Hey Sick,

I appreciate the concern and the heads up! You know, i think you are right. I've been reading about Vit D a lot this week since my last measurement came in with so little increase. Everything I read says what you are saying and that I need to be taking a serious amount (4000+) IU of Vit D to get back to normal.

So I am a recently retired Veteran, 43 yrs old, and unfortunately my doctor really is not that good. I go over to the base and see a general practitioner who sees 40-50 old and young Vets a day...and I have been really unhappy with him. He doesn't know anything about Low D/T and despite me begging him to send me to a specialist, he won't. He is my 2nd doc in 3 months as there is so much turnover over there. It's not optimum. It's a system designed to get the most patients through in the cheapest and fastest way possible. My 1st doc put me on the 1000 IU of Vit D...and the new doc hasn't even commented on it to me. I swear, I am asking him more about treatment options for T and I feel like I am educating him!

Thanks dude, this is a wake up call for me. I need to exit this generic care ASAP. Sorry for the rant