--I do get completely naked in front of my dermatologist once a year (and the dermatologist is female).

It's been going on so long now that there's no embarassment left--except when I point out what girth I've added since the previous visit.

And--she also photographs me. The idea is to have a record of any little blemishes or possibly suspicious areas and see if they change from visit to visit. (So far I've been very fortunate in that regard. She has frozen off a few warts for me, though.)

Get your test results and post here.


This quote from a website sort of sums up the experiences
people may have at their doctor's...
from http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...lnk&cd=3&gl=us

I don't know if the paresthesias are from low D itself, or from low calcium that results from poor absorption of
calcium from the diet, when D is low. Aberrations in calcium and magnesium levels cause paresthesias.

THEY TAKE PHOTOS!!! Oh my god!!!! lol

I did have something when I was 17 or 18, it was the oddest thing. I would get it between my breasts, and on my belly. It had to do with the hot weather and when I sweated. I'll never forget what the doctor called it . Tinea Versicolor (how can I forget a name like that).

He would prescribe SELSUN shampoo and told me "go in the Shower, pour this all over your body from your head to your toes. (Then I believe I had to put some on the big patch between my breasts.). I looked it up once. It's a kind of fungus I believe. I had this on my upper belly and between my breasts for my teen years. Then about age 20, it all vanished.

Oh, I remember now, I would get some patches on the back of my neck.

But it's been 40 years now and never came back. I wonder why??

Hi Paul I have all the symptoms of neuropathy. Numbness/altered sensations on face/back arms and legs. I also have tingling in hands and feet. I have had various tests/brain scan/emg etc and they all came out showing no problem except the emg which showed borderline axonopathy 6 months ago but that has cleared up when I had the last test on 11th April 08. I will post the vitamin levels when I get them this afternoon.
I live in london,UK and I don't get enough sun exporsure I think as when the neuropathy is bad I don't really like going out...

This got my attention:
http://www.miamiherald.com/tropical_...ry/503619.html


Article says that at least half of all Americans have insufficients levels of Vitamin D.

This article (or perhaps it was one that was along side it in the printed version) stated that US doctors are actually seeing children with Rickets.

I was experiencing pain in the joint of my big toe, both left and right foot....in the ball of the foot - *that* joint. I started taking Vit - D because of other considerations but a side effect for me was that that pain went away. If I stop the D it comes back.

I found this and maybe someone else posted but I thought I would again.

Is Vitamin D Insufficiency Associated With Peripheral Neuropathy?

CME Review Article #30

Endocrinologist. 17(6):319-325, November/December 2007.
Carlson, Amanda N. MD *; Kenny, Anne M. MD +
Abstract:
The effects of vitamin D on calcium and phosphate metabolism and bone formation are well studied. For many years, it was thought that the importance of vitamin D was confined to these roles, and the study of this hormone's activity in other tissues was neglected. In recent years, however, there has been a renewed interest among researchers in identifying other target organs for vitamin D, such as the central nervous system. Increasingly, it appears that vitamin D plays a role in nerve growth and maintenance and may have important pharmaceutical applications for treatment of neurodegenerative conditions. This review focuses on our growing understanding of the biology of vitamin D in the brain and the potential pathophysiologic and therapeutic relationships that exist between vitamin D and neuronal dysfunction.

(C) 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

Hi thanks for all the replys,its early days yet but I swear the neuropathy is lessening,but maybe im having a few good days,I will mention the gluten test next time I see the doctor. Thanks again Mark

Hi all, I haven't had much time to post this year but just to let you all know that since taking vitamin d supplements the neuropathy 'seems' to be subsideing... not sure if it's just a lull or whether the severe lack of vitamin d was playing some sort of role in the neuropathy. I am hoping that maybe this info will be of use to others...

That's wonderful news! And something we all like to hear. Congrats!