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JennyB · 08-08-2013, 05:59 PM

I currently live in an almost unliveable area of Australia called Port Hedland in the North West Iron Ore belt. It is extremely hot here in summer - which feels like it lasts for at least 7-8 months of the year. I moved here just after finishing Herceptin. My Vit D level is over 100! It measured this the 2 times I have been checked so far am due to check again next month. My onc asked me to stop supplementing altogether so it will be interesting to see if the sun exposure has kept it so high?

08-08-2013, 05:59 PM	#6
JennyB Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Port Hedland, Australia Posts: 382	Re: Vitamin D & Breast Cancer 50% - 70% risk reductions - authoritative must watch vi I currently live in an almost unliveable area of Australia called Port Hedland in the North West Iron Ore belt. It is extremely hot here in summer - which feels like it lasts for at least 7-8 months of the year. I moved here just after finishing Herceptin. My Vit D level is over 100! It measured this the 2 times I have been checked so far am due to check again next month. My onc asked me to stop supplementing altogether so it will be interesting to see if the sun exposure has kept it so high? __________________ Diagnosed Nov '10 IDC whilst pregnant with 2nd child Her 2 ++ ER/PR + but weak and patchy 50% + 5% Left mastectomy Dec '10, 6cm tumour 1 of 2 lymph (micro mets) Clear margins but lymphovasculer invasion Stage 3a Grade 3 Fec 100 x 3 Jan '11 Taxotere X 3 and Herceptin X 1yr Staging scans - CT brain & body and bone - May '11 - NED!! Start Femara - in chemo induced menapause 25 Rads June '11 Dec '11 Menstruation resumed - zoladex inj monthly and Tamoxifen Feb '12 Back on Femera and Zoladex March '12 CT brain & body & bone scan all clear Zometa x2/yearly April '12 - Oopherectomy Praying the Herceptin is as good as its hype!!