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   Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:57:07 JST Charles ☭ H

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   Vitamin D is not water soluble, so it's important not to get too much.

   If you get too much, it can cause toxic levels of calcium in your blood. This weakens your bones but it also fucks up your heart, makes you have to pee a lot, makes you very thirsty, and causes confusion. Vitamin D also directly causes intoxication.

   It is possible that my dad's recent decline was entirely triggered by his fucking YouTube health advice.

   He'd stopped taking D over a week ago and all of the calcium effects were still getting worse because he was eating more.

   Anyway, his doctor thinks this is treatable.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:57:08 JST Charles ☭ H

     He finally saw a competent GP (his previous one was willing to prescribe YouTube's 'protocols').

     The new guy looked at his D levels and ordered rush tests to follow up on it and when they came back this morning, he ordered that my dad be taken by ambulance to hospital.

     So after breakfast, a nurse came to his room and dialed 911.

     A firetuck and like 7 paramedics showed up.