Vitamin D3 - seems to be making me worse!! Hip/joint pain

Hi all,

I've had numerous problems with fatigue over recent years plus two bouts of thyroid cancer, but I never really had the any pains to go with it, until early last year when I started to notice intermittent pain in my right hip.

As 2017 went on, the pain in my right hip seemed to get more noticeable, and also pain in the bottoms of my feet and around my ankles, which has also steadily got worse.

I've been having appointments at the hospital after being referred by my oncologist to a pain management department. I was prescribed Vitamin D3 800iu to take twice a day, because apparently I am low on Vitamin D.

Well, I've been taking it for 2 weeks and I have to say I feel absolutely shockingly bad  

The pain in my hip is now constant as of this week and has turned into a combination of stiffness and pain, and this morning I woke up and there was pain in my left hip also. As the day has gone on it's felt like it is rapidly getting worse from the hips down - my legs are so stiff and tight and feel like they are burning, as do the bottoms of my feet. I feel awful all over, but especially my hips, knees and ankles/feet.

I've been having physio alongside this to also combat the hip pain and was given some exercises to do, the main one being a "bridge" where I arch my back and hold it. I basically don't know if it's doing the exercises which is making me feel worse or the Vitamin D3 supplement, but I am leaning towards the Vitamin D. I feel very, very wrong and I don't know what to do.

Is anyone able to advise me about Vitamin D? Is it likely to be causing these problems with my hips? I feel like I have aged about 30 years. The hip pain before was occasional, but now it's constant and I am very scared

Thanks for any help.

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