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I am 38 years old. In fact i love drinking Turkish coffee after breakfast two hours. Loving eating zero fat cheese , yoghourt and zero fat milk. No sugar on drinks. Protein from poultry and milk with no eggs. My platelets never be at this level before either Corona virus or vaccines. Even vaccines like influenza vaccine never reduce platelets for 20 years now any vaccine drop my platelets. My platelets before 2020 never be less than 200000 or 300000. I never measure b12 level in my blood but in winter i am mooning from the cold and nerves of my arms are very week from years that improve with taking b12 orally with meals. I am asking am i ok?? Can i take influenza vaccines yearly as i did for last 20 years?? As i am taking it from age of 17
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Hi Kareem, I’m loving your after breakfast habit of drinking Turkish coffee for 2 hours! What a great way to start the day. I can’t drink caffeine anymore so I’m a little envious of your routine. 🙂. Your diet sounds healthy and you are obviously very proactive with your health.
Since Covid 19 and its variants is such a new virus, medical scientists are limited in the amount of data available as to the broad scope and impact the virus plays in longterm health. In our forum we’re seeing a few members whose platelets have been effected by covid. It is possible that this is what occurred with you. That again, is something to talk over with your doctor.
It appears your numbers have leveled out for now, though lower than they’ve been in the past. The good news is that you’ve seen them regenerate.
You’re doing everything you can to stay healthy and the Vitamin B-12 is helping you. So if your doctor is good with you continuing to take it then there’s no reason to stop. From what I’m reading in different articles, there’s no toxicity from Vitamin B-12 supplements. What your body doesn’t use, it flushes from your system.
Having the annual influenza vaccine is really important but I can see your hesitancy if this has an affect on your platelets. If this were me, I think what I’d do is request a blood test a month before you’re ready to get the vaccine, to make sure the blood numbers have improved, for your peace of mind and then ask your doctor advice on the vaccine.
You sound very healthy so I wouldn’t be too concerned. But I can understand your alarm with having this change in your blood numbers. So just keep your proactive approach to staying healthy and maybe have a blood check twice a year. What was your doctor’s recommendation on future blood work?