About Vitamin B6

I am trying my best to overcome my anxiety before the visit. Same building,  different clinic. Maybe, just maybe things will be different this time. They are. There are several people processing paperwork for more than fifty visitors with all kinds of foot problems every hour on the hour. First we have to listen for numbers being called out; later, much later – names will be called. Our "bakery" number is 79; We get to see a doctor two hours later, after the "bakery" numbers go up to a hundred and then from one back to another hundred again.

After the check up, we received some reassurances that Necropathy, a usual condition in progressing diabetes, is not yet severe. It is good that mom is walking for at least 20 minutes a day. The doctor explains to us  how to take care of her feet then prescribes Vitamin B6 and off we go.

It appears that  not a day goes by without some reminders that proper nutrients are very important for our good health. I learned about the value of Vitamins B from the Nutrition class that I took almost twenty years ago  and from researching topics in nutrition in  various sources. Today, I truly appreciate learning from the doctor  that vitamin B6 can help my mom specifically to slow down progression of nerves dying down in her legs and feet (that is my own crude way of describing Necropathy).

Vitamin B6 is among ingredients in our breakfast - Shaklee Energizing Soy Protein (0.5mg) - and Vita-Lea Gold (4mg), daily multivitamin. Shaklee B-Complex provides 27mg B6 per serving. The following information is on the label:

"Promotes Cardiovascular Health

The B vitamins folic acid, B6, and B12 promote a healthy cardiovascular system by helping to maintain low homocysteine levels in the blood. Adequate amounts of folic acid in a healthy die t may reduce the risk of having a child with neural tube birth defects. With the patented Shaklee delivery system for folic acid, the immediate release of this nutrient in the stomach is enhanced, making it readily available for absorption. The eight B vitamins catalyze hundreds of critical biochemical reactions in the body, such as converting the foods we eat into energy. They also are essential in carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism, and in the synthesis of DNA and new cells.

No artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners, or preservatives added."

Shaklee B-Complex is on my next order. The bottle that I am reading off of is empty. 

We are walking slowly, very slowly. But this is only one point of view. My mom is frustrated that we are going too fast, way too fast. By now, I know already that she is more frustrated about  her slow pace keeping me from moving on faster. There are two points of view, two opinions, but there is only one thing that is truly important in this situation: we are WALKING. Several hours of waiting in a roomful of people with all kinds of foot and leg problems makes me appreciate ability to walk once again. With current medical appointments behind us already, and with the spring Sun shining brightly, I am trying my best not to worry about looming threat of Necropathy.