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Posted 2/22/2008 3:38 AM (GMT 0)
i have those ones for under the tounge and like 4000 times the daily amount, lol. what part do you need to absorb it?
Posted 2/22/2008 4:07 AM (GMT 0)

B12 is absorbed in the ileum, which I have had removed.  I've had several feet of my small intestine removed as well as my colon... thanks to CD!

But the B12 makes a big difference in my overall feeling.  From appetite to quanity of sleep required to energy level, even emotions.

Posted 2/23/2008 3:23 AM (GMT 0)
it has helped me alot too, i was suprised but i can tell if i miss a day. I don't get those "crash" feelings nearly as much. You know, when you are too tired to even breathe. Of course the fact that my child still won't sleep, doesnt' help, lol.
Posted 2/23/2008 3:35 AM (GMT 0)

I take my shot every 2 weeks, but when I get busy or forgetful, I can really feel it.  No energy, the whole shabang of just feeling yucky.  Kinda like I'm catching a bug, believe it or not.  Anyway, I have to remember to keep track of when I give my shots on a calendar so that I continue to feel well.  And it really does work. 

Summer - So the sublinguals work well for you?  And you take them daily?  Did your doctor tell you to take the sublinguals?  Do you have your ileum?

Posted 2/25/2008 12:33 PM (GMT 0)
God that was funny, I will never look at an orange the same way again...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amy.
Posted 2/25/2008 3:30 PM (GMT 0)
peggy, i guess i have my ileum.
anyway, noone told me to take them, i have always thought i needed b-12 but i was never tested or anything, but when i heard all ya'll talking about the shots, i decided i would get something, but i knew i would have to go to the dr for the shot, so i just went to the pharmacy, and i asked hte pharmacist, and told him what i had and he showed me those, and said they would be good. I take them everyday, and i have noticed SOO much difference, i used to get these times where i was so tired i could hardly stay awake, just blah, of course my child does add to that, but i could tell the diff a few days after i started taking it, and if i forget, i feel that too. It was pretty cheap, i think 6 dollars for 45 or something.
Posted 11/4/2011 11:57 PM (GMT 0)
It is true that you can get used to eating things that may bother you right after surgery. I can now eat an orange without problems. However, today I was stupid. Three oranges... no blockage, but a stomachache and big chunks of oranges coming out still hours later. Yes, I know better, but I was really thirsty and sick of water sad
But as far as potential blockages go, I have used the stomach to knees position and heating pads and successfully treated a few partial blockages, and have not had a problem in a while, so I got complacent.
Posted 11/5/2011 1:23 AM (GMT 0)
I was just thinking of trying my first orange soon. It is one of the fruits I haven't been brave enough to eat yet. Maybe I will just try to eat the pulpy stuff inside and not the stringy white stuff.
Posted 11/5/2011 1:46 PM (GMT 0)
I had the same experience when I ate a mango, and I love mango's so I was devastated and thought I could never have one again but since then I have eaten just a half a mango and put the rest in the fridge to eat the next day if all went well and it did so as some of the others have said you don't have to give up your oranges completely just take a little less to start and gradually work your way up to a bit more. I'm allergic to oranges so they aren't going to be a problem for me :-)
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