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Re: Are my insulin levels high?
From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 25 Jan 2002 02:53:19 -0600 (CST)
I have heard from several medical journal articles that the ratio of
glucose to insulin, fasting or not, shouldn't be above 4.5, or it
indicates IR. Your ratio is 6.27! Definitely either press your doctor
about it again or find a new one.
At Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Sara wrote:
>
>Hello everyone. I am a 19 year old college student and was diagnosed
>with PCOS last October. In the past four months, I have done a lot of
>reading about PCOS. Well, I went back for a follow-up today after more
>struggling with my symptoms, especially weight gain. (In October, my
>doctor didn't treat me with anything except birth control pills to
>regulate my period and also told me to LOSE WEIGHT!) At my appointment
>today, I told my doctor about the sugar highs and lows that I have been
>experiencing and thought it might be related to insulin resistance. She
>told me that my glucose and insulin levels were normal. I asked for a
>copy of my tests so that I could compare them with what I have found in
>books. Anyway, my glucose was 89 MG/DL (normal), but my total insulin
>was 14.2 uU/ML and my free insulin was 15.0 uU/ML. What I have found is
>that anything over 10.0 uU/ML could be related to insulin resistance.
>Does anyone else know more about this? Should I go see another doctor
>for a second opinion? Would metformin help? If anyone could help me I
>would really appreciate it.
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>--
>Sara Jane
>
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Email always welcome: sonnet@pcosupport.org
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