Well Aimee, here’s yet another thing we have in common. 

My endo told me that I was so deficient in vitamin D that I had to take perscription form.  I am currently on Drisdol 50,000IU once a week for 90 days.  She had me stop taking them when I went to Costa Rica recently a she thought that the sun would do it for me.  NOT!!!!!!!!!  I seem to have an absorption problem and have anemia as well.  She monitors my levels closely through blood tests because she says that too much could be toxic.  Good to know!(;>)

The symptoms can range in degree but by the time my deficiency was discovered, my teeth were always aching and they had started to become loose.  I, too felt like I had the flu all the time.

I am lactose intollerant so I can’t even get it from milk or ice cream.  Sometimes even cheese will present a problem.  Hmmmmmmmmmm.