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From: quick_4444
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 9:27 PM
To: mscured@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [mscured] Re: Vitamin D Deficiency

Hi there, vit D is a very big deal. I had been unknowingly deficient
for years when a student doc became upset because it was taking not
only hydrocodone but on a regular basis morphine to deal with the
severity of my pain. She tested me and I hardly had any D in me and
had secondary hyperparathyroidism as a result of the low D. Look up
the symptoms for this. Boy this is not fun as you have the pain and
the very major weakness of the D defociency added to many of the
symptoms of the hyperpara. I could sleep more than 45min at a time.
Was anxious, diagnosed with seasonal affective disorder, low
appetite, lite sensitivity, repeated infections(espec respiratory)
and more.
After I got my D back up most of this went away. I had not worked for
years because I was so weak I could not get out of a chair without
using my arms. Couldnt walk more than 6 minutes, too weak to wash my
hair in the shower. I thought I was possibly cured. But I was still
weak even after my D was at good levels. Not as weak but abnormally
weak.
I am a huge cheerleader for getting ones vitamin D levels checked as
it did seriously change my life. Many of the doctors kept telling me
this was just depression. The student Rhuematologist who tested me is
yet today one of the few docs who I am greatful to and wrote a thank
you note to.
Kathy Q



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