PCOS Messages for November, 2000: Re: Has anyone had normal fasting insulin...

Re: Has anyone had normal fasting insulin...

From: Smed (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 3 Nov 2000 22:18:09 -0600 (CST)

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The only thing I can add is that when I first got my fasting insulin the doctor called me and left a message saying all my reports were within normal ranges. Well I am kind of a pain now so I called and asked for a copy of those reports. Yes the fasting insulin was normal according to that lab report. Of course most people do not know that each lab has a different "normal" level they go by, nice huh. Anyway, my fasting level was over 20, and that was after I had been low carbing, dumb me did not realize what an effect it would have. After researching my test results I found that the level above 10 is not normal, that most people are between 5-10, and when I called the doc back about it he agreed and stated that he would be a little more careful reading the labs responses and start actually reading the actual results. Scarey huh.

At Fri, 3 Nov 2000, jgv wrote: >
>..and subsequently gone through the insulin/glucose tolerance test and
>seen abnormal reactions?
>
>I have been trying to take PCO into my own hands by starting to work out
>and follow a moderate carb diet. I was on this diet before I went for a
>fasting glucose/insulin test. My insulin was very low.
>
>However, I was diagnosed with PCO 20 years ago and have most symptoms
>continually since then. Additionally, before low carbing (and when on
>the BC pill), I had signs of poor insulin/glucose control such as
>daytime tiredness, headaches, carb cravings and extreme reactions to
>sugar when I was young.
>
>It seems that the latest research suggests all PCO is related to insulin
>problems and that if it doesn't show on a test, the test isn't sensitive
>enough.
>
>Any thoughts?

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