Re: For Sam and other re: new endo appt.
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 19 Apr 2001 23:21:02 +0100 (MET DST)
Hi Vicki,
Yes, chemistry panel and lipid panel are for your metabolism. Your reasoning is OK, but chromium picolate is not similar to rezulin, but Metformin, Actos and Avandia are.
Sam
> >Hi Vicki,
> >
> >If you were IR in 1999 you pretty sure are also today. Still it is
> worthvile chacking metabolism again, but your bleeding should be treated
> first of all by a gynecologist. Avandia and Resulin are similar types, but
> metformin may be somewhat better as it causes weight loss as well.
> >
> >Sam
>
> Thank you for the feedback Sam. I appreciate your input. I just got a
> prescrip for new lab work from this doctor....free and total
> testosterone; chem panel; and lipid panel. Do any of these check
> metabolism? Re: suggestion for gynecologist to treat bleeding...I've
> never yet had a gynecologist be able to treat my bleeding successfully.
> I've had progesterone prescribed by a PCP, which stopped the bleeding.
> Rezulin stopped the bleeding w/i one month. My thinking is that if I
> get on a med in the same family as Rezulin that the bleeding may stop on
> its own. Is this an unrealistic expectation? I just found an herbal
> med--glucoreg that has chromium picolate and bitter melon in it. I
> started taking this past weekend 200 mg chrom pic and whatever mg the
> bitter melon is (I can't recall currently)...the bitter melon makes all
> sweet things taste VERY bitter within one hour after taking it. It has
> helped me avoid drinking a soda or coffee w/ sweetener in it. I noticed
> after the 3rd day taking the chromium that I get full faster (could be
> placebo effect, I'm not sure yet). I'll take this until I see the
> doctor.
>
> --
> Vicki
>
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