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mmymoon ([personal profile] mmymoon) wrote2009-12-01 09:09 pm

A reminder

IT'S NOT LUPUS


IT'S NEVER LUPUS



... but apparently I've got a wicked vitamin D deficiency.
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[personal profile] ashbet 2009-12-02 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
Out of curiosity, what do they recommend for that? I've heard conflicting reports re: supplementation/sunshine/etc.

(BTW, I've been taking magnesium and Co-Q-10 on the advice of my doctor, and I do think they're doing me some good -- and this is from the supplement-skeptic, fwiw!)

-- A <3

[identity profile] spazzygirl19.livejournal.com 2009-12-02 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
You too?

I had a vitamin D deficiency for nearly a year -- starting last year around the holidays. My oncologist put me on megadoses of Vitamin D (50,000 I.U.s) - one pill a week & I was monitored for 3 month intervals. Also I was told to drink/eat more dairy (ha ha ha ha -- not happening since I'm lactose intolerant), eat more broccoli (I think it tastes fine, but unfortunately, my stomach doesn't like it), sit out on the sunshine. So as of this past September ... my vitamin D count has finally leveled off -- now I just take Caltrate 600 twice a day.
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[personal profile] twotone 2009-12-02 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
I am dumb about these things. Will sun-lamps help with the Vitamin D issue, or does it have to be natural sunlight? Either way... good luck/yay I am glad that the supplements are hopefully helping!

[identity profile] vivcore.livejournal.com 2009-12-02 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
When you think that the sun is a good source of Vitamin D, this could be the most goth ailment ever.