Per the vitamin D council: Studies show women with low levels of vitamin D have a 222% increased risk for developing breast cancer. Ecologic studies have shown an inverse correlation between breast cancer mortality and sun exposure and dietary vitamin D intake. Blood levels of vitamin D at the time of diagnosis of breast cancer accurately predict a woman's survival. The cancer is much more aggressive in those with low serum vitamin D levels: they are 94% more likely to have the cancer metastasize and 73% more likely to die within 10 years of diagnosis.

What does this mean to you? I went on a vitamin D supplement last year and had my D tested in June of this year. After supplementing with 2000 units a day I was still deficient per the Vitamin D Council which recommends one has 50 to 100 units in the blood. I had 41. When I brought this up with my oncologist. The response was that there is interest in this. I asked if they were testing all new breast cancer patients and the response was no. With this in mind, I know I was deficient at breast cancer. I tracked in the early spring how much sunshine I was getting and it was minuscule. The above information concerns me as I didn't begin D supplementation until about 18 months after my cancer diagnosis. What are the mortality rates of one who begins supplementation? Did I catch it in time?

This kind of pisses me off. We trust doctors to know about things and advise us but do they really? I remember my OBGYN telling me to not bother drinking milk but just take a calcium chew or eat a tums. Tums deplete other things. And if I had consumed milk perhaps I would have had some D in me.