Akua,
I was dx'd with osteoporosis, SLE (Lupus), Sjogrens besides the TM and I have an ileostomy (my colon, large intestine, removed) which means that I don't absorb many of the nutrients from food, meds, etc. I'm also milk intolorant due to the ileostomy . If I'm out in the sun for any length of time, I develop rashes that are very hard to get rid of and itch like crazy (Lupus). So my "intake" of vit. D is very limited. My rheumatologist did a blood test for Vit. D. I had a reading of less than 10 . He prescribed the 50,000 IU 1X a week along with 8,000IU daily for 10 weeks. I had 3 rounds of the prescriptions of the 50,000IU but had to increase the daily intake to 16,000IU before I got a reading of 30. Here's a website that may help understand the importance of vit. D: http://www.webmd.com/diet/vitamin-d-deficiency also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D#Overdose Notice that vitamin D " could play a role in the prevention and treatment of . . . MS" which is a "cousin" to TM. Vit. D is very important to the immune system AND helps in prevention of many diseases including cancer. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably . And never regret anything that made you smile. Prayers and thoughts for you and yours, Candy K. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Akua" <a...@artfarm.com> To: lbieh...@earthlink.net, tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:56:00 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [TMIC] Vitamin D advice sought Dear Lori, This Helps A LOT!!! sigh. "We were educated by ourselves" (old Richie Haven song) I'm trying hard to be my own best physician. That D prescription sounded high. I've got to read more. Akua 50,000 UI?? I have low D and I take 2,000 UI a day for 2 months and then am to reduce to 1,0000. I never heard of taking that much and have no clue what the consequences are. My cholesterol is low, total of 119. My hdl is in the 80's. I raised it with fish oil, seemed to help me a ton. I also am lactose intolerant and I use lactose free skim milk with added calcium. I am really used to it now and have been drinking that for over 18 years. Sounds like your sugar is low if you ate an apple and then had a reading of 93, which is normal if you are fasting and have eaten nothing. An apple would raise your sugar quite a bit. Hope this helps. Lori From: Akua [mailto:a...@artfarm.com] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:23 PM To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: [TMIC] Vitamin D advice sought I need Vitamin D -- there's no sun I'm anemic low red blood cell count my cholestrol is 163 (118-200) my hdl is 36 (40-69) my ldl is 113 (88-160) she , the nurse practitioner , wrote: eat salmon olive oil almonds and walnuts-- all of which i do!!! And she suggested red wine to increase my hdl which i have no way to get since there is no paratransit here, I'm unable to shop for myself ... and she said to watch my intake of trans fats.....I'm really PROUD of these results. though skewed they are a testament to my efforts to monitor and control my consumption though this is year 5 in the wheelchair TM smashed me into and proud of myself for INSISTING that I get a blood then and there. She told me it would be skewed because I hadn't fasted. I didn't think that eating an apple and having some plain tea would mess it up and it doesn't look like it did. i only use olive oil in cooking and since i'm lactose intolerant what other fats these used to be via cheese, whipped cream, ice cream are decades in the past..... my blood sugar--- whatever that is, is 93 and deemed normal..... The almond breeze was making me sick. i LOVEd it but now that i've stopped drinking it my discomfiture has ceased. thing is there is NOTHING for me to drink anymore. It's too cold for grape juice and Silk's soy milk made me sick too. I miss coffee but had to give it up 18 months ago because it gave me palpitations. I drink hot water flavored with cinnamon\ and cloves and some hibiscus or honey bush tea (related to rooiboos), but it's BORING i miss milky substitutes. I was chewing calcium and D but ran out of it and it took 3 weeks to get some more. I also take folic and B 12 and have taken D since i was paralyzed-- but i guess it's not enough. She's ordered prescription levels of D--- I have to do more reading---I'm afraid to take prescription doses of anything. Are there downside to prescription levels of D (50,000)? --
