vitimin d

jodiel1

hello i have seen a lot of posts about vitim d.I just wondered what was the correct amount to be taking? i dont think my mums levels have been checked yet, do they always check this?

Also has anyone got any advice on foods that are good to try to help reduce the risk of the cancer coming back? I no its a bit of a long shot but im trying to find out anything that might help? x

Merilee

Try to get a copy of "Anti Cancer a new way of life". There's lots of good info about nutrition in regard to cancer in the book. The author is David Servan-Schreiber

ookii

My last vitamin D check of 25-hydroxyvitamin D was 57 ng/dl. 65-90 ng/dl is supposed to be good for people with cancer. I'm taking 20,000 IU vitamin D3 a day. Take the amount that gets you into the range you want. I would start taking around 10,000 IU for a month or 2 and then check, and adjust up or down. My first check was 47 ng/dl. It can take a fair amount of daily supplementation to get your level up.

jodiel1

thanks- where do i get if from, because it hasn`t been mentioned yet about checking levels. Would i get it from a health store? and also is it just called vitamin d?

sweatyspice

Get Vitamin D3, should be available at a good health food store.

I don't remember why D3 is supposedly better than just "D" - it might be the way it's absorbed.  Anyway, it's what my Dr. told me to take. She normally checks Vit D levels, and mine were really low - this was before I had the mammogram and the whole breast cancer journey started.

gamze

hi everyone,

my mother has breast cancer and on wednesday she has a surgery. We have heard about vitamin D3 and we have bought. But vitamin is liquid and in ampuls. We couldn't be sure about using it. Will the dose be too much or enough? Will it cause any damage at the time of surgery? Because her Dr. haven't said anything about this.

ICanDoThis

Recommend this web site for good general information. I was referred here from the National Osteoporosis Foundation.

http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/

I was severely Vitamin D deficient when diagnosed (7), so I take 50,000 IUs 2ce monthly under the care of an endocrinologist. I don't think that I'd take more than 1,000 IUs of D3 without consulting a doc who knows about this - good GP or internist, endocrinologist, rheumatologist.

pod1257

I agree with Sue. Vitamin D3 increases the absorption of calcium. From what I have read a maintainence dose of >1000IU/day may cause calcuim deposits in soft tissues such as arteries, kidney and heart damage or kidney stones.

I work in an internist's office. These are not breast cancer pt's, however if their vitamin D is low, he has most of them on 1,000IU daily. If they are extremely low he may start them on a much higher dose (20,000IU/2xwk) for a short time, then retest. Many reputable vitamin's now have 1,000IUs vit D3. I take a Theragram vitamin daily. 

Julie 

hope2

Hi Ladies,

i was buying vitamin D in the chemist the other day and i just happened to ask was it available in a smaller tablet so i could put it in my handbag and swallow without water, like you do with folic acid tablets. The lady behind the counter called the pharmacist out and she told me that most people have enough vitamin D from their diet and should not take a supplement as they are stored in your liver and too much is bad for you. She asked me why i was taking it and i explained to her that it was meant to be great for aiding in the prevention of cancer returning and she told me to ask the specialist before taking it and always get tested to see what is your reseverve first before taking fat soluble vitamins as it put your liver under pressure

this is just a different view point and i dont know what to do now, i suppose getting tested would be a start as i rarely go out in the sun, so the sunshine vitamin might be lacking, but i eat a lot of fruit and veg.

LRM216

My onc just checked my Vitamin D levels at my first 3 month after chemo visit.  I was quite low, so she has me on 1 pill a week for 8 weeks, 50,000 units, then will retest.  Prior to the test I was on 1,000 units per day of D-3.  Obviously, that sure didn't do it!

Linda 

jader

Where did you get Vit D with 20,000 IU?  I am taking 1000 IU x 3 every day but feel it probably is not enough. I am also having my levels checked next month when I go in for my regular f/u. I would like to be taking more IU's but can't afford to to take 20 of my 1000's every day!!  LOL