Re: Please, HELP interpret my test results
From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:00:42 -0600 (CST)
I wouldn't have said those results were all perfectly normal - although
some of them may fall into the "normal" lab values they're quite
inicative, I would think, of PCOS!
I recognize that your TSH is quite high, probably indicating
hypothyroid?
Insluin is higher than it should be in a 22 year old. Testosterone is
pretty high. Some of the others I am not sure where they should be.
You're not crazy! Really!!
At Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Anonymous wrote:
>
>Test results are sooooo intimidating... I got my doctor to fax me a
>copy for my own records... and here they are...
>
>T3: 1.21
>Free T4: 0.88
>TSH,Serum: 8.41
>
>Glycohemoglobin A1C (Integra)GHb A1C: 5.0
>Mean Blood Glucose: 81
>Insulin (Specimen 1): 19
>
>Cortisol: 5.78
>
>DHEA-Sulfate: 163
>FSH, Serum: 5.5
>LH, Serum: 8.7
>Estradiol Serum: 27
>Testosterone, Total: 57
>Free Testosterone: 2.0
> Percent Free: 0.4
>
>According to the "normal ranges" many of these appear fine... so am I
>back to being nuts again? (!) I mean, I have 1-2 spontaneous periods per
>year, I had a "great" beard, mustache and pork chops before my first
>laser treatment and I am due for my second one and wish I could afford
>to do my whole body, I am overweight but barely eat, I crave sugar and
>have "hypoglycemic episodes," I am moody, I sweat like it's going out of
>style, I have 3 generations of PCO ancestry, I've never used birth
>control in the past 3 years and yet no babies, I have skin tags and
>velvety brownish patches, I get HUGE NASTY volcanic irritating pimples
>between my legs, I have horrible GI problems and have to keep my carbs
>between 7-10 grams per day to lose any weight, the hair on the top of my
>head has thinned, and when y'll say "apple shaped" do you mean looking
>like the guy who wears the apple costume over a pair of tights in the
>old fruit of the loom commercial??? because he and I have the same
>figure! AND I'M ONLY 22!!!! :0
>
>HELP ME PLEASE... JUST WHEN I WAS FEELING SANE AGAIN!!!!!
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