My Warrior Friends Need to Get Checked for This
I'm posting this in off topic, so I know it won't get as many views, but I sure hope it reaches people who need it.
I have been plagued with health problems since the end of June - horrid fatigue, sleeplessness, bad aches, bladder issues, you name it. Long story short - doctors thought I had a UTI (I didn't), bladder cancer (I didn't), kidney problems (I didn't), or lung cancer (I didn't).
I had a CT Scan, Cystoscopy, and chest Xrays. I curled up in a fetal position and just cried for almost 2 months. They couldn't find anything wrong with me. Yet I could barely walk from one room to the next.
I don't smoke, I don't drink, I am a vegetarian (but I eat eggs, cheese, milk etc). My cholesterol is 163, triglycerides are 111 - blood pressure 120/78. Yes, I'm overweight but otherwise healthy.
Got my well woman checkup and B12, iron and testosterone are all okay.
But I get home and see something else flagged - my vitamin D is extremely low (13 when minimum is 30 and normal is about 50-60). Way below the minimum levels. Doc says she hadn't had a chance to review it yet so she didn't tell me yet but she put me on a high dose for 3 months until a recheck.
This deficiency causes all sorts of stuff - bladder issues, back aches, brain fog (which I also had), fatigue, your immune system to not work (I was sick with colds just about all last year), and more. Sounds like chronic fatigue syndrome. Even causes depression, which I normally don't have but I sure did when they kept tossing around the C word!
Being work at home people, many of you are probably like me - indoors a lot. Well, my left arm gets some sun during carpool, but not enough to get adequate levels. I was shocked as I researched this simple vitamin. I thought since I drank milk I'd be okay. And it's not something they normally check - you have to request it.
I'm now on 5,000 IU per day to get me caught up.
Just a friendly nudge to get your levels checked. Once I announced it to my list, tons and tons of people said they also had the same problems and it turned out to be vitamin D! I never knew...
Tiff
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Getting old ain't for sissy's
As you are I was, as I am you will be
You can't fix stupid, but you can always out smart it.
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