Pernicious anemia

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Greeting Friends! I suffer from pernicious anemia. For those who do not know, pernicious anemia is a vitamin B12 deficency. For some unknown reason, the body sees B12 as a bad thing and kills it, unfortunately without B12 we cannot make new blood and as blood constantly dies off and is replaced with new blood, not making new blood is a very serious problem. Someone with pernicious anemia will be dead in 7-8 years if they do not get B12 in ridiculous amounts,. They need about 1000 times more than a nornmal person as they need to put more in their body than their body can kill off. My question is to others with pernicious anemia, are you taking the monthly shot or able to take pills? For those taking the shot do you find yourself getting very tired and run down by the end of the month? For those who once took the shot and now take pills, do you find they work better? I take the monthly shot and hate it, I hate shots and find I get very tired by the end of the month. My Dr. is going to cahnge me to pills, I am hoping they work better. Thanks much! Have a great Day!