Re: Help me help a friend
From: amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 13 Jan 2002 15:56:22 -0600 (CST)
Maybe you could just bring up how happy you are that they diagnosed you
as IR and that you are glad you have lost x pounds or stopped gaining
weight or whatever the glucophage has done for you.
You can mention how a lot of women on this board went undiagnosed for
decades and how much worse their symptoms got.
You're a good friend to be concerned.
Good luck,
Amy
At Sat, 12 Jan 2002, cw wrote:
>
>Hey girls,
>
>I have a friend who has had PCOS most of her adult life. She's 36. She
>went on glucophage for awhile. It took her 5 years to conceive, but now
>she has a beautiful 1 year old boy. During the time since she's had the
>baby, she hasn't been paying much attention to her health. She stayed
>on her thyroid medication. But she stopped her glucophage. She went to
>the doctor last week.
>
>The doctor said that her thyroid levels are a little high still. So he
>increased her thryoid medication. But he's ignoring her glucose/insulin
>levels. Even though she suffers from all those terrible IR symptoms and
>side effects.
>
>Her glucose is 98. Her insulin is 22. These levels are similar to
>mine, and I was diagnosed IR and am successfully on glucophage. How can
>I tell her gently, without insulting the doctor she looks up to, that
>she's IR and she needs to stop ignoring this? I'm afraid for her, as her
>IR problems could get worse if she is on a high dose of thyroid meds. I
>think?
>
>Anyways, please help me out here if you can. Thanks.
>
>--
>CW
>
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