[Mary Jo]

Hello all...

I think I've posted this before but will again since we are discussing it.

In 2008 when I asked my internist to check my Vit. D level it was 32..(the low end of normal). Since that appointment I upped my Vit. D3 and take a 2000 i.u. supplement of D3 in the a.m. and another in the evening. This year when I had my D levels checked again, it was 62. I was much happier with that. Also, I get TONS of sunshine. I love the sun and although I do put sunscreen on my face I don't anywhere else because I really don't burn. I walk 3 - 5 miles a day in the sunshine and love every minute of it. I live in Wisconsin where it's cold and snowy WAY too many months of the year so when the warm sun shines I am outside lovin' every minute of it.

I remember reading once (I don't remember where) that women who had mets when dx often were low in D. The women whose breast cancer was contained in the breast had higher levels. Hmmmm! Makes me think and wonder. I had a large tumor 4 cm. - have always been a person who was active and spent a lot of time in the sunshine. Benefit?????? Who knows, right? Just a thought floatin' around upstairs, is all.

Ok...that's my 2 cents for the evening.

Mary Jo