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03-24-2008, 05:14 PM

lisa821

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I am a: Type 1

Join Date: Mar 2007

Location: Knox Vegas

Posts: 245

low vitamin D levels

Huh. My bloodwork shows that my vitamin D levels are at 12 (above 32 is normal), so I'm taking big honkin' doses of vitamin D to catch up. Is this common for diabetics?

I know this could be a result of lack of sun, but my skin can't really take a lot of sun. In fact, I just had a couple of moles removed. Nothing cancerous, luckily. I just have to be careful because I have a light complexion and blue eyes. I'm a near-vegetarian (I still eat fish) and still consume dairy, so I'm not sure what's up with this. Also, my white blood cell count is borderline low at 4,200, but no anemia. Yet.

Any ideas out there?

~Lisa

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