Kathy. Just want to thank you!

Thanks, I'm glad I helped.  Actually, I hadn't put much weight on the whole calcium issue either until my last doctor appointment.  I was taking the Viactiv chews before that, which are from calcium carbonate.  But I liked the taste, and they doubled as a treat for me, so I didn't want to give them up.  But when the doctor reviewed my labs, she noticed that one of my glands was very active (don't remember the name of it).  Anyway, she said that when that gland is active, that is a sign that it is pulling the calcium from my bones; that the carbonate was not being absorbed enough by my body and that I would have to start taking the citrate.  That was my wake-up call, and I've been swallowing 1800 mgs. of those horse pills daily ever since. 

I also had some numbness on the top of my right foot, which she said might be the start of a Vitamin B-12 deficiency.  Damage done to our bodies from being deficient in B-12 can be irreversible and life threatening.  I was taking B-12 by pill before that.  Now I take the sublinqual ones, but unlike Linda's advice to take them once a week, Tufts says we should be taking 1200 mgs. daily, which is what I'm now doing also.  They aren't bad, sort of like a baby aspirin. 

I'm glad to hear that what I said yesterday struck a chord.  These support group meetings are supposed to do just that - allow each of us to help each other.  We all have experiences or information that can prove helpful to others, and it makes me feel good to know that I had something to offer that helped you out.  Now if I can just get that nurse (I didn't catch her name) who was sitting next to you to get her labs done regularly . . .  :)