Preop Vitamin D levels

 Hey guys,

So I'm starting to get my preop labs done.  I only had a few of them (ones I may need to "tank up" before surgery) as I'm probably not having surgery until May 2012.  The only one that came back (so far) as a deficiency was my Vitamin D level, which was 26 (low normal = 30).  So it was a bit low and I've been taking a total of 800IU of Vit D3 a day x 2months.  My doc (PCP)told me to bump it just a little to 1000IU a day and that he'd recheck it in 3 months.  I was wondering if any other preop guys or postop folks when you *were* preop took extra Vit D.  I've read on some other posts of taking up to 5000IU/day to boost preop values.

Thoughts/Opinions?

Thanks!

Yep!  I had a low Vit-D level as well.  Mine was 31, so my PCP put me on 400IU a day and that got me up where I needed to be for surgery.  I get my bloodwork done next week to see how my 3 month post op levels are doing.

 Great to hear you got your levels tanked up!  I hate to think what mine was before starting the 800IU/day for two months!

I also took vitamin D pre-op......it was one gel capsule per week of 50,000iu.  I think I took it for 3 or 4 months prior to surgery.
Post surgery I  do the 1000 per day.

I was surprised to learn that my vitamin D levels were drastically low before surgery. I was surprised to learn that this is a common thing.. Most obese people  have low levels of Vitamin D. They are doing some studies to see if this may be related to weight gain.. but I had to take some perscription doses of Vitamin D to bring it up before surgery.. Since surgery all levels have been perfect.  It's not at all uncommon
J

 Thanks McGee and John!  I'm going to keep up with the vitamins and hope to bring up the levels!  I'll be getting new labs in about 3 months.