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Can't believe it!

Posted by Stan Wears on 7/3/2025, 10:05 am

My partner is still in hospital as she's broken her femur in 2 places and still unable to walk after January. Need a B12 she explained that to our surgery. The receptionist blurted out " We can't do visits. Can you come down"?

Re: Can't believe it!

Posted by Sheila on 7/3/2025, 10:44 am, in reply to "Can't believe it!"

Does that mean a vitamin injection. Can the hospital not provide it for her. Usually they ask what drugs you are on and provide them.

Re: Can't believe it!

Posted by Stan Wears on 7/3/2025, 11:19 am, in reply to "Re: Can't believe it!"

Thanks Sheila. She's in a care respite centre learning to walk if she eventuality can so they don't do vitamin injections. All other medication is provided. However, they give her morphine which I don't understand. I took some cocodamol in and they immediately confiscated them as they say some old people may try suicide. I understand that too.

Re: Can't believe it!

Posted by Norman Dunn on 7/3/2025, 11:26 am, in reply to "Re: Can't believe it!"

Have a read of this Stan.
Best wishes to her. Surely the Hospital know it's there job to do this.

The treatment for vitamin B12 or folate deficiency anaemia depends on what's causing the condition. Most people can be easily treated with injections or tablets to replace the missing vitamins.
Treating vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia

Vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia is usually treated with injections of vitamin B12, called hydroxocobalamin.

At first, you'll have these injections every other day for 2 weeks or until your symptoms have started improving.

Your GP or nurse will give the injections.

After this initial period, your treatment will depend on whether the cause of your vitamin B12 deficiency is related to your diet or whether the deficiency is causing any neurological problems, such as problems with thinking, memory and behaviour.

The most common cause of vitamin B12 deficiency in the UK is pernicious anaemia, which is not related to your diet.
Diet-related

If your vitamin B12 deficiency is caused by a lack of the vitamin in your diet, you may be advised to take vitamin B12 tablets every day between meals.

Or you may need to have an injection of hydroxocobalamin twice a year.

People who find it difficult to get enough vitamin B12 in their diets, such as those following a vegan diet, may need vitamin B12 tablets for life.

Although it's less common, people with vitamin B12 deficiency caused by a prolonged poor diet may be advised to stop taking the tablets once their vitamin B12 levels have returned to normal and their diet has improved.

Good sources of vitamin B12 include:

meat
salmon and cod
milk and other dairy products
eggs

Re: Can't believe it!

Posted by Stan Wears on 7/3/2025, 11:34 am, in reply to "Re: Can't believe it!"

Thanks Norman. The respite centres only give oral painkillers what is prescribed by their own doctor but not injections. Crazy! They went through her bedside locker to find tablets and I got told off for giving her them..They watch me like a hawk if I take a bag in!

Re: Can't believe it!

Posted by Liz Dance on 7/3/2025, 7:25 pm, in reply to "Re: Can't believe it!"

It seems that Vitamin B12 deficiency is now becoming quite common, a friend of mine had issues with his feet and a few other problems, the GP took blood tests and said my friend had a B12 deficiency, he had 2 injections of strong B12, his symptoms have now disappeared, I have other friends who have also been diagnosed with a B12 deficiency, symptoms include pins and needles in the feet, after treatment symptoms disappear.

Stan I think your partner, under her current circumstances, has not been given very good treatment, hope things improve soon.

Re: Can't believe it!

Posted by John Shearer on 7/3/2025, 11:51 am, in reply to "Can't believe it!"

Lets hope common sense will prevail Stan.

Re: Can't believe it!

Posted by Stan Wears on 7/3/2025, 11:59 am, in reply to "Re: Can't believe it!"

Thanks John. At 86 a double fracture is the worst. The pain trying to even stand is horrendous and it took me 2 weeks to get her on morphine so she could stand. She was on it after the op in a different hospital but her notes never mentioned it to transfer her so she didn't get it until some bright spark realised morphine then try walking...

Re: Can't believe it!

Posted by Sheila on 7/3/2025, 1:16 pm, in reply to "Re: Can't believe it!"

Sorry to hear that Stan. I hope she will soon improve. Unfortunately we all take longer to heal, as we get older.

Re: Can't believe it!

Posted by John Mills on 8/3/2025, 12:18 am, in reply to "Re: Can't believe it!"

Stan,
I hope things improve quickly,
John

Re: Can't believe it!

Posted by Stan Wears on 8/3/2025, 8:26 am, in reply to "Re: Can't believe it!"

Thank you for all your support..

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