My Doctor is now testing Vitamin D levels!!

Shantilly · 11-26-2007, 09:56 PM

So I went to the doctors today for my physical, blood tests were done a while ago. I asked him for my Vitamin D levels, and he replied he didnt order that test as I had a tan....... BUT and I quote " due to the new data on Vitamin D's anti cancer properties we now test all patients" . We didnt test you because you own tanning salons and are dark.

Myself, the doctor and the nurse ended up having a half hour discussion on Vitamin D. Nice to see he was reading his weekly medical journals. But I still knew more than he did.

He recommends to his patients that are low in Vitamin D levels (and he had no idea what low was) to take 1000 IU a day. I explained to him that tanning beds could give up to 20,000 IU in a tan. He "thinks" this is too much. He didn't realize that the body will stop making Vitamin D thru the skin, when it has enough. Unlike ingesting it, where one could become toxic.

I think we have developed a totally different relationship. He is now asking me questions on Vitamin D.

""""ITS GONNA BE A GOOD YEAR!!!!""""

Ezliving_Jim · 11-26-2007, 10:04 PM

Your doc is confusing vitamins D2 and D3.

At least he is thinking about D.

eileen · 11-26-2007, 10:18 PM

That's great Shantilly. :)

WendyJo · 11-27-2007, 10:42 AM

That's great news... one down, hundreds of thousands to go. LOL

Shantilly · 11-27-2007, 03:06 PM

The test to determine blood serum levels of vitamin D is called a 25 Hydroxyvitamin D test 25(OH)D . also called a calcidiol test. It should not be confused with the test for ACTIVATED vitamin D , which is called
1,25 DiHydroxyvitamin D . ( also called Calcitriol ). Your doctor has
ordered the correct test.
When you get the results, it is important to keep a record of the results so that it can be compared each year to monitor progress. There are many opinions about what the level should be, but the concensus seems to be a level of at least 80nmol/L with an optimum level being between 125 and 150 nmol/L. Dr. John J Cannell, the head of the Vitamin D council ( and one of the Scientific advisors of the Vitamin D Society ) suggests the 150nmol/L .

eileen · 11-27-2007, 03:10 PM

My cousin/client came in the other day all happy to say that her Dr. informed her that her bone density test has improved a lot since her last test (2 yrs ago at 50 yrs old). She started tanning 2 yrs. ago when we opened. ;)

11-26-2007, 09:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
Shantilly Who The **** is Derf? Join Date: Oct 28 2001 Location: Ontario Posts: 1,103 Rep Power: 11	My Doctor is now testing Vitamin D levels!! So I went to the doctors today for my physical, blood tests were done a while ago. I asked him for my Vitamin D levels, and he replied he didnt order that test as I had a tan....... BUT and I quote " due to the new data on Vitamin D's anti cancer properties we now test all patients" . We didnt test you because you own tanning salons and are dark. Myself, the doctor and the nurse ended up having a half hour discussion on Vitamin D. Nice to see he was reading his weekly medical journals. But I still knew more than he did. He recommends to his patients that are low in Vitamin D levels (and he had no idea what low was) to take 1000 IU a day. I explained to him that tanning beds could give up to 20,000 IU in a tan. He "thinks" this is too much. He didn't realize that the body will stop making Vitamin D thru the skin, when it has enough. Unlike ingesting it, where one could become toxic. I think we have developed a totally different relationship. He is now asking me questions on Vitamin D. """"ITS GONNA BE A GOOD YEAR!!!!""""

11-26-2007, 10:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ezliving_Jim I love Derf!! Join Date: Mar 12 2002 Location: Virtual Reality Posts: 2,120 Rep Power: 10	Re: My Doctor is now testing Vitamin D levels!! Your doc is confusing vitamins D2 and D3. At least he is thinking about D. __________________ *sui generis.* *si vis pacem, para bellum* "Even if we win, we will have just eked out a victory, and we can't govern." - Barack Obama. "In my view, there simply is no untouchable constitutional right guaranteed by the Second Amendment to keep loaded handguns in the house in crime-ridden urban areas." - Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.

11-26-2007, 10:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
eileen kiss me I'm Derf Join Date: Feb 10 2005 Posts: 6,763 Rep Power: 17	Re: My Doctor is now testing Vitamin D levels!! That's great Shantilly. :) __________________ under-exposure to uv rays is as dangerous as over-exposure...This is "D" life! (eileen)

11-27-2007, 10:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
WendyJo I love Derf!! Join Date: May 27 2005 Location: Tennessee Age: 34 Posts: 383 Rep Power: 4	Re: My Doctor is now testing Vitamin D levels!! That's great news... one down, hundreds of thousands to go. LOL

11-27-2007, 03:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
Shantilly Who The **** is Derf? Join Date: Oct 28 2001 Location: Ontario Posts: 1,103 Rep Power: 11	Re: My Doctor is now testing Vitamin D levels!! The test to determine blood serum levels of vitamin D is called a 25 Hydroxyvitamin D test 25(OH)D . also called a calcidiol test. It should not be confused with the test for ACTIVATED vitamin D , which is called 1,25 DiHydroxyvitamin D . ( also called Calcitriol ). Your doctor has ordered the correct test. When you get the results, it is important to keep a record of the results so that it can be compared each year to monitor progress. There are many opinions about what the level should be, but the concensus seems to be a level of at least 80nmol/L with an optimum level being between 125 and 150 nmol/L. Dr. John J Cannell, the head of the Vitamin D council ( and one of the Scientific advisors of the Vitamin D Society ) suggests the 150nmol/L .

11-27-2007, 03:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
eileen kiss me I'm Derf Join Date: Feb 10 2005 Posts: 6,763 Rep Power: 17	Re: My Doctor is now testing Vitamin D levels!! My cousin/client came in the other day all happy to say that her Dr. informed her that her bone density test has improved a lot since her last test (2 yrs ago at 50 yrs old). She started tanning 2 yrs. ago when we opened. ;) __________________ under-exposure to uv rays is as dangerous as over-exposure...This is "D" life! (eileen)

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