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Ugh! False B12 reading because of recent injections!

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So I just stated b12 injections and my doc ordered an IF test and threw in another b12 test but this was three days after I had 3 injections. Normal range is 232-1245 but my results came back >2000 so obviously I am pumped full of b12! (But it’s doesn’t feel like it!) has this every happened to anyone?

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It was flagged like an emergency LOL

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Nackapan

It wont at first . It will he working hard on repair work.

Why dont they realise after injecting you . Of course the levels should be high.

It's what is reaching the cells thats important.

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JanD236

Yes my B12 was also above the range they can measure.

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fbirder

Yes, every time I have a B12 test it comes back above the top of the measurable range. Luckily nobody is bothered by it.

If you had just had three injections then that is 3,000 mcg - or 3,000,000 ng. If you have about 60 L of water in your body, and if all that B12 was evenly distributed, then you would have about 50,000 ng/L in your blood. Is it any wonder the levels are sky high.

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They've just filled you full of B12 and then measured it...... ????

My GP tested mine twice after starting me on injections: both times, it was over 2,000 ng/L (the measurable limit) so she was happy with that and never measured it again. She said it would be a waste of time.

This is going to take a while. In the meantime, plenty of reading to do ; your GP, not you !

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Litatamon

Just had this yesterday. Didn't look at the requisition. If I had I would have had a conversation about it, and asked for a change. When I opened up at the lab, thinking it was one test needed and discussed, there were at least ten items checked off. I said to the receptionist - please tell me she doesn't have b12 on there?

Yes she does.

Big fat sigh. It affects going to other doctors. One told me I didn't habe a vitamin b12 deficiency because he saw the 440 after loading, not the original 103. I am bold and upfront with them. But it is exhausting.

I haven't seen her since diagnosis, because of this exact issue. Thinking one needs to keep checking it, and worse - giving thoughts to the number.

Onward.

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