I was diagnosed with pernicious anemia when I was 34 years old. I went to my doctor with alot of seemingly unrelated ailments and the doctor treated me as if I was a hypochondriac. He sent me home and I got sicker. I went back about a month later and he still felt the same way even though I was visibly ill. He then took a blood test and called me back later that night to tell me that I was severely anemic and I should go into the hospital at once. I was so sick that when I went into the hospital I needed two pints of blood. Once in the hospital, a hemaetologist took a sample of bone marrow from my pelvis. About an hour later he came back and sat down and told me that I had Leukemia. He went over a schedule of chemotherapy that I would need and also told me that I had a 75% chance of being around in five years. I went into surgery the next day and they installed a Groshong catheter into my chest that went down into my heart. This was to be used for chemotherapy. I sat for three days thinking that I had leukemia and assuming that I would have to go through all sorts of harsh treatments until another doctor came in. This was about six hours before treatment was to start. He told me he did not think I had Leukemia but what I really had was Pernicious Anemia. I was sent home to await the findings of the bone marrow sample. I was given B12 shots and began to feel much better. Many things that were bothering me, sore tongue, tingling hands, and so on, felt better. My doctor told me at this point that it might still be a malignancy, as if his ego was bruised from being wrong! I later took a Schilling test that confirmed Pernicious Anemia. I am still, one year later, tired alot. I get B12 but I have been trying to find someone with a little more experience in this area.
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