I just came across this book

[totallyFrustrated]

on amazon

prnt.sc/NrwOje4JswYj

has anyone of you read it? Is it worth buying or are Dr Chandy and the other one better?

I'd love your input before I spend even more money

Thanking you in advance

[OldmanD]

Dont know about that one . . .. His one In Clinical Practice is 280 pages and heavy going for an amateur but I'll get there

[Cherylclaire Forum Support]

Never heard of it before ! Maybe read it and give us a review ?

[totallyFrustrated in reply to Cherylclaire]

thank you Cherylclaire, I don't have it. I saw it on Amazon and was wondering if any of you read it and if it was worth buying. I need to plough through Dr Chandy's book first, before I buy any more. Am acquiring an entire library of unread books in my home. But at least, after 6 month of every day S/i, I now have the energy to read for 30 to 60 minutes every day ! Great progress!

[Cherylclaire Forum Support in reply to totallyFrustrated]

Yes that is great progress. Maybe we'll get lucky and someone will have already read it.

It took me a long time to read through research papers linked to responses. I'd print them off and read through armed with a highlighter.

Sadly, I stopped buying books. Reading for pleasure was out of the question. Some cognitive and memory issues made it impossible to enjoy. I gradually made my way back via graphic novels.

Finding now that some talented authors (Douglas Stuart's Shuggie Bain a great example) paint such pictures with their words alone that characters will stay with you.

These people will help you get back.

[MorningMist in reply to totallyFrustrated]

I have many unread books too. As I felt better with b12 injections I noticed my ability to concentrate improved and I’m slowly working my way through the back log. It was one of many things that I’d stopped doing with no idea what the reason was.

[totallyFrustrated in reply to MorningMist]

Hello Morning mist, thank you for your reply, you made me feel so much better. I used to read a book a day most of my life, even when my daughter was a baby I managed it. (probably my way of conserving energy by not having my body run around) But then around 30 years ago it reduced to a book a week, then by 20 years ago it was a book a month, and for the last 10 years or longer I haven't read at all, until I started to S/I. Now I read in my bath at night and a little more in bed, still only cheap crime stories, or Wilbur Smith and stuff. Totally unimportant if I remember what I read yesterday or not, but for me it is a definite flag that things are improving. Also my reading glasses are now moving in reverse. I went up over the years from +1 in .5s all the way to + 4.

I am now back to +2 and on an extremely good day I even had to dig out my old +1.5s

Happy days

[MorningMist]

Yes I so agree with you. I was staggered at my response to injections. Deficiency is so insidious, it creeps up on you and as a coping mechanism you gradually give up interests and limit contact with friends and outings.

I have a garden to cope with that I had allowed to go completely wild and it’s only just this year that I feel able to tackle it. Not that I like neat and tidy gardens - but there’s a difference between wildlife friendly and primeval forest.😄

[totallyFrustrated in reply to MorningMist]

Wouw, we are so alike, my garden is the same, plus outbuildings have gone rotten due to lack of paint and care and fallen down, I have done a tiny bit of tidying, along the path and a foot or 2 either side , just enough to excavate 2 of those buildings....

[MorningMist in reply to totallyFrustrated]

One thing I have noticed is that I am able to contemplate all the things that need doing now without descending into a helpless panic. The mental aspect of it all is immense.

[MorningMist]

Oh and you’ve just reminded me about the leaking shed roof!

[totallyFrustrated]

yes, they way we feel emotionally is so important and the difference to BB ( before B12) is staggering. I had turned into such a misery guts that I could only ever see the negative things. Even on a good day ( what qualified for good BB) and I managed a bit of housework, I only beat myself up over all the stuff I hadn't done, could never see a difference I made that was good. Now I get a slight improvement in my house every day and keep the progress I made by managing to keep tidy what I tidied yesterday. And now I can look at it and see it is good. Can even take a day off and do nothing and say, that's all right, tomorrow is another day, or even the start of another week, it's been messy for so long, another year won't matter. I feel so much better with this attitude, and it seems to make the house cleaner and tidier than my old attitude. So yes you said it: The mental aspect of it all is immense.