great thread, thanks for the perspectives and input

HappyGrace, If you dont' mind me asking, I'm wondering if you decided to go with TT, and, if so, how did it work out for your dd?

I noticed that the Kirkland/Costco brand had a sublingual, 5000mg B12 with the methylcobalamin at a great price but a reviewer pointed out that it has an artificial sweetener in it. Bummer.

PJ, thank you for this caring and informational note. I will look into this diet and am very curious. Thank you so much.

My hubby is picking some up after work for me. I read the reviews which helped me know what to expect and any signs to look for that this may not be the supplement for me. Thank you so much!

Thank you! I searched for Johnson with no success. Do you by chance mean Jarrow?

Phoenix, do you have a brand that you recommend? I see lots of different brands and B12 sources like cobalamin, dibencozide, and methylcobalmin. I would love to hear what you take that has helped and brought levels up.

My heart is aching for you dear mama. I'm so sorry for the loss of your precious boy.

Maybe I should. I would feel badly having to say no several times before a yes. The nurse seemed to focus on that it could just be a few hour notice when I asked her specifically so I just avoided a potentially stressful situation. I will talk to dh about that.

Thank you for taking the time to explain this. We were wondering and appreciate you sharing.

Thank you for that perspective. I didn't take her up on the cancellation offer because when I asked her how soon the notice would be she said it could be just a few hours and that would be too stressful for me. My husband commutes to work and isn't available for watching our children without a day or so notice.

Thank you so much for all your encouragement, sharing your experiences and good thoughts/advice. I was so relieved to read your replies this morning. I need to have dh read these, as well. He's been so concerned. Thank you so much again.

I have wondered if being in the sun a lot lately had maybe dehydrated me or something because it seems to really exhaust me. I quit coffee a few days ago thinking that might help. Thank you. I will be picking some B12 asap and will ask my doctor about it. I am so sorry to hear about your permanent neuro damage. :grouphug: Thank you. I have to see the doctor and clinic I'm assigned to from my understanding. My husband wants me to go to the ER (he wanted to take me last night actually), but I think I'll look more into to it to find out if the could do something there or refer me or if it would be a big ordeal for nothing. I might just try some of these suggestions for a time to see if I start feeling better before making a decision either way. Thank you so much. I don't drink diet soda, but this is good to know. It also gives me some hope that some of these lifestyle/dietary/nutritional suggestions can make a difference. Thank you. I will do this. Thank you. Thank you for sharing about your similar symptoms and that it wasn't MS! This is very encouraging. I did very well on a gluten and dairy free diet and have fallen off the bandwagon in the past few years. I know how much better I feel and now I have a very good reason to get back to it. Thank you. Thank you so much. I will look into coq10 and I have been wanting to have my vitamin d levels checked. I may have years ago, but it's hard to remember that far back. I did a sleep apnea a test a few years ago because I don't sleep very deeply and feel refreshed in the morning and it came back fine. I didn't have it. I don't know if they can just refer me. I probably should call and ask.

About a year ago I started having tingling all over my head occasionally. This happened maybe a time or two a week and felt like pins and needles or icy hot (the muscle rub) on my head. I didn't think too much of it. In the last few weeks this feeling has been increasing so much that I feel this tingling almost all day and it's intensity has become bothersome. Very recently, my back and shoulders have been experiencing this sensation. My legs and arms have had the pins and needles sensation daily for years. I've also begun to feel extreme weakness and muscle pain in my right arm. I Googled and found out that I have a lot of other MS symptoms as well, and so much so that I'm quite concerned at the moment. I called my doctors office today to make an appointment and when the receptionist asked my why I was making it she right away transferred me to the nurse. The nurse apologized several times and told me that the very soonest they could get me in is in a month, but that she would call me if they get a cancellation if I'd like. I asked if there was something I could do in the meantime to ease my discomfort and she said there wasn't anything she could say without me being seen. So, I'm not sure what to do in this next month to keep my sanity of wondering what is going on and if there's anything I can do to ease this discomfort. Our family gets free state health care since March of this year. While it is a blessing that our health care costs will be covered the wait times have been overwhelming. When my husband tore his rotater cuff 2 months ago (no diagnosis yet, but his mom has done this twice so were very familiar with it and he tend to inherit her health problems!), the wait was 6 weeks for an appt. His appt. is next week and I made it a few weeks after the injury. They did say that he could go to the emergency room if he couldn't wait to the appt. and it would be covered by our insurance. My husband is waiting and not using that arm in the meantime. I guess I'm just not sure what to do and if that's normal if you're not receiving state assistance. The nurse didn't offer for me to go the the ER if I needed so I'm assuming that my possible condition isn't something that couldn't be treated there. You all seem to have some great advice and I could use some input. Thank you.

More and more we're incorporating audio books into our homeschool. Picking my battles means not making my kids read Moby Dick but allowing them to listen to a reading of it. :)

History- Just listening to SOTW or MOH CDs and putting timeline figures into a Book of Centuries or time line as you cover them. Have history encyclopedias for each major time period laying around for them to look at. Liberty Kids DVDS. Science - National Geographic (love their YouTube channel) and other online science videos, DVD from the library and a nature magazine subscription or two - We do formal science, but my kids hardly retain a thing even with constant review. Yet, they remember almost every detail of the science videos they watch especially Wild Krats (we watch these on YT, too). :glare:

This is exactly what I did. I researched and found Groundhog. It's free and works great. I wanted about an hour of computer time a day, and my kids each have 15 minutes to use for Spelling City and Xtra Math. DH has the password. Setting internet limits has been of my best decisions ever. There has been soooo much good that came from unplugging. :hurray:

I found this thread searching for literature suggestions. Thanks for all the great recommendations!

Oh, and I love gray hair and won't be dying once I get to that point! I'll probably us a brightening shampoo to avoid that yellow, dingy gray look and get more of that silvery, shiny look.

I'm looking forward to hearing the replies to the OP. I have premature aging from having very fair skin and spending too much time in the sun, including lots of sunburns. My mom and grandma have also aged terribly. They are fair skinned and fair haired but have spent crazy amounts of time in the sun. I'm only in my late thirties and already have an age spot on each side of my face near the jaw line and premature wrinkles. I have recently started using a sunscreen on my face everyday and wrinkle cream. I would like to get laser treatment on sunspots in the near future. In a decade or so I'd like to get a deep chemical peel. :) You can do this just once in your lifetime and it makes an amazing difference without plastic surgery. I would never do plastic surgery or botox.

This is great. Thank you!

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I hadn't thought of this. Thank you.