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Re: Insulin Resistance Test Question...
From: Jennifer (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 3 Jul 2001 10:09:47 -0500 (CDT)
I CANNOT HELP YOU IN THIS AREA BECUASE I AM GOING IN TODAY TO SEE MY
DOCTOR AND ASK HER IF I NEED TO HAVE AN INSULIN RESISTANCE TEST. MY
DOCTOR TALD ME I HAD PCOS BUT THEN PUT ME ON PHENTERMINE TO HELP ME LOSE
WEIGHT. THE WOMEN HERE ARE TELLING ME THAT WILL ONLY HELP MY SYMPTOMS
AND NOT HELP THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM WHICH COULD BE INSULIN
RESISTANCE.
SORRY I COULDNT HELP
JENNIFER
At Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Sunbeam wrote:
>
>Hello Cysters!
>
>I have a question to post to the board:
>About a month ago I underwent and I.R. test and things didn't go so
>well for me. The first blood draw was 45 minutes late, after many
>nurses and doctors had had a go at finding a vein, because my veins
>collapsed, the 2nd blood draw was about 20 minutes late, again because a
>vein could not be found and they started the 3rd blood draw 30 minutes
>early knowing my veins were dodgy and got it first pop, so that test was
>1/2 hour early....
>
>So I'm wondering if this time lapse could have affected my results? I
>haven't recieved my results yet, and won't until my appointment next
>month, but I would like some advice as to whether or not ask for another
>test, (Perhaps ask for a bung so blood can be taken at the required
>time, and on time rather than messsing around with finding veins each
>hour!)?
>
>Also, about 20 minutes or so after I drank that yukky glucose drink I
>got the shakes, felt dizzy and somewhat nauseas...did anyone else have a
>reaction like this? Is this type of thing normal?
>
>Thanks in advance for your advice!
>
>Jackie
>Email: anonymous@obgyn.net
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Thank You,
Jennifer
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