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Xolodno

(7,360 posts)
47. Sad thing is...
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 12:25 AM
Aug 2018

...wife has to avoid getting pregnant. It could kill her. And even if she survives, it's unlikely she makes it out of the first trimester without a miscarriage....sadly, early in our marriage, we saw that.

And even if she manages to carry to full term...well, you hit it..its very likely the child will have developmental issues.

We contacted the top UCLA Medical Doctor...long story short, wouldn't even see us. In other words, as our family doctor stated...and many other specialists for other medical issues...it's just way too damn risky.

Read about other doctors who would take on patients with her condition....after you signed an agreement not to hold them liable...but the process required daily Lovenox injections. That raises alarms right away. And of course, there are the "success stories", but, you don't hear about the failures. So we opted..no, we didn't, we acknowledged, children were not in our future.

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I think that the number of folks with vitamin D deficiency is very high. greymattermom Aug 2018 #1
I was just told Ohiogal Aug 2018 #3
Make sure it d with k . There are under the tongue tabs 1k-5k d&k lunasun Aug 2018 #28
How come? pnwmom Aug 2018 #38
If you take k food with d that would do it too. And if advised not to for a health reason then dont lunasun Aug 2018 #39
And a little sunlight will do a LOT more for that than an expensive pill. Nt Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2018 #6
That's why I only take it during the winter mythology Aug 2018 #21
As people age they lose some of their ability to synthesize vitamin D from sunlight. +50 lunasun Aug 2018 #30
My doctor tests vitamin D levels as part of the routine blood work during a physical tammywammy Aug 2018 #34
I am old and take RX Vitamin D. PufPuf23 Aug 2018 #55
I have never taken vitamins. hubby is a pharmacist and laughs at them... samnsara Aug 2018 #2
In my experience Ohiogal Aug 2018 #4
What a scam. kstewart33 Aug 2018 #5
I buy Giant brand multivitamins Freddie Aug 2018 #7
Same here, Walmart brand because I eat a lousy diet and the VA just prescribed me additional D. braddy Aug 2018 #11
I Have The Same Friend RobinA Aug 2018 #49
Testing has revealed some don't have any of the primary ingredient touted on label wishstar Aug 2018 #8
Most expensive urine in the world mcar Aug 2018 #9
Pretty color though bottomofthehill Aug 2018 #27
I keep forgetting to take the vitamin D I'm supposed to take weekly mcar Aug 2018 #36
I call BS. OhZone Aug 2018 #10
"Unless you have a defeciency"(sic) Major Nikon Aug 2018 #23
Agreed, it's one man who is big into social media and totally against anything alternative womanofthehills Aug 2018 #41
You know what they call alternative medicine that works? Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2018 #48
Sixty years of marketing. Scruffy1 Aug 2018 #12
It's not completely about deficiency - OhZone Aug 2018 #13
I used to take a multi every single day - never noticed a difference in energy or stamina Mr. Ected Aug 2018 #14
You want more energy? OhZone Aug 2018 #16
Bullshit in a bottle. Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2018 #22
You laugh but - OhZone Aug 2018 #26
Just don't take too much I thought one day I didn't have beets and had some twice by mistake lunasun Aug 2018 #31
Good advice! :) nt OhZone Aug 2018 #33
Also if you can afford it stay high end- because non GMO beets -if not plants sprayed with round up lunasun Aug 2018 #35
Did you seriously just link to mercola?... SidDithers Aug 2018 #56
AND the goverment National Center for Biology Information - OhZone Aug 2018 #57
Nope. Once you've gone mercola, you've lost all credibility... SidDithers Aug 2018 #58
Yeah sure. Ignore the NIH and tons of other references easily available OhZone Aug 2018 #59
If you link to mercola... SidDithers Aug 2018 #61
That's just silly and OhZone Aug 2018 #65
Why not just eat beets? Retrograde Aug 2018 #24
Yes, you can but - OhZone Aug 2018 #25
I take l'arginine, taurine, magnesium and juice beets to lower my blood pressure womanofthehills Aug 2018 #42
lol stonecutter357 Aug 2018 #51
I like the new "brain supplement" marybourg Aug 2018 #15
Yeah - OhZone Aug 2018 #18
Thank you!!! No one ever mentions that jellyfish don't have brains or a CNS NightWatcher Aug 2018 #20
Ginkgo RobinA Aug 2018 #50
My red blood count was low and I couldn't figure out why. phylny Aug 2018 #17
Cool! nt OhZone Aug 2018 #19
Let's see. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2018 #29
Lots of people have horrible diets or eat low quality foods womanofthehills Aug 2018 #46
Not just for deficiencies, but also for medical problems. Lisa0825 Aug 2018 #32
Yep. I take one for arthritis and one for ARMD.* trof Aug 2018 #63
One of mine is also for my eyes... Lisa0825 Aug 2018 #64
Three years ago my ophthalmologist told me to take magnesium and more Vitamin D pnwmom Aug 2018 #37
Vitamin D3 supplements saved my life think4yourself Aug 2018 #40
Folic Acid. Xolodno Aug 2018 #43
Taking folic acid while you are pregnant helps prevent birth defects of baby's brain & spinal cord womanofthehills Aug 2018 #45
Sad thing is... Xolodno Aug 2018 #47
There are lots of studies about niacin lowering cholesterol womanofthehills Aug 2018 #44
By the time a'clinically defined deficiency' is certified, empedocles Aug 2018 #52
Dr. Atkins zipplewrath Aug 2018 #53
Dr Atkins was a quack who suggested a VERY Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2018 #62
I'm skeptical about supplements in general Codeine Aug 2018 #54
I take no supplements whatsoever... Archae Aug 2018 #60
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