Topic: Vitamin D and cancer

thanks so much very interesting and very helpful!!

My onc tests her patients - I was originally 37 which is within normal but she likes us to be at 50 so I started with 1000 IU daily of D3, then went to 2000 after my level did not increase. After starting femara it still did not go up so now I also take a 50,000 IU of D2 weekly- waiting to have the level tested again but it has made a HUGE difference in how I feel and all the achy femara side effects.

Kristy 

My onc tests for this as well.  I was surprised to see a deficiency when I lived in South Florida all my life, and for the past 9 years, worked outside on a Golf Course. I was not always responsible in putting on sunscreen and my skin is golden brown!  (I've got skin cancer too)  Could I not be a "metabolizer"?   What's confusing is they say getting 15 minutes a day of sunlight is all one needs to be sufficient and if one has done more than that, why wouldn't it be enough? And if it's possible to be a non-metabolizer, and got the levels up with supplements, meaning I obviously metabolized the supplements, but why not the natural sunshine! 

I had my D levels checked in Spring 08 and my number was 32...although within the normal range....it was at the lower end of normal and I wanted it higher.  I increased my Vit. D supplementation from 2000 i.u. to 4000 i.u. and this Spring 09 my number had increased to 62.  I was much happier with that.

Mary Jo