Chrons and Vitamin D

[coughting]

I have chrons and it is now in remission.  I recently had my vitamin D checked it was quite low.  Should be between 35 and 100 and mine was 5.

Anyone else with chrons had this?  I am taking 50,000 mg of vitamin D once a week and will have my vitamin D checked again after 4 weeks.  My appointment is for the 10th.  

Just wondering how your vitamin D has reacted to the treatment if you also have chrons.

[beverlydavis]

I have Crohns and also have a low vit D. Mine is 18 on a 31-100 scale. I take 50,000 2x aweek. I  don't know if it has helpled yet because I haven't been retested. I also have low iron and b-12 readings. All those are very common with Crohns.

[coughting]

Yes, that is one reason for all the blood tests.  After a month on 50,000 per week, my vitiman D was up to 21.  It will have been 2 months now since I was there so hopefully it will be great now.  But my oncologist says to take 1000 mg daily after we get it where it needs to be.  
I had bowel resection and in the middle of the wadded up deseased bowel they found cancer.  It was pure luck that I had to have bowel resection because of fistulas, otherwise my colon cancer would have spread.  I only see the oncologist to keep check of everything, no further treatment was needed.  But while in the hospital with the bowel resection I had to have blood transfusion.

Chrons can cause a lot of complications.  But at the present mine is in remission.  It is not like living was before chrons but I can live with this.

Hope your Vit D is up this time.  I go back for testing on the 9th and will let you know where it is now.

Jayne