Re: Need to know what to do. Please help!!
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 17 Jul 2003 08:54:53 +0200
Hi Missy,
PCOS is a clinical diagnosis, which can be substantiated by lab tests. But there is no lab test to diagnose PCOS. Insulin resistance is part (or the endocrine basis) of PCOS, therefore it hays to be treated by insulin sensitizers. However I am not aware of any test to confirm IR, except the concomittant measurment of insulin and glucose during an oral glucose loading test.
For your info
Sam
> I recently visited my doctor and asked to be tested for PCOS. The
> doctor drew several vials of blood and tested me for several different
> things. After a few days the nurse gave me my results and told me that
> I was insulin resistant but that if I lost weight I would be fine, and
> that they wanted to see me in 6-8 weeks. I really feel that I am being
> dismissed. Either because the doctor doesn't know much about PCOS or
> simply doesn't care. Either way I'm not being treated. I don't even
> know if the doctor thinks I have PCOS. There are several reasons why a
> person might be insulin resistant. I want to know if PCOS can be
> detected by a blood test, or do I need additional testing? Do I need to
> find a GYN doctor, or go back to the Internal medicine doctor I've been
> seeing? I don't feel like anyone cares, and I'm tired of feeling like
> I've been run over. There has to be more to life. I'm too young to
> feel this old. Please help.
>
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