new ASMBS guidelines

Thanks Kelly for posting for all olf us! You take such good care of us.

Thank you so much for this and yay for the bone density scan recommendation. Because of a family history of osteoporosis, it's one of my things and my surgeon has poo-pooed it each time I've asked about it. I don't worry since my PCP will order it for me, but I'm glad that I have this to back me up.

Nice to see one of my surgeons wrote the article or is on the board lets see if his office has the updated info. They did not recommend the higher dosage of Vit d that Kelly did. 

They probably don't recommend that anyone start at that dosage.  I wouldn't expect them to, because for many people that would be too much, but they definitely shouldn't be messing around increasing the Vit D dose by only 1000mg per day for someone whose D level is quite low... They should know to bump it up more than that.

Lora

How nice that they are finally officially recommended what WE already knew (zinc, Vit D dose, and bone scans)... And you are been on the selenium thing for several years!

My PCP balked at the zinc and something else (vitamin A I think) the last time he ordered blood work (and I posted about how much he freaked out about how much Vit D I was taking!), so I will provide him with the new info for my next set of labs.  My zinc has always been fine, and I do take a supplement so it should still be fine, but I still want it checked.

Lora