Hey JMC,

I'm with Mike NZ...  The anti-inflammatory regimen is a way of life you and your husband will want want to take for the rest of your life.  Aside from preventing cluster and migraine headache this regimen has many wonderful health benefits.  See the following link at VitaminDWiki for a list of 79 health problems either prevented or successfully treated with vitamin D3.

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Human physiology needs vitamin D3 so much the skin of an adult can generate as much as 15,000 IU of cutaneous vitamin D3 in as little as 15 minutes if exposed to the UV B in direct mid-day summer sun clad in a bikini or speedo without sun block.  Unless you and your husband are professional lifeguards, I seriously doubt you've done this since you were kids... 

I'll wager your husband's lab test for his serum 25(OH)D will come back less than 40 ng/mL and very likely less than 30 ng/mL.  Accordingly, 10,000 IU/day of vitamin D3, that's 12 cents worth in USD, is a small price to pay for good health not to mention an excellent cluster or migraine headache preventative...

If you haven't already done so, you can download a copy of the latest version of the anti-inflammatory regimen CH preventative treatment protocol at the following link.  Be sure to share a copy with your husband's and your PCP or neurologist.  That way you're all singing from the same sheet music with respect to taking this regimen.

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You can also scan the following QR code with your smart phone and it will download a pdf copy of the treatment protocol to your phone as a ready reference.  The QR Scanner app is free.  It takes less than 10 seconds to download and install.

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Regarding the loading dose of 50,000 IU/day vitamin D3 for 12 days...  I still suggest your husband takes it as it will help elevate his serum 25(OH)D much faster to 80 ng/mL, the target serum concentration we need as CHers, than by taking 10,000 IU/day vitamin D3 which can take over a month...

If you've any questions or your husband has any problems, fire away.

If you decide to take this regimen along with your husband... there is one word of caution...  when couples both take this regimen, fertility goes way up... 

Take care and please keep us posted.

V/R, Batch

Hey JMC,

Glad to hear your husband has the upper hand in controlling the CH beast...  Also good move on seeing your PCP... Remember to take him a copy of the treatment protocol and to ask for the same 25(OH)D lab test.  Odds are you are vitamin D3 deficient/insufficient as well. 

The normal reference range for this lab test is 30 to 100 ng/mL (75 to 250 nmol/L).  Most physicians who do not understand the benefits of vitamin D3 will interpret 31 ng/mL as sufficient and normal... 

Nothing could be farther from the truth. The optimum 25(OH)D serum concentration to maintain all the health benefits from vitamin D3 is 50 to 70 ng/mL.  The optimum therapeutic level for cluster headache sufferers is 80 to 100 ng/mL... and some times even higher. 

The labs from my last annual physical in April came back as shown below...

PSA: normal - no follow-up needed PSA:0.7

ELECTROLYTES: Good - no changes needed

KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS: Good - no changes needed

LIVER FUNCTION TESTS: Good - no changes needed

LIPID PANEL: Good - no changes needed
Triglyceride: 122 Cholesterol: 159 LDL: 92 HDL: 43

DIABETIC STUDIES: Excellent - no changes needed

Blood Glucose: 94

CBC: Good - no changes needed

Blood count/hematocrit within the normal range

Urinalysis: Normal

Parathyroid hormone level-23, normal range 14-64.

VITAMIN D LEVEL-(normal 30-100)-139, elevated

COMMENTS:  As before, vitamin D level quite elevated however, fortunately, calcium and phosphorus as well as parathyroid hormone are okay.

As you can see from my PCP's comments, he is up to speed on the anti-inflammatory regimen so only comments on my 25(OH)D serum concentration in print to cover his backside...  and I'm a 72 year old retired Navy fighter pilot...

I've also been taking this regimen since I developed it in October of 2010.  My wife has been taking it to prevent her migraine headaches since December of 2010... She hasn't had a single migraine since then and she was 20 year episodic migraineur prior to that with migraine headaches hitting for 3 to 5 days every month regular as clockwork... 

She's 80 and has more energy that I've seen in the last 30 years...  The labs from her annual physical were the same as mine except her 25(OH)D serum concentration was 115 ng/mL... 

Our PCP just smiles when we come in for our annual physicals...  We don't get sick and we don't take any prescription medications... Only vitamins, minerals and occasional dose or two of Diphenhydramine HCL (Benadryl) to beat back allergic reactions from all the tree pollen in the March - April time frame.

Take care and please keep us posted.

V/R, Batch

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The American comedian Milton Berle known to millions of TV viewers as "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television" during TV's golden age used to say... "I've done everything in my BVDs."  He was kind of like your Benny Hill or Paul Hogan except he predated them by several decades...

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Accordingly, the Buck Naked Underwear have held up admirably under adverse conditions...

However, as I now have over a dozen pair of these beauties,  I do change them daily... except possibly when out in the field for a few days hunting or spending the night on a boat while fishing areas away from home port...

Guys... and gals... you must understand that 07:00 Monday morning I'll be headed for Pelican, AK for three weeks fishing...  My tackle box was fully provisioned over two months ago and my backpack has been loaded with fresh Buck Naked underwear and lots of polar fleece fuzzies since I got back from a reunion of F-8 Crusader Drivers in San Diego a week ago. 

All I need to do Monday morning is load the fish box with frozen beef, my tackle box and fishing knives then I'm out of here at 07:00 for the drive to Seattle and the flight to Juneau...  After additional provisioning at Costco or Fred Meyer in Juneau, I'll grab a Beaver for a one hour dash and splash at Pelican...

Here are the visions that have been running through my mind for months...

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I'm taking my laptop to Pelican for the first time in six years, but don't count on my presence on line...  With 16 hour fishing days from getup to the last vacuum sealed fillet in the freezer and over 1100 feet down the boardwalk to the Pelican Library WiFi hub, I may not get on line all that often. 

Accordingly, for the old hands experienced with the anti-inflammatory regimen, please jump in and respond to questions that pop up...  I'll be back on 9 June...

Take care,

V/R, Batch