Agreed. My mom is a nurse and said she does not see that available on the lab sheet too be checked.... So I wasnt sure how we would know the correct dosage to take
I started taking K2 (also known as Menaquinone or MK-7) in July of 2013 after my first physical in many years revealed hardening of the arteries (calcium deposits). I did not have any blockages showing up - but my artery walls were turning into steel. Very bad. Blood pressure was normal at rest, but once on the treadmill, my blood pressure shot up dangerously high (stroke territory). They took me off the treadmill after only 30 seconds even though I felt fine. My vitamin D also was tested and came in at 17 ng/ml. This was my first vitamin D test, some three years after CML diagnosis. No wonder I struggled with Gleevec and Sprycel early on.
I did a lot of reading and learned about the dual dance of vitamin D and K2 to help the body clear out calcium from soft tissue (arteries, lungs, kidneys, etc.). And that high levels of K2 in the blood can reverse artery calcification. And as a bonus, I learned about vitamin D's role in cancer, cellular differentiation and T-cell/NK cell activation.
Fast forward one year. In July 2014 I repeated my physical. I had been taking vitamin D and K2 for a year by this time religiously. The calcium artery scan showed a calcification reduction of over 46%! Even my primary care physician thought that was remarkable. He never sees reduction let alone 46%. I suspect my Kidneys and lungs also have experienced calcium deposit reduction as well. But most important to me, I passed the treadmill test with flying colors - nine full minutes at running pace and my blood pressure was normal throughout. All it took was one year.
