Re: Questions about Blood Work
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 26 Jul 2001 04:14:49 +0200
Hi Serena,
There are several ways to diagnose PCOS: sometimes having a look at a patient and taking her history does the job. So maybe your doctor did it this way. Others do a lot of blood work, ultrasound, endometrial biopsy even laparoscopy with the same result. In general I would say good docs do the same job with less diagnostic procedures.
For your info
Sam
> Hi, I have looked everywhere on the internet and am looking for a chart
> that explains blood levels. I am interested in finding out what are
> "normal" levels. I am seeing an Endo for my PCOs but I am not
> understanding his responses to my bloodwork. He has prescribed
> Metformin (1000 mgs per day) which is not really doing anything for me.
> He has only tested my Cholesterol, Testosterone and really I do not
> think anything else. Really, I am looking for a list of all the blood
> levels that need to be tested. He has told me that my testosterone was
> fine, well I know my body and that just is not possible. I do believe
> that he is a great doc but he is just not experienced in treating PCOS.
> I guess this is all confusing to me because I have a lot of the effects
> that PCOS graces us with.
>
> This is me: Overweight, carry weight in the stomach area, high
> cholesterol, hair growing everywhere other than where it should be, low
> sex drive, severe eczema on my hands and toes, skin tags like there is
> no tomorrow (I get them removed often from my derm) and very irregular
> periods. Alos, I am now about 35-40 lbs overweight.
>
> My concern: I really am trying to get to the bottom of my helath issues
> because, I am 26, my mom had a hysterectomy when she was 25, my
> grandmother died when she was 46 from a massive heart attack and my body
> is a mirror image of my Grandma. (She had the excess weight in her
> stomach and all of the above issues too) I do not want to end up like
> that.
>
> I really would appreciate any info you can give me.
>
> You may email me anytime and thanks
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Serena
>
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