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Re: insulin resistance
From: Ann (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 20 Oct 2001 10:40:33 -0500 (CDT)
Sonnet, Thank you for responding. I see my endo again in mid November.
I've been gathering all the info I can before hand. I'm hoping to that
she'll agree to let me try Met. I've tried Atkins twice but both times
could only make it a week at most because my sugar cravings would become
so intense and I'd have horrible mood problems.
-Ann
At Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Sonnet wrote:
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>Ann, all of what you described sounds consistent with insulin
>resistance. It would be a good idea, if you can, to have a 3-hour IGTT
>done to test both your glucose and insulin over a period of hours to see
>how it is that your body is using your insulin.
>
>At Mon, 15 Oct 2001, Ann wrote:
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>>Hello,
>>I wanted to ask about blood sugar and insulin tests. I had a fasting
>>blood sugar test done and it was normal. But, when I was pregnant I had
>>maternal onset diabetes. While pregnant when I had a fasting blood
>>sugar test it was always normal, it was only when taking the glucose
>>challenge that I would get abnormal results. Does anyone know what this
>>might mean. Thank you. -Ann
>
>--
>Sonnet Fitzgerald, PCOS Association, Online Community Liason. email: sonnet@pcosupport.org
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