again for so long on that kind of stuff nor when working on my car!! lol
