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[the_rck]

Oh, I forgot to mention earlier-- I got the results of my blood tests last night. They sent them to me through the online patient portal. There are a few things that look borderline and that I don't know what they are. None of them are far off; usually, it's only one unit of measure, whether that's a one or a one tenth or whatever.

My cholesterol, blood sugar, lipids, and thyroid are all fine.

My vitamin D levels are seriously low. I expect my doctor will call me to tell me what sort of supplement I should start taking. Hopefully, it will be something Scott can find at the Kroger pharmacy when he picks up my prescriptions tonight.

And the spot where they drew the blood has a rather spectacular bruise.

Comments

[retsuko]

*high fives fellow Vitamin D deficiency haver* ;)

It's a really easy supplement to find, and apparently, a lot of people have this deficiency, but aren't aware of it.

[the_rck]

I do wonder how long I've been deficient. I think this is the first time I've been checked for it, and it mainly came up because my doctor is concerned about my bone health.

[kyrielle]

I have to take 50,000 IU of vitamin D weekly, but it brings my levels up. Apparently vitamin D can play into all sorts of fun things, but mostly in my case, just for overall health.

They tried me on OTC-level supplements first; hopefully that'll be all you'll need, rather than a prescription.

[the_rck]

Scott picked up some 2000 IU capsules for me yesterday. It was buy one get one free, so he got two bottles. Hopefully, these will be what I need because I've got a lot of them.

I did ask Scott to talk to the pharmacist to see what brand they recommended, but Scott is incapable of doing something like that-- I still remember him telling me, right after we got married, that, if you ask for directions, you lose-- so he just bought a brand that promised it was the best. I'm more than a little ticked with him over that. All brands of vitamins claim they're the best, but I know there are some that aren't particularly good at what they're supposed to do.

[evalerie.livejournal.com]

I love vitamin D supplements!! I hope yours make you as happy as mine make me.

[the_rck]

I'm hopeful that they will be helpful.

I already take a multivitamin with D and a calcium supplement with D, so I had assumed I was getting enough (combined, they come to more than the RDA), but apparently not.

[evalerie.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I was already taking multivitamins and calcium supplements that contain vitamin D, so I didn't think I needed more vitamin D beyond that, but when I started taking additional vitamin D supplements it changed my life.

[the_rck]

I shall hope that it does the same for me.