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Posted 8/18/2015 12:14 AM (GMT 0)
I had my physical with my new family doc today (old doc up and left his practice) she had my blood work results and said I'm high in my B vitamins and said maybe supplement every few days with pills not daily anymore, ha I'm finally absorbing nutrients wow but I am still a bit low in iron (she said use food not pills for my iron) and she was a bit concerned about my platelets being a bit too low, still in normal range but on the very low end so she said she'll be keeping her eyes peeled for when she gets my blood work from GI (for being on Humira) and compare...she seems pretty good for a young doctor, it's nice to find a doc that you like and she's great with the MMJ stuff too, her office sets patients up with it for quicker approval for it...she wondered if maybe it was the Humira causing the low platelets so right there in front of me she investigated it, I though that was great too, she seems like she genuinely cares about her patients.
Posted 8/18/2015 12:37 AM (GMT 0)
I'm happy that you like your new doctor.

And it's good that you pointed out that you were high in b range vitamins because if you take an excess it's actually bad for you as it can raise the amount you need of other vitamins
Some people think the more the merrier
But really not
Take your iron rich foods not at the same time as calcium as it inhibits it's absorption.
If you eat iron rich cereals than its best to have them without milk while you are low in iron.

EDIT also vitamin c helps you absorb iron better
Posted 8/18/2015 3:00 AM (GMT 0)
What b vitamin are you high in? and what's the number?

It's great you like your new doc...that's a huge plus!!

q
Posted 8/18/2015 3:54 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks Dikid! Good advice :) I don't do cereal and milk, don't drink milk only on very rare occasion I'll crave a bowl of cereal, for breakfast I have "Only Oats" wheat free oats and they're pretty good for iron.

Can't remember the numbers she gave me on the B vitamins Q, and it was B12 as that's what I've been supplementing with since the mid 90's...she was giving me numbers on some other things too so that's why I can't exactly recall it cuz as usual everything gets jumbled in my cob-web of a memory haha....I do know she kept emphasizing it was just a bit too high, nothing to be concerned about and that cutting way down on the supplement would help me out with that.

Yes, a huge plus for sure, especially these days it seems, I hear so many different stories with people I know and their "new" docs plus sometimes in this province we go through spells where it's hard to find any taking new patients.
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