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07-13-2017 01:48 PM
My tests just came in and my vitamin D levels are above normal - 20-50 for normal, mine is 61. Just going to back off taking extra for awhile. I do get plenty of sun and probably don't need to take much of a supplement in the summer. High Vitamin D can be dangerous just as low Vitamin D.
07-13-2017 02:00 PM
Vit D also can be not so good if you are older and are starting to have a decline in kidney fuction. The doctor just took my husband off Vit D because he has Stage 3 Renal Failure.
07-13-2017 02:11 PM
@blackhole99 - my kidney function was low in this last test also. Saw the correlation between Vit D and kidney function - going off!
07-13-2017 04:19 PM
@hoosieroriginal How does one find out what your D3 level is - is this through a blood test? I don't know if I've ever been tested for how much vitamin D I have or I just don't know where to look for it in my blood panel done at an annual Wellness.
Pls advise if you don't mind.
07-13-2017 04:45 PM
My NP does it via a blood test.
07-13-2017 04:53 PM
Yes, Vitamin D levels are checked thru a blood test. Most not on a supplement come up very low, unles you spend lots of time in sun with no sunscreen. .
07-13-2017 05:35 PM
I just had my blood drawn this morning... fun.... but I marched in and one of my tests is Vitamin D. I avoid the sun and have most of my life. My skin actually hurts with the sun on it. I've had pre-cancerous lesions taken off regardless. But about a year after moving where we are (sun goes away for about half the year)... my tests came back very low and I'm on a supplement. Made a huge difference but I watch the numbers too....
07-13-2017 05:42 PM
Everyone seems to be taking Vitamin D now. I take it in prescription. I just got back the results this week again. My Vitamin D is very, very low. The nurse said it is so low it boarders on being dangerous. So, I have to increase it, yet again.
I totally stay out of the sun because some of my medicine says to 'stay out of the sun'.
Anyway, my Dr said when your Vitamin D is very low it can cause pain. I'm always in pain because of my back so I don't think it matters.
I do know that too much of any vitamins can be dangerous.
I used to go to a Dr that gave me IV's with vitamins in them. It was a strange feeling and like something from the Twilight Zone, everyone sitting in lounge chairs, feet up with needles in their arms and bags hanging.
When I started feeling better I stopped going. He mainly treated people who were going through Chemo and boosting their immnity.
07-13-2017 07:52 PM
I started taking it about a year ago 3,000 a day. I had my blood checked and it was barely 20. I upped it to 5,000 and added Vitamin K-2 MK-7 and to my surprise my nails that have been thin and crack are strong for the first time in my life. Hair is growing like a weed too.
I knew K2 Mk-7 sent calcium to your bones, and teeth instead of your veins, but never expected the nails to improve dramaticly. YeaH!
07-15-2017 06:19 AM
I usually use sunscreen but I do try to give myself 10 minutes a day of some sun without sunscreen just to get some vit D.
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