Pains in feet and aching bones

[barb62]

Hi all, I am struggling with pains and aches and requested blood tests below, I realise my Vit D is low and am now taking 5000 per day. I notice that my folate is down from 11 to 8, should this be a concern. I take 10mcg T3 twice a day and 125 Levo. Any advice on my tests would be greatly appreciated.

July 20

T4 21 (9-25)

T3 6.0 (3.6-6.5)

TSH < 0.05

August 20

Serum lipid levels

Serum cholesterol level 5.7 mmol/L

Serum triglyceride levels 2.24 mmol/L [0.0 - 2.0]

Outside reference range

Serum HDL cholesterol level 1.4 mmol/L [0.9 - 2.2]

Serum LDL cholesterol level 3.3 mmol/L

Total cholesterol:HDL ratio 4.1

Non-HDL Cholesterol (Calc) 4.3 mmol/L

Serum magnesium level 0.83 mmol/L [0.7 - 1.0]

Serum vitamin D level 57 nmol/L

Serum vitamin B12 level 453 ng/L [220.0 - 700.0]

Serum folate level 8.2 ug/L [2.6 - 17.3]

Serum ferritin level 270 ug/L [10.0 - 420.0]

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

barb62

Your thyroid results look good.

Magnesium is an unreliable test. About 99% of magnesium is stored in bone, muscles and soft tissues, leaving about 1% in the blood. So testing what's in the blood isn't giving an accurate picture of our magnesium status.

Vit D, as you are aware, is far too low, you should be aiming for 100-150nmol/L so 5,000iu D3 daily is currently the correct dose. Are you taking D3's important cofactors - magnesium which helps the body convert D3 to it's usable form, and Vit K2-MK7 which directs the extra uptake of calcium to bones and teeth and away from arteries and soft tissues?

B12 is low. According to an extract from the book, "Could it be B12?" by Sally M. Pacholok:

According to an extract from the book, "Could it be B12?" by Sally M. Pacholok:

"We believe that the 'normal' serum B12 threshold needs to be raised from 200 pg/ml to at least 450 pg/ml because deficiencies begin to appear in the cerebrospinal fluid below 550".

"For brain and nervous system health and prevention of disease in older adults, serum B12 levels should be maintained near or above 1000 pg/ml."

pg/ml is the same as ng/L.

Folate is recommended to be at least half way through range, so with your range it should be 10+

If I were you I'd be taking a good quality B Complex which will help raise both B12 and folate levels. Consider Thorne Basic B or Igennus Super B.

Ferritin is recommended to be half way through range but I've also read that 100-130 is a good level for females and 150 for males.

[barb62 in reply to SeasideSusie]

Afternoon seaside Susie, thank you for your advice. I have just reintroduce B12 sublingual and I do now take k2. I'll look into the B complex. I take magnesium chloride

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to barb62]

barb62

You may not need a separate B12, there may be enough B12 in the B Complex.