GENTLE BUMP....Re: NHS Vitamin D blood test FRIDAY morning

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How true, thanks, you're a star!!

Ta

Beki

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> > > Am having some blood tests tomorrow and am going to ask GP for

> Vitamin D check this time. I have been taking a Vitamin D supplement

> regularly and not sure if I have left enough time without taking it

> before the blood test?? I have not taken it today - my test is tomorrow.

> Will this be enough time to test my own Vitamin D levels or should I

> wait till next time and if so how long to leave without supplement

> before test?

> > > Oh, and I found a file explaining I need to ask for

> '25-hydroxy-vitamin D' test other than '1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D' just

> to confirm this correct?

>

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> Hi Beki,

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> I would not worry about it - your Vit D3 levels, supplemented or not,

> either will be ok or they will be too low. Stopping the supplements for

> a few days would not make much difference, I don't think. D3 levels rise

> slowly.... Depending on the results I would adjust supplementation. If

> your levels are low, then you obviously need to supplement further, and

> if they are ok then you have done the right thing supplementing and I

> would carry on until the summer to keep them reasonably high. It is not

> likely that they will be excessively high after this long cold winter in

> the UK unless you had taken mega doses. - The vitamin you want testing

> is Vit D3.... not sure which of the hydroxy vit D that would be [:-/]

>

> Good luck tomorrow,

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