Vitamin ?
Actually, it probably won't show up in your blood work. Your PTH may be a bit high, which suggests you might be leaching calcium out of your bones, which happens when we don't take enough calcium. But it takes a long time for calcium deficiency to show up in labs. That's because you leach it out of your bones to keep the level in your blood good. Your body does that because if the calcium level in your blood gets too low, your muscles can't contract right. Your heart is a muscle, and if it cannot contract, as in beat, you die. So your body will sacrifice your bones if necessary to save your heart.
As far as damage done, I don't know. Could be some bone loss but honestly, it can take a long time for problems from not getting enough calcium to show up. You should have a bone density scan at one year out anyway, so you'll see how your bones are doing then.
Read the labels on all your vitamins carefully. The way they are labeled is often tricky.
As far as damage done, I don't know. Could be some bone loss but honestly, it can take a long time for problems from not getting enough calcium to show up. You should have a bone density scan at one year out anyway, so you'll see how your bones are doing then.
Read the labels on all your vitamins carefully. The way they are labeled is often tricky.
Kelly
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It is hard to say what damage you have done but this is why I strongly believe that labs need to be done more often. My surgeons office does labs the first year at 5 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 1 year. Then he goes to every 6 months which I still disagree with and so does my endocrinologist because alot can happen in 6 months, so she still continues to do my labs every 3 months and if we find something wrong, she will recheck them in 6 weeks and not wait months make sure something is working onlly find out it isn't. This has really worked well for me and we have found many things early this way.
So, it hard to say if 5 months on not enough calcium is going to cause any damage. Go out tomorrow and get the right stuff. You want to make sure it is calcium citrate and you can make up some ground by taking a litlte bit extra - get some citrical maximums - they 630mg for 2 tablets - take them 3 times per day and that will give you 1890mg and that might help you catch up in only 3 doses and make sure you dont take them within 2 hours of each other and not within 2-4 hours of any iron or thyroid medications.
You also want to make sure you are getting enough vitamin D - dry D3 - this helps you absorb your calcium and is also good for your bones. If you go to vitalady.com and get Dry D3 from biotech - in either 5,000 units or 50,000 units - it all depends on your labs - have you been taking any vitamin D? how much and what type? 75% of population is vitamin D deficient and dont even know it requiring mega dosing but without know your level, it is hard to say how much you need, so a minimum dose of 5,000 - 10,000 units daily is usually needed - and many need much more -many need 50,000 units several times per week but taking too much isnt' good either.
Magnesium citrate tablets - 1/2 the dose of the calcium helps you absorb the calcium.
You might want to ask your PCP to get some basic labs done until you get your regular one done to make sure you are okay = calcium, D3-25hydroxy, PTH - these are all very important for your bones = also B12 and B1 - have you been taking these 2 supplements? what about iron
You might also ask for a DEXA scan - it is imperative that you get it at one year out, everyone should get it at one year out but since you had the problem with your calcium, maybe you can get it now to see if there is a problem before it is too later to fix
So, it hard to say if 5 months on not enough calcium is going to cause any damage. Go out tomorrow and get the right stuff. You want to make sure it is calcium citrate and you can make up some ground by taking a litlte bit extra - get some citrical maximums - they 630mg for 2 tablets - take them 3 times per day and that will give you 1890mg and that might help you catch up in only 3 doses and make sure you dont take them within 2 hours of each other and not within 2-4 hours of any iron or thyroid medications.
You also want to make sure you are getting enough vitamin D - dry D3 - this helps you absorb your calcium and is also good for your bones. If you go to vitalady.com and get Dry D3 from biotech - in either 5,000 units or 50,000 units - it all depends on your labs - have you been taking any vitamin D? how much and what type? 75% of population is vitamin D deficient and dont even know it requiring mega dosing but without know your level, it is hard to say how much you need, so a minimum dose of 5,000 - 10,000 units daily is usually needed - and many need much more -many need 50,000 units several times per week but taking too much isnt' good either.
Magnesium citrate tablets - 1/2 the dose of the calcium helps you absorb the calcium.
You might want to ask your PCP to get some basic labs done until you get your regular one done to make sure you are okay = calcium, D3-25hydroxy, PTH - these are all very important for your bones = also B12 and B1 - have you been taking these 2 supplements? what about iron
You might also ask for a DEXA scan - it is imperative that you get it at one year out, everyone should get it at one year out but since you had the problem with your calcium, maybe you can get it now to see if there is a problem before it is too later to fix
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