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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato
Interesting bit of trivia: the piece they took out (the last two feet of the small intestine) is the only part that can absorb B12. I'll be getting B12 shots to compensate.
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Yeah, those suck, huh? FWIW, I can send you a link to a B12 skin cream you can take instead, if you get tired of the shots. Transdermal meds are just as effective--like the nicotine patch, and the birth control patch, that kind of stuff. (Plus, I know it works because Minifob loses his marbles when he's off the B12, and when we switched from shots to the cream it was a completely smooth transition... and now if we stop the cream he reacts the same way as he used to when he missed a shot.) It's a measured pump dose, so you can figure out how much you need in order to match the dose you're currently taking in the shots.