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Becky · 11-04-2015, 08:57 AM

I get mine done once a year. Things change. When you take a vitamin d tablet or sit in the sun with no sunscreen your liver converts it to another chemical and then your kidneys take that chemical and converts it to the usable active. As we age, this process becomes less efficient so you might need to take more vitamin d to keep the process going

11-04-2015, 08:57 AM	#2
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	Re: Vitamin D Testing Frequency I get mine done once a year. Things change. When you take a vitamin d tablet or sit in the sun with no sunscreen your liver converts it to another chemical and then your kidneys take that chemical and converts it to the usable active. As we age, this process becomes less efficient so you might need to take more vitamin d to keep the process going __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"