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Vit D results back

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knackeredoutmum · 24/12/2012 09:44

I you read my other thread I'm the knackered out Mum with disturbed sleep but more tired than I think I should be.

Have ordered all the blood tests but now wish I hadn't ordered the annoying and expensive microtube tests yet as my vit d has come back low.

Reading is 36nmols. Am I right, for good general health it is supposed to be a bit higher (ie 70+) than the range given in the test result sheet?

Can anyone point me to a website telling me how much I need to supplement by and how quickly I will see a result?

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knackeredoutmum · 12/01/2013 13:56

I have to wait for someone to contact me next week. But I cant do anything different, I sent what they asked for last time so I need a personal response from them really

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knackeredoutmum · 12/01/2013 13:57

I was given one 0.5ml vial for one sample which was supposed to be used for all 3 tests, does that sound right?

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knackeredoutmum · 15/01/2013 09:49

partial results back, here I am.

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ggirl · 16/01/2013 19:47

well I;m pleased ..my vit d results came back as adequate at 74.3 !!

mercibucket · 16/01/2013 21:46

that's good ggirl but still needs supplements right through winter! should really be over 120 heading into the dark depths of winter as you won't get any from the sun til april

sipper · 17/01/2013 10:31

Hi Shotgun Thanks for petition threads link. I'll have a search to see if the petition is already on there. And then might add it anyway! :)

fivecupsoftea · 17/01/2013 14:43

After reading this thread I ordered some Vitamin K2 to go with my vit D, does anyone know which one is most easily absorbed, or what not to eat to aid absoption, I don't want to spend all this money and then just pee it all out...

TigerFeet · 17/01/2013 14:50

Marking place to read later, off to do school thing. I have low VitD and am taking 4xAdcal daily, on prescription. My level was about 35 iirc. Permanently knackered.

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knackeredoutmum · 17/01/2013 15:18

tigerfeet, this is a great thread, Ive received lots of support and useful info here.

Your Vit D level is same as mine and it seems I might have other contributory factors as well.

Anyway, I have started taking 5000iu D3 only per day for 3 weeks and I dont know i it's the placebo effect or not (!!!) but I think I am feeling better than I was 3 weeks ago. Still very tired and fatigued, but not chronically sofa bound and needing to sleep every day.

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knackeredoutmum · 17/01/2013 15:20

also tiger, tell us what dose your adcal tablets are, when are you due for blood review?

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TigerFeet · 19/01/2013 13:48

Hello, sorry not made it back onto MN for a couple of days.

I'm on 4 x 200iu daily, two in the morning and two in the evening.

I have to wear sunblock due to having a precancerous skin lesion removed from my arm a few years ago so I think it's stemmed from that. I'm at the GP every couple of months anyway as I'm being treated for depression, I'm currently well but I was still feeling exhausted so the GP did every test imaginable to see if there was an underlying cause - this was it. I've been taking the Adcal for a couple of months now and I think it's starting to make a difference now.

My bloods will be done again mid Feb ready for results to be back at the GP for my next review at the end of Feb. THis will be my first retest since I was diagnosed a couple of months or so ago so it'll be interesting to see what's going on.

I understand you also have to have Ca levels checked, in case the Vit D deficiency has affected your calcium metabolism or the Adcal has sent your levels skyrocketing.

I'm going to go and have a read of some of the links upthread, thanks everyone it's always good to be armed with info.

mercibucket · 19/01/2013 15:55

tigerfeet, if you have a vit d problem not a calcium problem, you should really just be on vit d. excess calcium is not good for you. you can buy d3 cheaply eg solgar and take a higher dose than the one you are currently on as well

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knackeredoutmum · 27/01/2013 07:58

If you know anything about thyroid levels please could you look here for me?

Also I have got results of

ferritin - 84 (27-150) so sounds good?
active b12 - 66 (25-165) (apparently a new test, not just straight b12)

So I think these sound okay, right? But I have no idea about the thyroid function tests

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RockinD · 27/01/2013 11:34

Ferritin looks pretty much OK. Over 90 would be better, but probably close enough for rock 'n' roll.

I don't know about the active B12 test, but would observe that your result is in the bottom half of the range, which may be an issue. That's applying logic to it. Hopefully someone will come along who knows a bit more.

You asked about thryoid. Do you have any thyroid results to pick at?

digerd · 27/01/2013 12:54

On a routine full Blood test < including Thyroid> my Calcium was a bit low, so Gp out me on the Adcal-D3. Nothing to do with my Thyroid, but my thin bones diagnosis I had a few years before the Calcium was found too low < if it had ever been tested before?>

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