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I could be all wrong about this, but I think that the B12 speeds up my metabolism. It is the only noticeable difference in my habits but I have lost perhaps 30 pounds since the end of March. I was 180 then. I haven’t weighed myself since but my clothes are much looser.

I began the injections because it is suspected I have a pernicious anemia or some type of B12 deficiency. I have been anemic and I’ve been very tired as well as showing a lot of other symptoms. As a guess, and in consultation with a nurse, I began with 1mg injections a day.

I immediately saw (immediately meaning within a week!) a lessening of the symptoms, most notably the “fungus-in-the-brain” feeling and the bouts of dizziness. So, I increased the dosage. At one point I’ve injected as much as 6 mg. a day. That was at the end of May and through the middle of June. I had a set-back from two bouts of malaria. Malaria parasites eat up red blood cells and they just had a feast on all my young tender cells!

I’m sorry. This is a long answer to your short question.

I do inject myself. I had been shown how to inject waaaaaay back in ‘93 and I watched a video on the internet about it in April as a refresher. I’ve been injecting since about my third day on the treatment. I didn’t have energy enough to track down a nurse every day.

I am fortunate that I live in a country where I can purchase many drugs that I need easily. B12 is one. In the US you must have a doctor’s prescription and sometimes docs are hard to convince. Unfortunately, living next to the jungle as I do, sometimes supplies run out. I’ve had to scale back my injections and ration what I have. I have an order coming from Jakarta and it should be here in a week. I honestly do not know what I’d do if I lived in the states. Something expensive, I bet.