Well, I've had the result of that Vit D blood test today. Remember, I don't get out much in the winter, and I've been tied to a computer for many days in the last 6 months, writing reports. As I said above, I've been taking 5000iu of Vit D3 for the last 6 months - Sept to March - and I took 2500iu from March to Sept 2011, as well as doing some gardening and sitting out when the weather allowed.
The range our lab uses is:
<25 mmol/l - deficient
25 - 50 mmol/l - insufficient
50 - 75 mmol/l - adequate
>75 mmol/l - optimum.
Mine reading was 143.5 mmol/l. I think I might be doing something right!
All the rest of the tests were absolutely spot on for everything - full blood count, albumin/creatinine ratio, blood haematinic levels, urea & electrolytes, liver function (bless it!), thyroid, and iron.
Blood lipids could do with some work but are all within the target range (though some are at the wrong end of okay, in my opinion).
Fasting BG came back as 5 (my meter said 4.6, 90 minutes earlier).
HbA1c was 5.6% (38 mmol/mol), which I am very pleased with, given that it included Christmas, New Year - in fact, a couple of months I'm guilty about
. But I was never very far off target, and for the last month I've been very good indeed. It really does seem that the last month counts most towards an HbA1c.
I don't intend to let a couple of bad months happen again, however. The only one I'm cheating is myself, and I will have to face the consequences in the future! :shock:
Comments welcome, particularly from those who know more than I do!
Viv 8)