Dry D 50,000 IU source

Anybody who doesn't use Vitalady and is looking for Dry D 50,000 IU  it is available through Pro Health as Extreme D 3.

Also from amazon.

I believe it's the same product Michelle sells under her own label.  But check shipping costs.

Yeah, but...ProHealth is selling 24 capsules for $13.49 for members.   That's 56-cents per capsule.

VitaLady sells ove FOUR TIMES AS MANY (100) for $23.74...less than double the price... 23-cents per capsule....less than half the price.

I don't know if it's a great product, but that one isn't a great price.

I take it once a week. My levels are great, and I have a sunroof that is always open in warm sunny weather. I take more in the winter. I have yet to have a vitamin D deficiency, and that's at DS levels.

I also count the D I get from my protein shakes, meat, and other stuff I eat.

Vitamins spoil, just like other medicines, even the dry fat soluble vitamins (ADEK), so I try not to order too much at one time.

Exactly what is your D level?

~Becky

Beemer-

Since all of these go together, in balancing each other, here ya go. 

25-hydroxy vitamin D 74.2 ng/mL
PTH intact 50 pg/ml
Calcium (total) 10.5 mg/dL

These are the upper limits of "normie" normal, which is actually where DSers want to be. Keep in mind that I also take Creon with my supplements and meals, since I am hypermalabsorptive. Creon is a digestive enzyme, and what it does is essentially a partial pharmaceutical reversal.  Reason: I had sucky labs early out.  I began taking Viokase (same thing) about 3 or 4 months out, because I was having some issues.   Viokase is no longer sold in the US, so I'm told by my doc and pharmacist - licensing ran out or something like that.

These are year old labs.  I will be getting my newest set in about a month (it takes them that long where I live.  Most are sent away to a lab in  Salt Lake City) 

Sorry for the delay - it took me a while to find the right docs.  I have all my labs sent directly to me, my surgeon and my PCP. 

I would be very concerned if my PTH was 50 and my Calcium was 10.5.  And If I had had those labs I sure wouldn't have waited a year for labs again.

I hope those numbers come down with your next labs.

For other readers here's the cheat sheet I use for labs as I am NOT a lab expert.  docs.google.com/Doc

Protein:                7's

Albumin:               4's

Pre-Albumin:       20-30's

Iron:                     80-100

Ferritin:               200-300

HGB:                    12+

HCT:                     36+

Vit A:                    60- 80

Vit D:                    80-120

Calcium:               9.0-9.4

PTH:                     20-40

Vit B1:                 Mid to top of range

Vit B6:                 Mid to top of range

Magnesium:        Mid range (but also go by if we have leg/foot cramping)

Zinc:                    Mid range

Vit B12:               1000 +

Folate:                Top of range 20

AST (sgot):          Below 40

ALT (sgpt):           Below 40

You do not want your PTH or Calcium to be high.  That means you may be leeching Calcium from your bones.

~Becky

Regarding my labs-I've been blocked from responding to this, so I'm posting it here. 

Because of my PTH, I did have a parathyroid study to see what was going on.  My bone scan was normal, except for my knees, which showed osteoarthritis, and I already knew about that.  

Parathyroid study showed nothing.  I also had a number of other tests, including ANA to see if lupus was the problem.  I am out of remission from lupus now, having had a flare with fever in August, a week before classes started, and I am coming out of a mild flare now.    I was in the hospital for a week in June with pneumonia.  I do have some organ damage from lupus, but everything was stable until the weird PTH.   

Becky blocks anyone that disagrees with her or doesn't do things her way.

You are probably better off!

I haven't missed a thing..lol