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[purplenanny]

Vit D helped a lot along with oestrogen replacement.

Hi Anne
I have low VitD and now taking one month trial of tablets from GP to help with leg pains, etc. I did not realise it was linked with oestrogen?
Which Vit D tablet do you take? and is it something that can be taken permanently if successful?
Purplenanny x x

[flushtered]

Thank you Anne, perhaps I am expecting too much too soon. Did you have pain in your feet?

Lesley

My feet are sore on getting out of bed every morning.

[Anne B]

My VitD level was classed as severely deficient and I was given cholecalciferol
Capsules. Think they were 600 strength which I took 2 of each day for 3 months. They were little blue capsules which you swallowed with water. The cal chew tablets that you chew and taste chalky are not pleasant and I found they upset my stomach.
I still continue to take a multivitamin with vitD included. This is at a lower strength but should be enough to maintain levels along with good diet including VitD fortified cereals like cornflakes, milk, egg yolks

I mentioned oestrogen replacement as well because I am sure some of the joint pain was because I had been surgically menopaused and for a good 3 months had little or no oestrogen in my body. Once I started the vitD and HRT things improved.

The pain in my feet and hips was particularly bad. Couldn't walk the length of myself and lying in bed was a problem.

[purplenanny]

Hi Anne
That's the same as me - mine are 800 strength twice a day, same blue tablet as you

Gosh, that is encouraging Anne, I do hope they work as well for me. Pleased you are feeling better, continuous pain really drags you down doesn't it?

Purplenanny x x

[Anne B]

Hi Purplenanny
Must have been 800 and not 600 I had then, just wasn't sure.
You will see a difference, just give it time.
I'm now hooked up to a tens machine to try and help my lower back and leg pain.
You are correct, chronic pain is very difficult to live with.
Hope you feel better soon.  Xxxx

[meno lesley]

I agree constant pain can get you down. I have a job that is on my feet all day and feel like it every day is an endurance test.

Heres hoping that the vit d helps. My mum uses a tens machine and finds it helpful Anne.

Lesley

[Anne B]

Tens is good. My physio says to use it for an hour at a time 3 times a day.
If you underdo it then not getting maximum benefit but if you overdo it then the pain relief effect is lessened.
My job involves being on my feet all day as well. Can't do it at the moment. It would kill me.
Don't know how you manage but I am impressed. You're obviously made of sterner stuff than me! Xx

[purplenanny]

Thanks Anne & Lesley

No idea what tens machine is but I do hope it works for you Anne

Lesley - any chance of changing your job, that must be difficult to deal with everyday!

Purplenanny x x

[meno lesley]

Have been looking for other jobs but nothing about. I have to work for financial reasons but come home most nights in tears. The last couple of years have been like a roller coaster of all sorts going on. Thought I had got through meno lightly as hadn't had a period for a few years.

Thank you for your replies. One day we may laugh about all this?

Lesley x

[Anne B]

Hope you're correct Meno Lesley. A good laugh is well overdue!

[purplenanny]

Lesley, have you had your Vitamin D levels checked? It may be worth asking for a health check, which covers lots of areas you may be deficient in. You should not have to cope with such awful pain.

Sorry if I have missed your earlier posts and am asking questions you have already covered

Purplenannyx x

[meno lesley]

 Hi Purplenanny,

Have had vit d test and was low so now on supplement but no change as yet but perhaps I am expecting too much. Think I may have been deficient for some time. Have you had yours tested?

Lesley x

[purplenanny]

Hi Lesley
Yes I went to my gp a couple of weeks ago regarding the awful shin and knee pain I get - especially at night. He did a blood test to check loads of things and I am very VitD deficiant. I have high dose tablets for a month's trial and I am hoping they will work. Anne B has had success, although she was on them for 3 months

I am confident they will work as I am already in less pain and my low mood also seems to have benefitted from them ( low vitD affects the mood apparently)

Purplenannyx x

[meno lesley]

That's good that you are feeling a bit better. I has to take 3 high dose tablets the first 3 days then just one a day and be retested in 3 months.

Lesley x

[Night_Owl]

Just noting this for information.

I thought my joint aches were just down to menopause and I've tried to ignore the pain in my hands, neck, feet, knees and arms - but now it's been discovered that it is actually Rheumatoid Arthritis that I have, more than likely triggered by the meno and low estrogen.  Obviously it's not the case for everybody.  Realising that medication is going to be the only answer to reduce the pain caused by inflammation.

Not wishing to be the harbinger of doom, just saying that aches have to be monitored and further investigation / tests may be required to rule out anything else.

Night_Owl
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