Me 'n "D"

I have been wanting to write about "this" for a long time, but don't like to write about complaints and illnesses and such on my blog.  For one reason, it's private to me and secondly, I like "happy" blogs with fun and nice posts.  I don't like it when people blog and are mad at the world.  Write that in a journal or tell your spouse, mom or child or the person who you have an issue with.  Don't air your dirty laundry in public is my view.  But, I do have a "complaint" of sorts that now I want to make public and that because it's a problem I live with on a daily basis.  I don't know the answer to it and neither does any doctor that I have been to, which incidentally is a lot, and a lot of different types of them, as well.  So OK, here goes:

I am vitamin D intolerant.  This sounds like an easy problem.  Don't take vitamin D, period.  Doesn't work for me.  I have a great need for it and I also have a very low vitamin d level in my blood tests.  So what does it mean?  Well, here are the problems I have from taking the supplement:

Muscle spasms, joint pain, pretty intense at times.  hair loss, vibrations in my body, mainly legs and feet.  Pulsations where there shouldn't be any, aches ALL OVER, like I have arthritis, but I don't.  Shaking in my whole body, sensitivity to cold and when I take it, about 2-3 hours later, I get REALLY hot and nervous.  Swelling of the blood veins in my forearms causing pain there.  There are lots more symptoms, but these are the ones that are really hard to deal with.

So as I said, I had been to doctors, not a few... and here are some of my diagnoses.  Incidentally, not one doctor gave the same one...sheesh...  I have carpal tunnel, causing the veins, nope, not...I have restless leg syndrome, nope, not even, I have bad nerves, sometimes, when things get to painful, yes, who wouldn't get a little nervous about that?  I have fibromyalgia, don't think so.  I have auto immune disease, the next doctor said, no I don't...who is right?  It goes on and on and on.

I read some forums, there is actually a forum with others just like me.  It is a small group, but hey!  They have the same exact symptoms as me!  Exactly, and most are also sensitive to the sun, which as you know, also provides us with a natural source of stuff to cause our body to produce vit d on its own.  Well, guess what!  When I go in the sun, it can be the worst case of pain ever.  One night I woke up, couldn't move.  I freaked and thought I was paralyzed.  This was for real.  So what do I do when I am outdoors?  Hat, sun screen, yes it helps! And shade and clothes that cover.  No immodesty going on here, believe me on that one.  So, some of the people on the forum wrote that they had gotten sick by a certain antibiotic because it was given them for a bladder infection.  Well, here I can relate, as well.  Had been treated with numerous infections, and given one antibiotic, which made me really ill and then replaced with the one they wrote about on a couple of occasions.  So is this causing this strange reaction to vitamin D?  In fact, it also occurs with food with vitamin D, such as dairy and fishy stuff.  I also have a sensitivity to flax seed, which I need for dry eye and other similar issues.  But it is almost as bad as the "d", with extreme vibration in the legs and feet and shaking beyond belief.  For a long time, I didn't know the cause, and had gotten to the point where I really thought I would need to get disability from work.  Luckily I figured it out and now it is alot better. 

So what happens when I don't take vit d?  Anxiety, panic attacks, some depression, beyond belief.  So what do I do?  I buy a capsule form of vitamin d and at the health food store buy empty capsules.  I break down a pill into several capsules.  I take them daily and the pain is tolerable.  When it gets a bit too much pain, I take some ibuprofen.  It actually helps the pain in the muscles and joints and I can walk.  I don't like to take it too much, but sometimes I have to.  I have been dealing with this now about 4-5 years.  I don't remember exactly when it began as to the year, but I can remember the first beginnings of pain that I experienced, because I had never had such strange pains before.  So, I have tried all kinds of health foods and supplements and de-tox, etc.  In fact, on Monday I will have the last of my silver fillings replaced.  Whether that helps or not, it's still a good thing to do.  Well, that's my life.  It feels good to finally open up about it.  It is hard for me to talk about except to my mom and Spencer.  I am trying to find a happy balance, because I know vitamin d prevents many types of cancers, one of which I got this year, skin cancer...I don't want to add to that, so I will keep taking what I can without going into overload. 

If anyone reading this knows an answer, please share.  This is a really hard trial and a daily issue that won't go away...

Not as of Oct. 1st...

Yesterday Brecklyn came over on Sunday afternoon and practiced her piano lesson.  She did an amazingly good job on a piece she had not played before.  She got it right away.  I said to her "Good job, princess!" and she got a totally pained look on her face and said, "No, I am no longer a princess!".  I said, "Really, since when?"  She replied as of October 1st... because now she was all grown up...:(.

Logan's Last Soccer Game!

Yesterday was Logan's last soccer game.  Logan's team won AGAIN!  This means they won every game they played.  Wow.  This game was pretty close and therefore quite exciting to watch.  The final score 3-2.  Of the 3 goals, Logan made 2 of them.  So he is definitely the MVP in my grandmotherly opinion!

It was a fun game and even the spectators had a good time!

Brecklyn keeps Grayson occupied and is a good little babysitter!  This is the little wagon I bought him to go to the zoo.  I think he likes it alot!  And maybe Breckie does too. 
Well, soccer is done for a while and we will see what is next on the agenda!