Medical marihuana

It certainly sounds less of a hassle in your neck of the woods.  And, since you asked, my neck of the woods is Israel.

How awsome to have someone that lives other than north america, england or Italy.

It's interesting that you have pmr since pmr patients are vitamin d deficient and you live in a sunny climate.

Mind you i swear mine was stress related but was d deficient at the time.

Are you retired?

PMR patients are not necessarily Vitamin D deficient.  I wasn't.

As you know we are all different but one of the things is vitamin d deficiency. Just like most have high inflammation numbers while some never show.

Vitamin d obviously never was one of your markers.

On the contrary it turned out to be very high.  This would be because of my other auto immune disease, otherwise non-symptomatic sarcoidosis.  But were you actually tested for D when you presented with PMR symptoms, because I had to ask for the test and am only allowed to have it once a year, and even that only because I'm at risk.  

That was one of the 1st tests my dr did but thought i may have something else. It wasn't till my pain got really bad and constant bloodwork that they started to see my markets rising that he figured it out. Not as common in Canada. He had only seen a couple of cases in 25 years.

I get monthly blood work and my vitamin d is checked regularly for it can go to high then as you know can cause other problems.

My gp for tests is better than my rumi.

Had anCT scan and MRI all within a week last week. Thats a whole other story.

If it isn't pmr it's prednisone that brings on a whole lot of problems 😕

I was tested for vit d deficiency long after the original pmr  diagnosis and was found to be deficient.  As for the sun..... I avoid it as much as I can!!!

But those of us who live in hot sunny climates don't go out in the sun and cover up when we do - and walk on the shady side of the street! You can always identify the tourists! And sun screen blocks production of vit D - Factor 8 reduces the vit D by over 95%, a light suntan or darker skin is enough to be the same as Factor 12. That is one of the major problems in the UK - little effective sun to produce vit D in skin and a lot of people with darker skin for whatever reason.

"Not as common in Canada" - I wonder how that works out by region? You would expect it to be higher in areas with lots of Scots heritage for example. Maybe less in French regions.

Your doctor was right to do the vit D - it is one of the rule-outs for PMR. Low vit D is found in many autoimmune disorders but they don't know if it is cause or effect but is one thing that is easy to rememdy. Since it is cheap and easy to rectify it should be checked first and supplements taken if needed - but you have to check, you can't assume it is low.

According to a recent article about some research in Israel it is widely available in care homes for the elderly ...

Interesting in Australia this 'sunny' land - that we are now showing signs of Vit D deficiency much more often. We've all been told to lavishly slap on the 50 PLUS  sunscreens and we have been doing so - perhaps protecting ourselves from the more sinister skin cancers - but not even getting a basic amount of 'necessary' sun. Everything is SUCH a 'balancing act' - I'd never make a tightrope walker myself !!

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Rimmy

Exactly! Though apparently here in South Tirol in northern Italy we have the highest incidence of skin cancer in Europe but according to the local osteoporosis guru 80% of us are deficient in vit D!

But while slip slap slop may have reduced the skin cancer in Aus - all those red haired Scots and Irish in the sun perhaps? - apparently most of the dermatologists are severely deficient in vit D!!!!

I have lived my whole life either right on the water or very close. Loved water sports and today scuba dive always were it is warm.

Whats interesting is i cannot sit in the sun for more than 10 minutes before jumping in the water. So if hot and sunny out i avoid unless by water and yet the sun loves my skin and i turn brown extremely easy never burn even in the carribean or Australia.

My pmr loves it's warmth and the water and taper when away always contrary to everything. My hubby calls me unique lol.

In Nove Scotia the doctors have been told to assume everyone is Vitamin D deficient and to encourage people to supplement, without testing.  Had I not known about the sarcoidosis connection, plus my concerns about osteoporosis, I could easily have ended up at a toxic level without knowing.  I think this sort of money-saving exercise is irresponsible.  Yes, most ppl probably are D deficient, but that's no reason not to make certain if you're going to suggest extra supplementation. And this conversation is the first time I've ever heard that Vitamin D levels have anything to do with PMR.  But as you can see, having high D didn't stop me from getting sick, so maybe the connection is simply: nearly everyone is low in D and so there's going to be a correlation with almost any illness you get?

i also read that article... and was quite surprised.

and I forgot to answer your question ..... no, I am not retired but I would like to be!!!