Thanks Pam,
My operation was fine, no hitches but I won’t know for four months exactly how successful it’s been.
I thought it would be Dr Martin, I’m sure he will keep an eye on your levels and I’m also sure that you have to take them for years and years before you get problems with kidney stones …I’m told you need to drink masses of water, which I do now, to stop any thing like kidney stones.
Miserable day here in Herefordshire , hope it’s better in Stroud?
Take care of yourself Pam
Nina x
Hi Spacejacket
Thanks for the info, I will certainly be reading up on this, it can be a real minefield.
Pam x
Hi Nina
so glad your op went smoothly, fingers crossed it has done the trick.
Miserable here in Stroud as well, and so cold.
Keep warm
Pam x
Hi All, Very interesting thread! My son Ben has just been told he has MS. I was wonder where is the best place to start to get a blood test to check vitiman levels. He has RRMS and is 21. Thanks
Hi Bens Dad
Firstly welcome to the forum to you and your son, lots of lovely people here always willing to listen and offer advice where they can.
You can ask your GP, ms nurse or neurologist for a blood test for vitamin d, also ask for B12 at the same time, as both can be low in ms. If he hasn’t yet been allocated a ms nurse, your GP can refer him to one, as there are now some very good drugs that help, and they can advise him.
Its a scary time to be told you have ms, although also a relief to have a name for the symptoms he is experiencing, but please tell him to give himself time to get his head round it, take one day at a time, as there is a very worthwhile life to be had even with ms.
Any other questions you or he may have, please ask.
pam x
Its a specific test for D3, not the same as a bog standard D test.
It’s the 25(OH)D test.
You can find a lot of info here on D3.
https://www.vitamindcouncil.org/about-vitamin-d/testing-for-vitamin-d/
I have been taking Adcal-D3 caplets along with Alendronic Acid tablets for a few years now… for Osteoporosis…!!! Just a reminder, Vitamin D is needed to help bones absorb Calcium.
I’m wondering whether anyone else has Osteoporosis along with a Vitamin D deficiency…?
You don’t need to be taking high levels of vit d to get kidney stones I have just had one and m levels are low just started taking
4000iu off vit d so I should have another fairly soon my gp is monitoring my levels they have to go above 100 .