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Re: A little unsolicitated advice
From: Stacy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 5 Oct 2000 17:15:29 -0700 (PDT)
Funny, Redbook had a small blurb on this and said that doctors will send for
free to another doctor, but for your own copy, ou may be charged around 25
cents per copy..(I've never had to and I get copies of all lab work), so
your doctor is unreasonable (if he can do it at all..)
On Thu, 5 Oct 2000 14:59:24 -0500, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
> I agree but HOW do I get the copies? My GYN wont give them to me. I
> have to pay 2 bucks a copy which seems UNREASONABLE. I have 4 months of
> blood work I need copies of. Regarding double checking the lab work, my
> gyn called to say my test was ok.I asked her the level and when she told
> me I asked her what test that was for. It seems they REPEATED the same
> test over and didnt do the ones I NEEDED done. So, yes it was normal
> but it was the WRONG test. If I had gone on that word alone I wouldnt
> have gotten a referral to another dr and get on Glucophage.I had to get
> blood work done again and then the test ( DHEAS) WAS elevated. Make
> sure they do the CORRECT tests also.
>
> 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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