how b12 injections takes neuro pain go away

[JesusMercy60]

hello Everyone,

as I'm on my 11th EOD injection I'm trying to always study all my wake up symptoms as they get better or worse either comming back or going away. so today after my injection I notice my feet feel great and I had a little nausea earlier but I was able to do errands up town with my Husband. but I was wondering how the B12 actually makes the pain go away? I know having PA now if I were to stop the pain would come back and all the other symptoms and start to slowly die again so I'm not going there but just was curious how the pain stops in the nerves. I'm so greatful that our lord gave us the B12 to inject and to continue to heal and spend time with our loved ones.

thank you for your comments,

Rosina

[clivealive Forum Support]

I think the B12 repairs the end bit of the nerves - myelin sheath - which becomes damaged by the deficiency. It's the damaged nerves that are sending the pain messages to the brain - which stops once the sheath is mended -that's my story and I'm sticking to it

I am not a medically trained person but have have had P.A. for over 52 years.

I wish you well.

[JesusMercy60 in reply to clivealive]

hello Clivealive,

thank you for that, I'm greatful for that news, hurray then my nerves are healing. I read on here that they heal but I wasn't sure how the B12 actually makes the pain go away. did you have nerve pain when you were diagnosed with PA? if I may ask please.

[clivealive Forum Support in reply to JesusMercy60]

It's hard to remember how I was feeling after more than half a century but by the time I finally got a diagnosis after two Schilling tests (1968 & 1972) following on from gastric surgery for a perforated peptic ulcer thirteen years earlier at the age of 17 (in 1959) I was a "walking Zombie".

My then doctor gave me two years to live unless I ate raw liver three times a day or have B12 injections every month for the rest of my life.

They must be working else I'd not still be "clivealive" at the age of 83

Take care now and God Bless.

[tomdickharry]

Hello Clivealive. My story is very similar to yours, you just beat me by 4 years. I too had 2 Schilling tests and hadn't heard of anyone else like that. I was confused over it until I demanded my hospital notes and discovered the first had been reported as inconclusive. They stopped my injections until the second one. The second test was performed whilst I sat in the hospital pathology department waiting. The haematologist came out personally to tell me I had pernicious anaemia.

Memory had played its tricks on me and much detail had been lost.