Comments on: The Importance of Vitamin D http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/05/21/the-importance-of-vitamin-d/ Cook Local, Eat Global Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:26:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Rhonda http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/05/21/the-importance-of-vitamin-d/#comment-253683 Rhonda Fri, 17 Aug 2012 03:51:42 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=1130#comment-253683 Barbara, after all these years I’d love to know what happened. I have an elevated ANA and very low vitamin d. My rheumatologist told about the ANA. my Primary doctor is the one that discovered my low d. I have a couple of issues. it’s like a big puzzle but somethings are coming together.

]]> By: starrrie http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/05/21/the-importance-of-vitamin-d/#comment-112714 starrrie Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:11:57 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=1130#comment-112714 After reading this post and feeling a strong empathetic intuition I starting taking a large dosage of Vitamin D3 daily. After about a month I was feeling well enough to actually go see my ND, who ordered the blood test for Vit D and several other things. Our results were very very similar. Everything for me was fine except Vit D (19 after 4 weeks of taking 2000IU of supplements!) and calcium. I’m now taking 8000IUs a day as well as additional calcium, and we’ll be retesting in a month.

Thank you for sharing your story. It was the spark that lead me to the knowledge that I’ve needed to pull myself out the a painful hole I’ve been living in for 18 months.

You’re one of my heroes! :)

]]> By: Cheryl http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/05/21/the-importance-of-vitamin-d/#comment-104675 Cheryl Tue, 26 May 2009 06:37:39 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=1130#comment-104675 I too have chronic pain, fatigue, sleep problems. but in addition, I have put on an unhealthy amount of weight. nearly impossible to get any kind of excersize if your fatigued and hurting :-(
Anyway, in Feb. had some bloodwork done and my Vit D lvl was 5! yes five. I did the eight week course of 50,000 IU weekly, plus an additional 2,000/day, making my weekly total of 64,000. had blood work done again and it only raised to 9.
My doctor’s only answer is to go through the course again.

]]> By: Kara http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/05/21/the-importance-of-vitamin-d/#comment-104645 Kara Tue, 26 May 2009 00:28:36 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=1130#comment-104645 Thank you for posting this. I hope that you will be feeling better very soon. After reading about the symptoms you have been experiencing, it sounded a lot like how my husband has been feeling. He has increased his vitamin D intake through supplements and diet, and has actually felt quite a bit better. We had no idea what had been causing him to feel poorly, but thanks to you and your wise doctor, we may have an answer.

]]> By: kavey http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/05/21/the-importance-of-vitamin-d/#comment-104643 kavey Mon, 25 May 2009 14:19:20 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=1130#comment-104643 I’m sorry to hear about your illness but know that it must be a relief to finally know the cause and be able to start resolving it.
Thank you as well for sharing the details – I suffer from chronic pain too, sometimes, though at the moment it’s all good. I get several weeks or months of pain and then it just goes again, who knows why. I shall remember to have the Vit D checked next time I get blood tests done.

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