Vitamin D level normal?

They aren't exactly wrong.  They are an average of what a bunch of test subjects tested at.  They just aren't necessarily the levels research shows are needed for optimal health.

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Do you have all of your iron numbers?  Iron Saturation, Iron, TBIC, ferritin, H&H.....all of them together will give you more understanding on what's happening IMO.  For instance, my regular iron numbers are always mid-range, my ferritin tanks.  You are a nurse right?  Do you understand the CBC and iron numbers vs. ferritin? 

Yeah I'd personally be popping 5000 mg of B-12 sublingual a day to raise B-12.  I actually do take 5000 mg a day and mine stays so far between 1200-1700, I prefer mine above 1200 but no less than 1000.

My D I try to keep around 80+ and have had it go way over 100 and under 80 several times where I change things up some.  You are taking Dry D right?

Any chance you have copies of your pre-op labs?  If you aren't it is very helpful visually to put each set up labs in a spreadsheet and watch your trends.

Pre op numbers:    3/2013                                                      New levels: 8/2013

Hgb- 14.0                                                                                     Hgb- 12.6

Hct- 43.0                                                                                       Hct- 38.8

Iron- 64                                                                                         Iron- 51

TIBC- 284                                                                                    TIBC- 261

Transferrin Sat- 23                                                                      Trans sat- 20

Ferritin- Not drawn                                                                      Ferritin- 105.7

Yup, I'm a nurse but I don't deal with these particular labs on a daily basis except H&H.  I work on a neurosurgery unit so we are more specified.  I haven't used some of these labs since nursing school which was YEARS ago.   You know what they say...you dont use it and you lose it.  :)

I am going to be popping some serious B12 as well and I am going to up my dosage of Vitamin D. I don't take a big dosage now. I usually keep pretty good track of my labs.     

With your iron trending downward in 5 months you probably need to stay on top of this for sure.  I'd have to do some research but the ferritin levels if I recall can be skewed sometimes (false read) due to inflammation and various other reasons.  Not saying yours is wrong and since you don't have a previous level to compare just stay on top of the entire iron labs you have and continue to watch for trends.

BTW I hope my original reply didn't sounded like I was questioning you or your nursing degree.  I re-read it and that was not my intent; if you took it that way I apologize.

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