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Re: Diagnosed yesterday. Medical questions RE my doctor & met. (Long)From: anonymous@obgyn.netMon, 27 Mar 2000 15:37:50 -0600 (CST)
At Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Belle wrote: > >I am not worried about the dr diagnosing you based on your history, >especialy since bloodwork was ordered. He is correct that blood levels >can be in normal range and you still have problems. Since you asked for >and presumably got an order for the insulin test, this is a good sign. > Hello, my name is Katie and I just came across this list while web-searching about PCOS. I have a couple of simple questions (which were kind of touched on in the archives, but I would like to be sure so I can talk to my Dr. from a solid footing, ya know?) First of all, some history ... I'm 28, have excess facial hair (big nasty black hairs despite the fact that I'm blonde), am overweight and can't seem to lose weight with diet and/or exercise, and my periods have been really irregular for about six years. I finally got around to mentioning these things to my doctor and she thought right away it could be PCOS. But my blood work (reproductive hormones, fasting insulin) was within normal ranges (except cholesterol and triglycerides but my levels of those have always been high). She's sending my for a pelvic/abdominal ultrasound anyway; I go in a week. My questions: 1. Are hormone levels always wacky with PCOS, or are there periods (no pun intended) of "normalcy"?? 2. I suspect (and have for a long time) that I'm insulin resistant. Isn't getting a glucose level after 12 hours of fasting (which is what my test was) kind of useless to detect IR?? I'd like to ask her to test my insulin levels but doctor's kind of intimidate me. Thanks (sorry about length). Katie
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