Take your vitamins and get some sunlight!

Just a friendly reminder to always take your vitamins... I had some blood work done last week and once again, my Vit D is VERY low. Low vitamin D = no absorption of calcium thus my body starting to leech the calcium from my bones. Thus, chances of osteoporosis goes up. My parathyroid levels are up already, indicating it. SO, take your vitamins and calcium and get some sunligiht too. It gives you extra Vitamin D. I have to take a mega dose (prescription) of Vit D once a month for a while and hopefully it'll got up. I pray it does. Exercise helps increase it too. Paula

Hi Paula, I hear this quite often, so I don't think it's unusual. I had a friend who had low Vit D and her doctor sort of messed up and prescribed 50,000 a day (I think it's usually a week). There wasn't any problem, she questioned it after a week. Anyway. I think this is fairly easy to fix, isn't it? I am pretty anal about my vitamins. I've mentioned before that I am not a good eater, that is I dont eat alot, so I thinik it's doubly important for me. That and my protein. As soon as you can, that is when you're the right age and I don't know when that is, get a bone density test, if you haven't already. That wil give you a good baselline from now on. Take care, love donna

Hey Paula......... I am not good at taking my vitiamins but i do drink alot of milk... I havent been to the doctors either........i need to go ...But anyhow I am going to take ur advice

When I had my labs that was the only thing that was alittle low, but my Dr said they raised the levels within the last year. He said was is low today was normal last year... Tanya

Paula, Thanks for the reminder. I am pretty good with viatmins but getting enough SUN...Forget it. I live in a cloud area of Germany!! No Sun here. Happy New year and follow Dr. Orders. Good luck on the Vit D. And I guess we should all get those new bone density tests? Donna was mentioning. jacqueline

thanks for the reminder. I also am having a bone density scan at the end of the month- has anyone done this yet? It was recommended by my primary not my WLS. d

hi paula thank for the reminder i have to take vit d 3 time a day and i can not get in the suna lot as my med i take make me get a rash if in sun too long but i do forget to take my vit thank again for the reminder Ila