Posted by Larry Hoover on March 18, 2005, at 20:15:31
In reply to Re: Depression and High Bl2 Levels » Larry Hoover, posted by Phillipa on March 17, 2005, at 22:42:29
> Lar, The Bl2 level was drawn at 2:l5pm long after I would have taken an MVI. The result was 769, with a normal range of l99-732pg-ml. I was being tested to see if my Lymes'disease was active or not. They said showed I'd had it but inactive. Interestingly my ANA was l:l60 and showed a speckled pattern, where in the past when it was higher it was homogenous at l:320. When my Lymes;' was really active my ANA was 2560!. So the speckled can mean sclerodema,sjogrens, SLE, or MCTD. I don't even know what MCTD is. I choose to believe that it's true that a person can have an elevated ANA and not have a disease process going on. What do you think? Fondly, Phillipa
B12 has delayed uptake from the intestine, so it's awfully hard to know (from the little you said) whether the blood test was measuring that from the vitamin supplement or not.
Also, given a history of Lyme Disease, I'm rather surprised that they would entertain an alternative diagnosis so readily. You already have an explanation, though I don't know about the speckled/homogenous dichotomy.
Lyme is notoriously difficult to treat, and treatment failures and relapse are quite common. Some doctors believe it may be permanent, with flareups possible at any time. I don't know why you were being tested in the first place, but a history of Lyme should not be dismissed as irrelevant.
Lar
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