vitamin D

This post is mostly for those on my side of the family who suffer from chronic pain and extreme fatigue.  After bothering doctors about this for the past 15 years, and always coming back with normal results, I finally decided to go see an endocrinologist.  Today he called me back, and though, again, all the usual suspects were normal (thyroid, hormones, etc.) he discovered that I have a severe, severe vitamin D deficiency.  The cause for this in my case of course isn't known yet, but one of the causes is gluten intolerance, another is liver problems (thanks mom!)  :)  One of the other weird symptoms I have is pitting edema in my legs, also caused by this.  So if any of you are feeling like this and no tests show conclusive results, have your D checked out!  My kids keep telling me they wish I could run around and play.  I wish for it, too.  I'm hoping in 8 weeks I'll be able to do just that!