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Vitamin D deficiency!

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Firewalker50:
Chairmaine - that was very interesting to me.

I fell downstairs about 8 years ago and my feet have never healed.
Any time I exercise, my ankles and feet are painful and feel as if they are injured.
I used the link and from there took the link to calculate Vitamin D levels.
I would need to use a high dosage too.

Thank you for the link.  I am due to go to the doctor to follow up on something, and I think I will ask her to do a Vit D level test to make sure.   I currently take 1000iu Vit D3 Spray most days.

Fx

charmaine:
Yes, definitely ask to be tested - if you're deficient, 1000iu per day isn't enough to get your levels up quickly.

Once your level is in the normal range, it will probably take some time to find the maintenance dosage that's right for you - your GP should offer to test you every few months to make sure your level remains steady.

nelliedee:
Hi Charmaine
Yes that is very interesting and I did have a suspicion that vit d wasnt tested for as anyone I spoke to last year that had had a recent blood test said they were low in vit d. I found this strange. Glad you got to the bottom of it and are now on the mend x

Elena:
FW is that the lemon flavoured spray you can get from Holland & Barrett?

Tina1957:

My Endo suggested taking Vit D after I complained of tiredness and aching joints - I have an underactive thyroid, but my thyroid levels were good so he didn't want to increase my Thyroxine.

I started taking Vit D Sunvite 1000iu (Holland & Barrett) as he suggested, and have since had a VitD blood test, which has come back at 22.9 - apparently severely deficient. 

I have been told to just continue taking the dose I am already taking or I can increase it to 2000iu a day (this message came via his Secretary) I am a little concerned that maybe I need to take more than this to get my level up quickly - can anyone advise?

Tina   

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