Yesterday I received a letter from the work colleagues of a member who has passed away. She worked for a large Mental Health Facility in Wales and lived just outside Bridgend. I don't know if I ever met her or if I had spoken to her on the telephone. But she was...
Yesterday afternoon I received an email with the names and addresses of twelve patients who have been diagnosed as having Pernicious Anaemia and who manage perfectly well on a replacement therapy injection every three months. It says something about the treatment...
It happened twice yesterday. Two calls received from patients who had, in the past, eventually been diagnosed as having Pernicious Anaemia and who have recently been told that they no longer need replacement therapy injections of B12 because their serum B12 were 'too...
Yesterday I took two telephone calls from two different GPs who wanted to discuss their patient's problems. I was expecting one of the calls as the member had telephoned last week to tell me about the problems she was having getting adequate treatment. During the...
"Here's some good news". That's how the email started. It was from a GP who had just completed the first of what will transpire to be a series of presentations to fellow doctors that raises awareness of the prevalence of Vitamin B12 Deficiency along with the...
It was all going too smoothly. Everything was starting to slot into place regarding the problems with treating Pernicious Anaemia and there is now substantial evidence that the reason why some patients need much more frequent replacement therapy B12 than others is...
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