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Was thinking of Dr. Chandy yesterday, God bless him for having such courage

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Long story but I have had a couple of head MRIs due to lesions that are perpendicular in nature. To check if they have increased.

I had access to my own scans so I knew that they were checking for MS. As I could read the medical terminology.

But my GP (newish to me) never told me. I don't know why, it would not have alarmed me. I was confident I did not have it, mainly from understanding Dr. Chandy's work.

Yesterday my doctor told me that although the differential is still there, the chances are slim to none due to stable findings, no increase.

I told him that I was not worried anyway because I suspected this was due to a prolonged period where my b12 deficiency was not found.

He swivels to the screen. He doesn't have access to my 103 when it was found. But I know he was looking because at the same time he was saying 'Well with severe deficiency it is possible'. So small win. But I do believe since he has no idea how I was almost bed bound he probably thinks I am exaggerating a prior deficiency. Nope and don't really care. What I do care about is this constant looking at numbers to judge symptoms & their utter lack of knowledge of how a vitamin deficiency can affect a life so adversely from head to toe.

When I started with him he had b12 on my first blood work. I said are you aware that testing after diagnosis tells you nothing? (Said more eloquently 😊). He said he did but obviously he didn't as he still wasted money and kept it on. By the way it was 925 which surprised me as I was expecting thousands.

Anyway I was not sharp enough in the moment yesterday to say, Well of course they have not increased (the lesions) because I get b12 shots.🙄

Which pretty well immensely helps the theory that it was prolonged undiagnosed b12 deficiency that did this to my brain. I would laugh and celebrate if they were to lessen, which he says is medically impossible.

He was all blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure as the usual suspects. But have never had any serious issues at all, with any of them. So I don't even know what his point was, except to down my theory somewhat. And that does not explain them looking like an MS case. (And my GP is a thorough, caring doctor. But is not aware of the damage that b12 can do & the ignorance in the medical field.)

This is exactly what Dr. Chandy's work did, it revealed how MS & b12 deficiency can be mistaken for each other. He gave b12 shots to people who had been diagnosed with MS, but never really had MS to begin with - despite diagnosis. And in their situation of course they had an increase of these perpendicular lesions, because they had no b12 shots - so increase over time (plus symptoms)= MS in all their ignorant eyes.

And round & round we go.

Thank you Dr. Chandy for having your livelihood and reputation affected due to the ignorant, in order to selflessly & courageously save lives. And the daily quality of life for so many.

To actually do what doctors pledge to do.

That is the definition of a hero.

Here's to Dr. Joseph Kayyalackakom, so very appreciative of your courage & your work. You will always be remembered.

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wedgewood profile image
wedgewood

That was such good news Litatamon

Yes, we are all so thankful to Dr Chandy His fame has spread as far as Canada, and beyond!

very best wishes to you!

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Litatamon in reply towedgewood

Thank you wedgewood. 🌺

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Nackapan

Totally agree. So grateful we can now mention his name on here to celebrate his work.

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Litatamon in reply toNackapan

Yes so true, Nackapan.

I am going to go find that very first video that I watched, all those years ago - trying to understand this deficiency.

Seems like yesterday but it was 2019 when I finally was diagnosed. Due to me, of course. 🙄 I asked for the test. I had been trying for years saying I know my own body, something is not right.

Hope you're doing well Nackapan.

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Nackapan in reply toLitatamon

Yes doing more now thanks.Lost 3 years in hindsight .

Late 2018 seems a long bad dream now I've crawled slowly out of.

Attempting a first holiday since 2017.

Not far.

Even had to check decor of room .

Will have yo go to bed before lights go on !!

Hope you doing okay too.

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Litatamon in reply toNackapan

How wonderful to hear! Hope it goes well & you have a ton of fun.🤸🤸🤸

(No pressure on the cartwheels. 🤩)

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Sleepybunny

Hi,

For other people reading this thread.

PAS blog post about Dr Chandy

pernicious-anaemia-society....

He wrote the foreword to second edition of Sally Pacholok's book "Could it be B12".

He co-wrote the book "Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Clinical Practice: "Doctor, you gave me my life back!"

He inspired the setting up of B12d.org

There will be a new B12d.org website soon.Old website not working.

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Litatamon in reply toSleepybunny

Sleepybunny,

Thank you so much for all that. Appreciative.

His work needs to be shared.

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qwertystar

I’m going through the exact same situation as you. My lesions haven’t increased. I believe it’s due to me self injecting b12. The NHS are fixated that I have ms and have given me meds, which I refuse to take. My functional doctor said I don’t have ms and to keep having my injections.

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wedgewood in reply toqwertystar

The NHS would prefer you to have MS as it fits their agenda . B12 d / PA. does not .

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Litatamon in reply toqwertystar

Qwertystar,

I have been trying to reply to you for 48 hours!😊

I was weirdly blocked from posting. IT issue.

Be back.

No one could figure it out at first, maybe it was the NHS.🤩 Insert wink.

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Litatamon in reply toqwertystar

I am so sorry to hear that you have been dealing with all that qwertystar 🌺 And I hope it gets sorted out soon for you. But I suppose that would simply be another stable scan that they have no plausible answer for, insert sigh.

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qwertystar in reply toLitatamon

I feel like the nhs are against me and just want to give the ms meds to shut me up. The nhs doctors try to scare me saying my lesions are not increasing but it will happen if I don’t take the ms meds. I’ll just keep on having my b12 injections and ignore the crap they spout

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PlatypusProfit8077 in reply toqwertystar

Can I jump in and ask where your lesions are? Mine were temporal lobes and then two unusual ones that my new neurologist wants a repeat MRI for: “a pericallosal lesion right and left para midline”. He said the others were consistent with B12 D but the pericallosal ones looked more like MS.

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qwertystar in reply toPlatypusProfit8077

I have no idea, the nhs doctor won’t tell me. But I do know, that the lesions haven’t increased, I believe that is due to my B12 injections.

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WIZARD6787

Good on you for not being treated for MS. You are a hero daring to self treat.

Dr Chandy was a healer. One of the few. So many owe so much to him and his courage, most will never know.

When I read his book I was struck how he shared his spiritual/religious experiences without being evangelical in the least. I use him as a model for that.

For me personally his work was a very valuable place to start. Who knows what he might have accomplished if not for the restrictions of those that are not healers but are licenced to practice medicine. He did good and that is about as good as it gets.

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Sleepybunny

I found some interesting research articles in past when I searched online for

"B12 deficiency white matter lesions" and

"radiography B12 deficiency lesions"

I'd love to ask an experienced radiographer if there was a difference in type/position of brain and spinal lesions due to B12 deficiency compared with those due to MS.

I'm also wondering if a person with lesions due to B12 deficiency would show signs of remyelination after B12 treatment had started.

I searched online for "remyelination b12 MS".

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B12life in reply toSleepybunny

Good question!

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WiscGuy

"By the way it was 925 which surprised me as I was expecting thousands."

I am not positive, but I seem to recall hearing that the upper limit of at least one B12 reference range was about 925, because that was the upper limit of what the test was capable of.

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Litatamon in reply toWiscGuy

Ours is 1476.

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