[Marlene]

The supplement bottle will list the type of B12 on it. If they don't, then it will be the cyano form. Jarrow has it printed on the front of the label and they make both 1000 and 5000 mcg. You can buy the 1000 since it will give you flexibility in the dosing. 1000mcg is usually stocked more frequently.

The cyano form needs to be converted to a usable form and not everyone can do that effectively.

Insurance doesn't usually pay for vitamins unless it's filled as an Rx. You can deduct herbs and vitamins from your taxes if you have a doc's prescript for it. B12 is pretty cheap. I think Whole Foods will cost you about $12 for a bottle. You can probably get it cheaper online at iherb.com

One last thing.....John got shots all the time with 8K platelets. He got neupogen IM and I gave him Procrit Sub-Q. He also did sub-Q desferral with less platelets than you. So I don't understand why they don't want to give you an injection. Doesn't make sense.

Now we did get some major bruises from the desferal and had to stop until it cleared. But we used moist warm heat to help that along.

So one last question....did they check your clotting times? You may need vitamin K for the clotting. John had great clotting times even when his platelets were 8K. Vitamin K is found in dark green leafy vegetables.