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Re: Normal Blood WorkFrom: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun, 24 Feb 2002 08:50:18 -0600 (CST)
What an interesting debate. Here's a comment from me. For over 20 years, doctor after doctor told me I was NOT IR. Even though I knew I had a problem. I also knew I was at high risk for diabetes because my father and grandfather both have it. After years of suffering, I was finally diagnosed with PCOS, went on a birth control pill which only did half the job in making me feel better, and it took another YEAR for ME to convince another doctor that I was IR, got the glucophage Rx after begging and screaming, and am on my way to recovery. Finally. If I depended on all my doctors, I still would not be on glucophage and would still be sick. Moral of the story...just because a doctor tells you something, doesn't mean he/she is right. Minor borderline cases of IR, which can be just as harmful as worse cases, are VERY hard to detect. Tests, especially the fasting blood test, are not always accurate. IR can also "hide" in the many other symptoms and diseases is CAUSES. So many doctors treat these other symptoms and diseases, ignore IR, and wonder why their patient never gets completely well. So, if a woman has PCOS, and her doctor tells her emphatically that she is not IR, but the woman has many other problems related to IR, she should definitely do her own research and question her doctor. I feel very sorry for close minded people that think they know it all.
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