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Vitamin D deficiency!

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wombat62:
Hello Ladies

I haven't posted for a while but do dip in and see how everyone is getting on!

I would say that everyone should be taking a Vit D supplement during the winter. From what I hear the UK has had even less light than usual this last year, I'm in Australia, it's summer and I've just had a routine blood test which showed I was lacking in Vit D! I certainly didn't expect that and have to take a supplement during the summer as well.

It's not necessarily a meno thing, everyone's levels will be low in winter although maybe we don't retain it as well as we get older. It's a vitamin you flush out if not required so no harm in supplements and serious lacking in this vitamin has been linked to several diseases which are more prevalent in the northern hemispheres.

Australia has severe Vit D deficiencies because of the slip, slap, slop campaigns, it's very difficult as there is a lot of skin cancer here as well but 15 mins a day at either end of the day is supposed to be enough to keep levels topped up....I'm off to do mine!

I hope you get a decent summer this year, I do feel for you all, you must all be so fed up with the constant bad weather!

Suzi Q:
Yes we do have severe VIT D here
Kids kepot in from school and I hear its the worst in the world in Tazzie so much so that kids are being made to go outside in their lunch breaks
But 15 mins of sun in Qld can burn you we say here walk to the washing line put on the clothes and thats a full days VIT D
I saw on emb Bodies you can buy a little machine with no UV rays that you can sit by for 30 mins and thats all u need?

purplenanny:

--- Quote from: meno lesley on February 11, 2013, 07:36:22 PM ---Hi

When my meno symptoms kicked off over 2 years ago I had overall joint and bone pain. This did go away for a while but reared its head almost a year ago. After several trips to the doctors complaining of foot, knee and bone pain when I sat or laid down, I had a vit d blood test. It came back with a low reading and I'm on high dose vit d for a year. The knee and bone pain has almost gone but am still left foot pain which may not have been related to the vit d. I didn't really feel tired just worn out with the pain. I've just had another reading and its within normal levels but still have to carry on with vit d.

Hope this helps you.

Lesley x

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Hi Lesley
I have just been catching up with MM and my situation is the same as yours - can I ask if you take magnesium or calciulm alongside your Vit D?
PN x x

jax:
Hi PN...
what dose of vit D are you on?
I get constant night pain in bones..waking almost hourly to shift..

purplenanny:
Hi Jax
I have been on gp prescribed 800 x twice daily for 5 months which has brought my levels up, but he wants me to continue with 1 tablet daily as I still get some pain, albeit a lot less than before. I spend many hours awake at night with either painful shins or irritable legs

Have you had a vit d blood test Jax?

I am wondering if wheat has anything to do with it as I ate more bread than usual and my legs were particularly bad - they improved but I had missed my 2 mile daily walk for 3 days, so it could be walking that aggravates them. Although the gp has said to keep walking.

I had no pain at all when on hrt but had to cease taking it for other horrendous reasons. Are you on hrt Jax?

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