After a recent doctor’s visit I am now low on vitamin D and vitamin B-12. I am outside as often as possible because I work in a windowless office all day, so I am as brown as a nut. Even the pharmacist said I didn’t look like someone who needed vitamin D.
My doctor Terri Buchanan said that she thinks it’s something in the American diet that causes it, and she has patients who work construction and are outside all day long who are low on vitamin D.
Just seems strange to me, but it can cause brittle bones and muscle weakness which is just what I don’t need.
As for the B-12, my beloved sister, Kathy, used to swear by B-12 shots. She said they gave her a lot of energy, but when I got them absolutely nothing happened. About 10 or 15 years ago I had a doctor do some kind of blood test that he said told you everything about your body. As he was looking over the results he said, “Well that’s interesting. Your body cannot absorb vitamin B-12. I didn’t think anything of it at the time, but I remembered to tell Terri that.
So she gave me another kind of B-12 called Cyanocobalamin, which is an artificial kind that my body is supposed to convert into that normal kind. She said it was methylated. So we’ll see if that works. I got my first one on Monday and I did kind of feel something, but not a lot of energy.
If you’re low on that the things that can happen are weak muscles, numbness, trouble walking, nausea, weight loss, irritability, fatigue and increased heart rate. Except for the weight loss, none of that sounds like any fun.
It’s hell getting old! —kwc— Here are some funny one-liners that I received from my father.
• Telling a person to calm down is about like baptizing a cat.
• My doctor asked if anyone in my family suffered from mental illness. I said, “No, we all seem to enjoy it.”
• I thought growing old would take longer.
• Camping: where you spend a small fortune to live like a homeless person.
• Just once, I want a username and password prompt to say “close enough.”
• Being an adult is the dumbest thing I have ever done.
• I’m a multitasker. I can listen, ignore and forget all at the same time!
• Went to an antique show and people were bidding on me.
• I won’t say I’m worn out, but I don’t get near the curb on trash day.
• People who wonder if the glass is half empty or half full miss the point. The glass is refillable.
• I don’t have grey hair. I have wisdom highlights.
• Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.
• I don’t trip, I do random gravity checks.
• Hold on while I overthink this.
• My spouse says I have two faults. I don’t listen and...something else.
• Never laugh at your spouse’s choices. You are one of them. One minute you’re young and fun. The next, you’re turning down the car stereo to see better.
• I’d grow my own food if only I could find bacon seeds.
• Losing weight doesn’t seem to be working for me, so from now on I’m going to concentrate on getting taller.
• Day 12 without chocolate... lost hearing in my left eye.
• Some people are like clouds, once they disappear it’s a beautiful day.
• Some people you’re glad to see coming; some people you’re glad to see going.
• My body is a temple, ancient and crumbling, perhaps cursed or haunted.
• Common sense is not a gift. It’s a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn’t have it.
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