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Vitamin D Testing with Bronchiectasis/MAC infection

Posted by blm1007blm1007 @blm1007blm1007, May 25 9:48pm

Due to concern if Medicare would pay for my Vitamin 'D testing my doctor suggested that I call Medicare and find out if Medicare would pay for the test.
All the information I have brought up in searching on the internet does not detail all, only some of the medical conditions, that Medicare will pay for testing of the Vitamin D levels.
I had been nearly at zero, if not at zero, at one time after my hip replacement . Finally after time I worked myself up to a good level.

Has anyone had their doctor testing their Vitamin D level during the year or annually or in particular in 2026?
Have you heard if it is best for us with a lung disease, Bronchiectasis, and or a MAC infection to have our Vitamin D tested, at least annually or more?
It would appear to me that knowing our D levels is important with Bronchiectasis and a MAC infection and or osteoporosis?
Barbara

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blm1007blm1007 | @blm1007blm1007 | May 29 7:53am
In reply to @irenea8 "You also need to consider if the D you are taking is being absorbed. You might..." + (show)
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You also need to consider if the D you are taking is being absorbed. You might be able to take less of one that absorbs better. I use a D spray in the mouth and for me that absorbs better. Also important to take K2 if you take D.

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@irenea8 Good information about a spray. Do you purchase it from a health food store?
Yes, thanks....for your thoughts about the D spray and absorption .......and for the reminder about the K2.
Glad to see your post.
Barbara

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blm1007blm1007 | @blm1007blm1007 | May 29 8:15am
In reply to @val2652 "@heidi0974 I would test for bone density if you have been on the big three for..." + (show)
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@heidi0974 I would test for bone density if you have been on the big three for a long time. Last year I fell and fractured my arm and the surgeons said they counted up to 40 pieces. I think I was supposed to overhear them discussing the medication I had been on when they said with the medicine I was on and for the length of time it’s not a surprise that my bones were fragile. I had been on ethambutol, rifidin and azithromiacin for, I think 5 years as well as aricayce liposomal for 9 months. It eventually killed the MAC.
Now whether it was my age as well as the medication we will never know. I am now being treated for osteoporosis. I had been on vitamin D capsules for at least 12 months into my treatment. Just might be something to watch out for.
In my opinion it’s better to be safe than sorry.

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@val2652 Interesting what you overheard.
I think it is more a combination of time and then medications that can cause our D level to become lower with time. That is what I feel happened to me with my having gone down to nearly, in not there at the time, zero .... a combination of time/age and medications after my hip replacement surgery.
Glad you posted that.
Barbara

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