16-02-2017, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Eliza
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If you are on medication long term then you have to have a review yearly , which involves blood and urine test.
16-02-2017, 07:02 PM
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I agree Twink.I've had regular blood tests for various reasons but needed to ask specifically for vitaminD to be included.
I think it has to be a separate test.
The private health checks like Blue Crest charge a whopping extra £30 if you want VitaminD!!! The cheek of it!!
16-02-2017, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Twink55
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Not at all doctors Eliza. Being diabetic and having survived cancer they take lots of blood tests, but they don't always check for vitamin deficiencies. It took me 5 years to get a test for Vit D, even though they take blood from me 3 or 4 times a year.
16-02-2017, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Eliza
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Sorry point taken .
Originally Posted by ruthio
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I agree Twink.I've had regular blood tests for various reasons but needed to ask specifically for vitaminD to be included.
I think it has to be a separate test.
The private health checks like Blue Crest charge a whopping extra £30 if you want VitaminD!!! The cheek of it!!
16-02-2017, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Twink55
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No need to apologize, in fact I am planning on sending you to all the doctors surgeries, to make sure they are doing their job properlyApparently they cannot check for Vitamin D if the blood is exposed to the light. Perhaps they charge the £30 to cover the cost of the dark cloth they put over you to keep out the light.
I certainly wasn't going to fork out £30 for something the doctor will do for nuttin' !!
16-02-2017, 11:46 PM
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These 'research' people make me laugh!I don't take any supplements at all - unless you count cod liver oil capsules - and I have not had a cold for about 30 years and have never had 'flu at all.
As for Vit D - don't we absorb that from sunlight/daylight? Good excuse to forget the pills and go out more!!
17-02-2017, 01:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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These 'research' people make me laugh!I don't take any supplements at all - unless you count cod liver oil capsules - and I have not had a cold for about 30 years and have never had 'flu at all.
As for Vit D - don't we absorb that from sunlight/daylight? Good excuse to forget the pills and go out more!!
You just can't win!!
17-02-2017, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Artangel
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ST, As we were advised to keep out of the sun as it could cause skin cancer, l dodged the sun and ended up with a Vitamin D deficiency! You just can't win!!
No you just can't win.
Fact!
17-02-2017, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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These 'research' people make me laugh!I don't take any supplements at all - unless you count cod liver oil capsules - and I have not had a cold for about 30 years and have never had 'flu at all.
As for Vit D - don't we absorb that from sunlight/daylight? Good excuse to forget the pills and go out more!!
17-02-2017, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Julie1962
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My GP reckons we could all lay outside naked all winter and still not absorb enough vitamin D. Mine was down to 3 in the middle of the summer, it's supposed to be 100. Only high dose tablets got it back up.
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