Dumb and dumber with NHS money to burn (Tracey Witty blog)

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Appalling ignorance from a consultant haemotologist in

b12deficiency.info/blog/

[Sleepybunny]

That's so sad but I'm not surprised by the ignorance.

[Lilian15]

B12 deficiency is not the only condition where patients get similar answers. As well as PA I have hypothyroidism and the same thing has happened there. They tell me I do not need T3 but I am ill without it and well with it. Their answer to this - it is all in your mind. Yes I really want to make myself ill and when I do get the medication I need and feel better, well that is the placebo effect. They have an answer for everything.

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Lilian, chronic illnesses and medication are not well managed. Ask any doctor who tells you T3 is a placebo, how does a placebo suppress TSH in thyCa patients and replace T3 levels post thyroidectomy? If it was placebo effect why wasn't I prescribed a cheaper alternative?