Re: A little unsolicitated advice
From: Natalie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 5 Oct 2000 12:40:48 -0500 (CDT)
Bravo to you!!
We HAVE to be a willing participant in our own health, if not, forget
it. The doctors get 15 mins with us per visit, not enough time to find
out anything. If we walk in armed with information, and tell THEM the
terms of why we're there, more will happen for us faster.
Congrats on working towards good health,
Natalie
At Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Smedley wrote:
>
>I just thought I would toss in this little tidbit of advice.
>
>Get copies of those test results ladies!! I have found in the past
>couple of years that having copies of your test results helps ALOT! For
>example: Not too long ago i took some blood tests, ya know the standard
>run. The doctor calls back and leaves me a message that everything is
>normal, which I could not believe! So I called and asked they be faxed
>to me. Come to find out I was "normal" according to the lab I went to,
>and each lab has differeneces of opinions on normal by the way. But my
>insulin was 19, which is VERY high and only one point below the abnormal
>range of 20 and up. My cholesterol was high, only a couple of points
>below the abnormal range, my testorterone was the same, my LH and FSH
>hormone levels were within normal range BUT the ratio was 4 to 1, they
>should be 1 to 1!!! Of course the lab does not measure ratios!! Because
>I got the results, checked information on the net, then called the
>doctor back with questions he agreed that all my levels were a bit high
>and that I would definetely benifit from a trial of met. Although he
>never doubted I had PCOS, and he is a very good doctor, the laboratory
>normal results were deceiving to us both. You absolutely have to take
>it into your own hands!! NEVER be afraid to peel away all the layers to
>get what you want! You deserve it, remember that. And in the future you
>will want those old charts for comparison.
>
>--
>You gotta do what you gotta do
>
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