Re: Normal Blood Work
From: tera (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 24 Feb 2002 23:27:05 -0600 (CST)
Hi!
Amen! When it comes to IR "normal" may not be "normal" at all when it
comes to test results. I am considered "normal" and Glucophage *IS*
helping me. This is important for every lady with PCOS to realize!!
Some women with PCOS can say that they are not IR because that's how
their doctors interpreted their test results but it is extremely likely
that they are and they need to do something about it if they want to get
to the source of their PCOS. Ultimately it is not up to our doctors to
make sure that we get treated properly - it is up to us! God bless! Tera
At Sun, 24 Feb 2002, kim wrote:
>
>I would just like to add my 2 cents here.
>
>I am not sure of the correct #'s but, let me use an example.
>
>Lets say that "normal insulin should be between 0-5. You have the test and
>the result is 3. In a "normal" viewing by the doctor is "no, you are not
>IR".
>
>BUT, YOUR "normal might be 1 - so although you are testing normal - you are
>actually IR"!
>
>I learned that 1 year ago.
>HTH
>Kim
>
>>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (anonymous)
>>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>>Subject: Re: Normal Blood Work
>>Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 08:50:48 -0600
>>
>>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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