I had my six month PCR check last Tuesday and received results today. In addition, I also had my vitamin D tested and found the result very interesting.
Last September (2018), I had a vitamin D test that was not reported to me until last week (data lost, then found). So unknown to me, my vitamin D level was 102 - way too high (not dangerous by any stretch, just too high). But I did not know I had that level, so all through winter, I was taking 5,000 IU's one day followed by 10,000 IU's the next as per my winter "protocol". Last week I found out my old vitamin D level (102) and so I immediately stopped taking any additional supplement. Today I find out my Tuesday test for vitamin D was 44 ng/ml.
This was very interesting.
It meant that during the winter - starting out at 102 and despite increasing my dose to 15,000 IU's over two days, my vitamin D level still fell by more than half. This just informs me just how important sunshine is to making vitamin D that even supplements are hard to supply. Since I stopped taking vitamin D3 this past week, I have to make up some ground as I very much want my vitamin D to be around 70.
I might point out - here in Texas, it has been a very cloudy and wet winter. Very little sun. I can only imagine what it's like for my friends in the U.K. where there is no such thing as sunshine in the winter. Our bodies use up vitamin D dramatically when there is no sun.
Oh...and yes, I remain "undetected" - going on two years now. Big decision coming up. But first - I need a cup of sunshine.
