\r\n \r\n Hi! This is my very first post here. Just found this great place today!
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\nI am currently just beginning to learn about essential oils and their possible usefulness in helping some of my "issues".
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\nSevere Anemia (I recently had to have a blood transfusion.)
\nVery low B 12
\nColon Resection and J Pouch 12 years ago with "pouchitis" a lot of the time.
\nSeasonal Depression
\nAnxiety
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\nSo...nothing like just laying it all out to a whole bunch of strangers! I am just beginning to learn but am already "experimenting" with Orange and Lemon Oil. (Bought at local health market. )
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\nI have researched some basics but I want to really understand the terms. It can be confusing hearing different lingo..."therapeutic grade/Quality", "medicinal", "certified".
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\nSo far...I\'ve just added some drops of each single oil to a warm bath. And used some grapeseed oil to mix a few orange oil drops and use for cellulite. (I read an article on uses of orange oil. lol)
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\nAre there some particularly excellent resources for an enthusiastic beginner?
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\nThank you for any ideas or comments. \r\n

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\r\n \r\n It sounds like you have many health challenges, and I hope you continue to feel better. I\'ve only used essential oils from my local health store, and have not concerned myself very much with grade, etc., since they seemed to be of good quality.
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\nAs far as the B12, I would just suggest a daily sublingual of the vitamin. I haven\'t been tested for B12 levels, but I supplement since I\'m older. Currently I\'m using Natural Factors B12 (5,000 mcg), they are chewable.
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\nHere\'s an article with some more information about essential oils, and there are links at the bottom with other good articles, studies, etc. on the subject...https://www.healthyfellow.com/580/aromatherapy-news/\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Thank you so much for the link! I will look forward to checking it out more in depth later this morning after early service...(How does time go so quickly on Sunday mornings? lol)
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\r\nI can see already I will have many supplements and vitamins in my future. Chewables rock! Some of those vitamins are ginormous!
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\r\n \r\n It sounds like you have Crohns or some other form IBS.
\r\nI have Crohns so I know a bit about it.
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\r\nIf that is the case, and your Ilium is involved, you probably do not have the ability to absorb B-12.
\r\nI have to get monthly B-12 shots as there is no other way of getting it into my body.
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\r\nMy wife uses Peppermint oil for joint pain and headaches. It works quite well.
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\r\nLook into Rhodiola for depression and anxiety
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\r\nWelcome to the forum.
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\r\nDan\r\n

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\r\n \r\n I did take B12 shots for a while but I quit last year...I became very discouraged and I felt like my Gastroenterologist was kind of "tapped out" on ideas...I just kind of struggled on...than got much worse!
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\nIt kinda creeps me out giving myself a shot but not as bad as I expected it to be. (Our youngest son is diabetic so I had to learn some "shot giving skills".)
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\nOne good thing is I have a good relationship with my docs and I think I pretty much crack them up...I\'m at least 30 years younger than their "average" patient. lol
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\nI just completed a Capsule Endoscopy this week, the most recent in a series of scopes. As we thought...polyps causing bleeding...but not really enough to account for such severe anemia.
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\nMy GI doc has referred me to an Oncologist who I guess will rule out autoimmune blood disorders...(I hope...next week).
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\nThank you very much for the suggestion on the Rhodiola and Peppermint oil.
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\nI ordered a list of essential oils and some carrier oils and containers from Eden Botanicals yesterday. Peppermint oil was on there somewhere I remember! lol
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\nMost of the oils were fairly affordable with a couple or three exceptions. But I "bit the bullet" and ordered small quantities of the expensive ones. I even "qualified" for ten sample size oils. That was a great chance to try some I wasn\'t sure if I wanted to buy yet.
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\nI also saw diffuser that sounds fairly easy and user friendly, and an essential oil book on amazon.
\nSo I should be ready to begin my essential oil adventure!
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\r\n \r\n What are some other symptoms of crohns? I have a friend that dealt with it for years, but we never talked about it.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n There are lots of possible symptoms so it is a difficult diagnosis.
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\r\nA few are longer term diarrhea but not always.
\r\nPain in the lower right quadrant of the abdomen
\r\nBlood in your stool.
\r\nLarger amounts of mucous in your stool.
\r\nLosing weight because of intestinal inflammation.
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\r\nThese and other symptoms warrant a trip to a gastroenterologist. It is really not possible to self diagnose this disease. You have to look at the intestines via a scope.
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\r\nDan\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Also, you can find great aromatherapy ultrasonic diffusers on e-bay and other sites much cheaper. If you search around, you will see amazon does not have all the great prices.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n My apologies for putting links in my previous post. Bad me, didn\'t know it was against the rules. I was simply trying in my tech challenged way to show what I bought as an example with the least keystrokes. I am not thinking Amazon has a corner on good prices...I just happened to use them cause I\'m already set up and I can read reviews which I like. I\'m new to the whole discussion online thing so I\'m very sorry to have used poor ettiquette. I usually have fairly decent manners...\r\n

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