No Vitamin D Equals Pain
April 21st, 2009So, back in October, I went in for more tests because my bones were hurting so bad that I could barely walk. I felt like I had aged thirty years in one. My doctor was about out of ideas when she decided to test for Vitamin D. My levels came back ridiculously low. I don’t know if they were depleted from the actual Lyme Disease or just from being outside less in the summer, but I had levels in the teens instead of the forties.
When the test results came back, my doctor prescribed 2 Vitamin D supplements a day. (Not the plus calcium kind.) I didn’t end up pain free, but I am much better. I went from being barely mobile 24/7 to having a few joint pain flareups a week by the end of January. If you start getting bone pain on top of the joint pain, don’t just think it is in your mind or let your doctor dismiss it as something unimportant. Ask for tests and keep asking until the doctor finds out what is wrong.