Got My Labs Back at the Health Fair
@MommyOfEli2013 (89633)
Rupert, Idaho
September 28, 2019 3:50pm CST
All I had checked was my Vitamin D since the other tests are expensive and insurance doesn't cover it at the health fair. My doctor will order them when I see him next month --but I don't get the Vitamin D when he gets the rest of the labs.
Anyways, my Vitamin D is in the normal range. Low normal, but still normal. I'll continue with my Keto Chow shakes, and perhaps add more vitamin D to it since I don't do all 3 shakes a day.
Eli wanted to go to all the vendors, but I couldn't do it....my anxiety got bad because there were so many people in a small space! I tried to go to as many as I could for him.
Do you ever get your Vitamin D checked to see how it's doing?
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
28 Sep 19
No I don't think I ever have, not sure if it is done with my bloodwork or not.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
28 Sep 19
@MommyOfEli2013 I will ask my doctor about it the next time I go there just to see if it has ever been tested
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89633)
• Rupert, Idaho
28 Sep 19
@Happy2BeMe That is a good idea! Not sure what the symptoms of low Vit. D are
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89633)
• Rupert, Idaho
28 Sep 19
Oh okay! And sometimes they are....sometimes not!
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Sep 19
@MommyOfEli2013 I have no choice. It would be nice if I didn't need it, but I don't get outside as much as I should.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89633)
• Rupert, Idaho
28 Sep 19
That's good they check it every time to keep a check on it then! Glad you don't need the prescription strength now though...but that's good to take a supplement
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89633)
• Rupert, Idaho
30 Sep 19
@just4him I understand, I need to supplement mine some...I barely made it into the "normal" range.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
9 Oct 19
I do not get any of these levels checked. Vitamin D is supposed to be very helpful for a person's overall mood from what I have been told. My friend's doctor told her something about it once.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
9 Oct 19
@MommyOfEli2013 Oh, really? I didn't know they checked levels like that for diabetics. I haven't been to the doctor in ages though.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89633)
• Rupert, Idaho
9 Oct 19
Well nothing wrong with that....they started checking mine once I got diagnosed with diabetes. Yeah, I think Vitamin D can help with mood.
@MommyOfEli2013 (89633)
• Rupert, Idaho
9 Oct 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Well they haven't at the actual doctor's office. But my nutritionist recommends I have it tested at the health fair each fall (because it is a lot cheaper than it would be in the lab). I think that is because diabetics can have trouble absorbing the vitamins as well as others.
@MommyOfEli2013 (89633)
• Rupert, Idaho
28 Sep 19
That's good they check it when you get blood work done. Sorry yours is usually low, and your potassium. I never seem to be low on potassium.
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@NJChicaa (127147)
• United States
28 Sep 19
@MommyOfEli2013 I don't know how I can possibly be low on vit D when I spend all summer in the sun but that is always the case
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89633)
• Rupert, Idaho
28 Sep 19
@NJChicaa That is odd that you still get that result with spending all summer in the sun!
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
3 Oct 19
My Vitamin D was low, my doctor told me to take a supplement, so that's what I'm doing.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
4 Oct 19
@MommyOfEli2013 I don't sit in the sun very often. And if I do, it's only for about ten minutes.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89633)
• Rupert, Idaho
4 Oct 19
@kobesbuddy I hear you, I am not in the sun a whole lot either. And don't eat a lot of foods with it. The Keto shakes have a lot of Vitamin D....but since I only drink one a day when I do....I will add extra liquid Vitamin D to it
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89633)
• Rupert, Idaho
4 Oct 19
Sorry to hear yours was low....but that is good you listened and are taking a supplement!
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
28 Sep 19
Yes, I have a deficiency and am on Vitamin D3 tablets. With the calcium will help prevent me from getting Osteoporosis again.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89633)
• Rupert, Idaho
28 Sep 19
I am sorry you have a deficiency and am on tablets....but hope the calcium helps with that!
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
28 Sep 19
I haven't had it checked...hopefully all is well with it. =) I feel okay. Sorry yours is low.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89633)
• Rupert, Idaho
28 Sep 19
Hopefully all is well with yours, that's good you feel okay! Mine is at least in the normal range, but just barely!
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@wolfgirl569 (135770)
• Marion, Ohio
29 Sep 19
I never have. Glad yours is good.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
28 Sep 19
@MommyOfEli2013 Yes and the vitamin D they give you is not absorbed by everyone, just switched over from D2 to D3, suppose to be better.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89633)
• Rupert, Idaho
28 Sep 19
@CarolDM I heard that with the 3 it is supposed to better, hope it helps! I get 1000 something IU's in my shakes...but not sure if it is 2 or 3 lol.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89633)
• Rupert, Idaho
28 Sep 19
Sorry that yours is always low....it can be difficult to get it normal!
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