Re: progesterone and GTT results-urgent ! DR. Sam or others.
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 13 Sep 2001 03:50:12 +0200
Hi Anita,
Hormone results from two years ago are irrelevant to your situation now.
GTT alone is not enough to diagnose IR.
Sam
> Thnaks Dr sam,
>
> when I had amenorrhoea 2 yrs before, FREET4 , T4,TSH,RT3U,PRLACTIN were
> in the normal Range.LH(20.4 MIU/ML), FSH (4.78 MIU/ML), DHEA (5.5NG/ML),
> DHEAS (246 UG/DL), ESTRONE (132 pg/dl), TESTERONE (57 ng/dl).US- One 3mm
> cyst.
>
> Beforre starting my problem , very significant stressful events had
> occured( I traveled too - 15 hrs flight).I have a question here, If it
> is stress related ,is it possible to have progesterone withdrawal
> bleeding (I had)and spotting after 3 or 4 months amennorhea ( lasted for
> one month) ? IS 1 hour GTT enough to rule out whether I Am insulin
> resistant or Not. Random glucose is normal. I read that I hour after
> glucose may not be utilized by cells, Is it correct? My dad's( he is
> type one DM) sibilings are dx as type 2 diabetic.
>
> thanks again.
> anita.
>
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