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Training patients to SI B12.

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It seems that Wirral Primary Care are offering a course for nurses and healthcare assistants on how to teach patients to inject their own B12.

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Brilliant.

The HCA that takes blood and also now gives b12 Injections at our surgery.

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How lovely and sensible of them.

Makes a lot of difference especially when B12 deficiency can cause anxiety and cognitive problems . Videos on YouTube also seem to contain conflicting advice. I eventually decided on the guy wearing the most sensible underwear !

I couldn't get a GP or nurse to help me at all.

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fbirder in reply to Cherylclaire

I've been thinking about doing a video on SI. I must make sure my undies are up to scratch.

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I still think it's a sound selection process - and it's probably not his fault at all that I'm still quite inept.

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