Below is a copy of an email I received from All Day Chemist. I expected this to happen but thought I would pass it along. I have plenty of budesonide, thank goodness.
Order ID. BMD2802-20044113
This has reference to your recent order for which we thank you.
Due to the revised flight schedules (and / or reduction in number of flights) of all major airlines due to COVID-19, cargo services of every sector have been severely impacted. Shipments are taking more than the expected time to deliver. It may take up to twenty-five working days instead of the usual.
As this is an evolving situation with uncertainties, the above may apply to shipments sent over the next thirty days. Please be rest assured that we are looking at all possible avenues to reduce impact to our valued customers however we look forward to your understanding as always.
Stay safe.
Warm Regards,
Team AllDayChemist
Coronavirus
Moderators: Rosie, Stanz, Jean, CAMary, moremuscle, JFR, Dee, xet, Peggy, Matthew, Gabes-Apg, grannyh, Gloria, Mars, starfire, Polly, Joefnh
Hi everyone,
I am sorry I was out of touch for so long. We have moved twice since last summer, things have been busy and crazy.
I was visiting my parents in Switzerland for 10 days this January, only to stay for a month when my Dad's health deteriorated rapidly (paralysis of the leg, either due to metastases or herniated disc at the same level in his spine), his health improved with prednisone and I returned to the States for two weeks before flying out to Switzerland again last week for his 92nd birthday. I could not believe how much had changed in Switzerland in two weeks. The coronavirus situation in Switzerland is horrendous, especially in the Ticino, the Italian speaking part of Switzerland, bordering Northern Italy. The number of infected patients and patients requiring ICU and ventilators is doubling every few days. I worked in different hospitals in Switzerland while still living there and the health care system is top notch. However, it will soon be completely overwhelmed the way this is going.
When the travel ban for people arriving from Europe was announced, I changed my flight to arrive before the ban would go into effect even though I was supposed to stay in Switzerland for another 10 days. I was afraid of ending up in quarantine on a military base as some people arriving from Asia did and I was TERRIFIED of not being able to eat safe foods. Friday morning in Zurich was absolute chaos at the airport, waiting for 1.5 h at check-in with hundreds of American college students and a handful of American tourists, all trying to return to the US before midnight on Friday. I am so glad I traveled on Friday. Travelers arriving from Europe on Saturday ended up waiting for 8-10 hours at JFK and Chicago O'Hare for their medical screening. Thousands of people arriving from different hot zones in Europe all crowded together for so many hours seems like the perfect way to spread the virus as efficiently as possible.
I am sad I had to leave early and I am worried for my parents, hoping they won't get the virus. But I am also worried for all of us because I think we are only a week or two behind the current situation in a lot of European countries.
A big hug to all of you, I would not be able to lead a more or less normal life and I would certainly not be able to travel back and forth to Switzerland to visit my parents if it wasn't for all of your help. Right now, though, I am staying at home, in self quarantine. So far so good, no symptoms after 5 days. I work from home and will try not to leave the house unless absolutely necessary for the next few weeks.
With lots of gratitude,
Patricia
I am sorry I was out of touch for so long. We have moved twice since last summer, things have been busy and crazy.
I was visiting my parents in Switzerland for 10 days this January, only to stay for a month when my Dad's health deteriorated rapidly (paralysis of the leg, either due to metastases or herniated disc at the same level in his spine), his health improved with prednisone and I returned to the States for two weeks before flying out to Switzerland again last week for his 92nd birthday. I could not believe how much had changed in Switzerland in two weeks. The coronavirus situation in Switzerland is horrendous, especially in the Ticino, the Italian speaking part of Switzerland, bordering Northern Italy. The number of infected patients and patients requiring ICU and ventilators is doubling every few days. I worked in different hospitals in Switzerland while still living there and the health care system is top notch. However, it will soon be completely overwhelmed the way this is going.
When the travel ban for people arriving from Europe was announced, I changed my flight to arrive before the ban would go into effect even though I was supposed to stay in Switzerland for another 10 days. I was afraid of ending up in quarantine on a military base as some people arriving from Asia did and I was TERRIFIED of not being able to eat safe foods. Friday morning in Zurich was absolute chaos at the airport, waiting for 1.5 h at check-in with hundreds of American college students and a handful of American tourists, all trying to return to the US before midnight on Friday. I am so glad I traveled on Friday. Travelers arriving from Europe on Saturday ended up waiting for 8-10 hours at JFK and Chicago O'Hare for their medical screening. Thousands of people arriving from different hot zones in Europe all crowded together for so many hours seems like the perfect way to spread the virus as efficiently as possible.
I am sad I had to leave early and I am worried for my parents, hoping they won't get the virus. But I am also worried for all of us because I think we are only a week or two behind the current situation in a lot of European countries.
A big hug to all of you, I would not be able to lead a more or less normal life and I would certainly not be able to travel back and forth to Switzerland to visit my parents if it wasn't for all of your help. Right now, though, I am staying at home, in self quarantine. So far so good, no symptoms after 5 days. I work from home and will try not to leave the house unless absolutely necessary for the next few weeks.
With lots of gratitude,
Patricia
Be gentle with yourself. Be kind to yourself. You may not be perfect, but you are all you’ve got to work with.
- Bhante Gunaratana
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Patricia, glad you made the trip home. Hugs to everyone as well. Yesterday it was announced 2 cases have been confirmed in the Lubbock, Tx area (approximately 120 miles from where I live). Authorities are saying these cases are travel related. Today it was announced that 2 cases have been confirmed in the town where I live Amarillo, Tx. They haven't released more information regarding the Amarillo cases.
Stay healthy everyone.
Stay healthy everyone.
Brenda
Hi Diana,
I'm not taking it. That's the medicine I plan to take if I get Covid-19. I'll take three (3) pills per day, for a week, starting with the first signs of symptoms.
Until then, I'm taking a single 5,000 IU Doctors Best gel capsule each day. I checked my vitamin D level at the end of January, and it was 71 ng/ml (177.5 nmol/L), which is about where I like to keep it.
Some folks such as the admin on the vitamin D wiki recommend taking one (1) 50,000 IU capsule per week (for a few weeks) if you need to get your vitamin D level over 40 in a hurry, and then taking one (1) 50,000 IU capsule per day for a week, starting after the first signs of (suspected) coronavirus symptoms.
If you want to take it (as a preventive measure), I would take only one (1) per week, unless you already have symptoms.
Tex
I'm not taking it. That's the medicine I plan to take if I get Covid-19. I'll take three (3) pills per day, for a week, starting with the first signs of symptoms.
Until then, I'm taking a single 5,000 IU Doctors Best gel capsule each day. I checked my vitamin D level at the end of January, and it was 71 ng/ml (177.5 nmol/L), which is about where I like to keep it.
Some folks such as the admin on the vitamin D wiki recommend taking one (1) 50,000 IU capsule per week (for a few weeks) if you need to get your vitamin D level over 40 in a hurry, and then taking one (1) 50,000 IU capsule per day for a week, starting after the first signs of (suspected) coronavirus symptoms.
If you want to take it (as a preventive measure), I would take only one (1) per week, unless you already have symptoms.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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Thanks Tex for all of the continued, amazing wisdom and foresight you so generously give out on this site. I felt this also back in January that the pandemic was to be taken seriously, but could not have truly predicted how it would change our world. Thank you for kicking off such an important conversation/ post regarding the Vitamin D, way back at the start of the year, to support our immunity and wellness. It truly is a CRUCIAL component and you have once again shared your own experience and wisdom from others that is spot on.
My levels were below 20 when I was diagnosed, and getting them up above 50 was one of the biggest shifts in my recovery and healing. My depression lifted, along with my strength and ability to heal.
Along with Zinc, Magnesium and other vitamins, minerals and nutrients, as you all have continued to affirm, we truly are supported by the intelligence of our bodies, minds and spirits when adequate levels of these vitamins/ minerals and certain other supplements are in balance.
I am a frontline healthcare worker and have known with and worked hard to protect myself in a daily environment of risk, with my own ongoing immunity health compromises. I am so fortunate to have found you all and taken the suggestions regarding healing from MC to heart-- they have saved my life and greatly increased my quality of living.
Now, clearly, those risks have sky-rocketed overnight and the overwhelm and stress is bringing many hospitals and units around the country to a breaking point. So far, I am well and continue to work and we are preparing for the surge of sick patients to hit our hospital... it is beginning to happen as I speak. It is a complex array of emotions and I am taking it a day at a time, intent on protecting myself, my patients, and my family and friends, as best as I can. Thankfully, we have the protective gear we need and I'm wearing all of it, diligently.
I meditate and envision wellness for myself each day, have stuck to my routine and healing diet/ vitamins/ etc., stay optimistic with gratitudes for all that we have and am grateful for my work, for my ability to get up every day and feel well. There are so many suffering and struggling right now, in one way or another, and my heart is so heavy with that.
My immunity is my priority, so focus is on sleep, elevated emotions, food and balancing social contacts and supporting others, staying connected to my dog and my partner in positive, loving ways.
The stay-at-home orders and social distancing is crucial and I pray that you all are well and finding the support and strength you need during this time. The potential threat to those of us with limited diets, etc. when supplies of certain foods are questionable can be terrifying, so I pray also that everyone is finding what they need and are able to get it without too much trouble. We have been creative here with neighborhood support, but even that can be scary with the social distancing risks/ rules.
If you do go out, stay safe, don't hesitate to wear masks and gloves. I realize most or all are probably already and have already been doing this diligently-- only affirming what you already know.
There was a great article in the NY Times written by Jameson of Penn Medicine (collaborated with other health professionals around the country) regarding the importance of this 'situation' we are all in, the restrictions, distancing, etc. I thought it was really concise and important so I'm sharing... (again not because I think you don't know this, because as a group, you get it), because I thought it was well-said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/opin ... virus.html
Please stay well everyone, hang in there, it might take a bit of time but we will get through this...
Peace and big Love to all~
My levels were below 20 when I was diagnosed, and getting them up above 50 was one of the biggest shifts in my recovery and healing. My depression lifted, along with my strength and ability to heal.
Along with Zinc, Magnesium and other vitamins, minerals and nutrients, as you all have continued to affirm, we truly are supported by the intelligence of our bodies, minds and spirits when adequate levels of these vitamins/ minerals and certain other supplements are in balance.
I am a frontline healthcare worker and have known with and worked hard to protect myself in a daily environment of risk, with my own ongoing immunity health compromises. I am so fortunate to have found you all and taken the suggestions regarding healing from MC to heart-- they have saved my life and greatly increased my quality of living.
Now, clearly, those risks have sky-rocketed overnight and the overwhelm and stress is bringing many hospitals and units around the country to a breaking point. So far, I am well and continue to work and we are preparing for the surge of sick patients to hit our hospital... it is beginning to happen as I speak. It is a complex array of emotions and I am taking it a day at a time, intent on protecting myself, my patients, and my family and friends, as best as I can. Thankfully, we have the protective gear we need and I'm wearing all of it, diligently.
I meditate and envision wellness for myself each day, have stuck to my routine and healing diet/ vitamins/ etc., stay optimistic with gratitudes for all that we have and am grateful for my work, for my ability to get up every day and feel well. There are so many suffering and struggling right now, in one way or another, and my heart is so heavy with that.
My immunity is my priority, so focus is on sleep, elevated emotions, food and balancing social contacts and supporting others, staying connected to my dog and my partner in positive, loving ways.
The stay-at-home orders and social distancing is crucial and I pray that you all are well and finding the support and strength you need during this time. The potential threat to those of us with limited diets, etc. when supplies of certain foods are questionable can be terrifying, so I pray also that everyone is finding what they need and are able to get it without too much trouble. We have been creative here with neighborhood support, but even that can be scary with the social distancing risks/ rules.
If you do go out, stay safe, don't hesitate to wear masks and gloves. I realize most or all are probably already and have already been doing this diligently-- only affirming what you already know.
There was a great article in the NY Times written by Jameson of Penn Medicine (collaborated with other health professionals around the country) regarding the importance of this 'situation' we are all in, the restrictions, distancing, etc. I thought it was really concise and important so I'm sharing... (again not because I think you don't know this, because as a group, you get it), because I thought it was well-said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/opin ... virus.html
Please stay well everyone, hang in there, it might take a bit of time but we will get through this...
Peace and big Love to all~
Jacqueline
Jacqueline,
Thank you for taking the time to write such an inspiring, upbeat post. At a time when we're all being flooded with so much bad news that we're tempted to allow our mood to reflect the depressing tone of the news, it's refreshing to see a reminder that there's nothing to be accomplished by feeling depressed. And there's much to be gained by doing whatever we need to do to elevate our mood and minimize our stress level. We can't allow stress to take over our thoughts, if we hope to remain in good health. We can't prevent a novel virus from mandating changes in our lifestyle, but we can certainly prevent those changes from raising our stress level to a point where it might threaten to negatively affect our health.
And it's inspiring to see how well so many front-line health care workers such as yourself are handling the situation. Deep down inside each of us, we still have enough of the pioneer spirit that allowed our ancestors to face the unknown and persevere, no matter how bad the conditions, that we can still do it too. As you pointed out, "We will get through this."
Many thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Tex
Thank you for taking the time to write such an inspiring, upbeat post. At a time when we're all being flooded with so much bad news that we're tempted to allow our mood to reflect the depressing tone of the news, it's refreshing to see a reminder that there's nothing to be accomplished by feeling depressed. And there's much to be gained by doing whatever we need to do to elevate our mood and minimize our stress level. We can't allow stress to take over our thoughts, if we hope to remain in good health. We can't prevent a novel virus from mandating changes in our lifestyle, but we can certainly prevent those changes from raising our stress level to a point where it might threaten to negatively affect our health.
And it's inspiring to see how well so many front-line health care workers such as yourself are handling the situation. Deep down inside each of us, we still have enough of the pioneer spirit that allowed our ancestors to face the unknown and persevere, no matter how bad the conditions, that we can still do it too. As you pointed out, "We will get through this."
Many thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Dear Jacqueline,
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for writing such a wonderful post, and for the work that you do. I echo everything Tex has said. Your attitude and courage is what will ultimately beat this monster virus into submission. I wish you the very best as you continue to carry a difficult load during this trying time in our history. I pray that you manage to stay healthy throughout it all.
Love,
Kari
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for writing such a wonderful post, and for the work that you do. I echo everything Tex has said. Your attitude and courage is what will ultimately beat this monster virus into submission. I wish you the very best as you continue to carry a difficult load during this trying time in our history. I pray that you manage to stay healthy throughout it all.
Love,
Kari
"My mouth waters whenever I pass a bakery shop and sniff the aroma of fresh bread, but I am also grateful simply to be alive and sniffing." Dr. Bernstein
For better or worse, Vitamin D mentioned at 18:05 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7s3fS6RTlQ
JAMA Network Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Critical Care Management
Also recently read somewhere in the literature or heard discussed on another JAMA Network video that covid patients may clear the virus, but the disease has left them with an overreactive immune system and succumb to the consequences of that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7s3fS6RTlQ
JAMA Network Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Critical Care Management
Also recently read somewhere in the literature or heard discussed on another JAMA Network video that covid patients may clear the virus, but the disease has left them with an overreactive immune system and succumb to the consequences of that.
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what is the best level of Vit D in your blood?
Hi, I was noticing that Vit D was a topic of interest in maybe keeping the Coronavirus at bay. I had been taking a handful every day, for a LONG time, and haven't been sick at all, not even with a cold, though I have a raging case of MC for 4 years now. Recently, because I read TOO MUCH can be harmful, I had my vitamin d blood draw and it was 97- is that too high? I'm surprised any of it stays in my system because everything goes out of me in less than 24 hours every day. I am guessing I was taking 50,000 a day for several years.
Incredible Kitty....
To only have a level of 97 and to have been taking VitD in that amount for years....I have to ask was it VitD shots?
I don't feel 97 is high, it is on the higher end of course but not terrible. For your results to be at 97 leads me to wonder if your SNP VDR Recepter gene doesn't uptake VitD very well so that is how you are able to maintain a lower level even while taking so much VitD over time.
I have a VDR receptor that doesn't uptake as well and I have to take a good strong 5000IU every day to maintain a level in the range of 50-80.....but I also make sure I take at least 200-400 mg Mag Glycinate to help it work properly too.
To only have a level of 97 and to have been taking VitD in that amount for years....I have to ask was it VitD shots?
I don't feel 97 is high, it is on the higher end of course but not terrible. For your results to be at 97 leads me to wonder if your SNP VDR Recepter gene doesn't uptake VitD very well so that is how you are able to maintain a lower level even while taking so much VitD over time.
I have a VDR receptor that doesn't uptake as well and I have to take a good strong 5000IU every day to maintain a level in the range of 50-80.....but I also make sure I take at least 200-400 mg Mag Glycinate to help it work properly too.
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Dx LC April 2012 had symptoms since Aug 2007
Dx LC April 2012 had symptoms since Aug 2007
To add to what Erica posted, in general, levels over 100 are considered excessive, but not toxic. Levels over 150 ng/ml are considered toxic. I try to keep my level between 50 and 80. About six weeks ago my level was at 71.
Statistically, most cases of vitamin D toxicity on record were caused by taking at least 40,000 IU of vitamin D daily, for several months. A dose that high should only be taken for a week or so before testing one's level. So you're lucky that you had fast motility — it prevented you from absorbing a toxic level.
I hope this helps.
Tex
Statistically, most cases of vitamin D toxicity on record were caused by taking at least 40,000 IU of vitamin D daily, for several months. A dose that high should only be taken for a week or so before testing one's level. So you're lucky that you had fast motility — it prevented you from absorbing a toxic level.
I hope this helps.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.