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Re: hypoglycemia/hyperglycemia and IR question
From: cw (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 29 May 2002 15:16:16 -0500 (CDT)
Just simply tell your doctor you want a glucose/insulin fasting blood
test. Demand it. Eat lots of carbs a day or two before, and don't fast
more than 8 hours before the test. If your glucose level is still on
the low side and your insulin is over 10, chances are you have IR. You
don't have to be overweight to be IR. I did not start gaining until my
mid 30's. Before that I was wonderfully thin, even though I suffered on
and off from IR symptoms and had pcos and didn't know it at the time.
At Wed, 29 May 2002, Patricia wrote:
>
>If I am thin and have an normal or low glucose number, how do I convince
>my doctor to get my insulin levels tested? since only some women with
>pcos (most of which are overweight) show insulin resistence.
>
>At Tue, 28 May 2002, Sonnet wrote:
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>>Hypoglycemia and lipid irregularities *CAN* be symptoms of IR. They
>>arne't necessarily. So it would be very hard to tell if you were IR or
>>not by looking at things like hypoglycemia and cholesterol levels.
>>
>>If you are hypoglycemic, I would think a 20 hour fast would be very bad
>>for you. Ditto with the not eating after 3pm too. Keeping blood sugar
>>levels stable is the key, not super low! That being said I would think
>>that wouldn't affect your bloodwork too much if you have been instructed
>>to fast, although it's something to mention to your doctor.
>>
>>At Tue, 28 May 2002, Patricia wrote:
>>>
>>>can you be borderline hypoglycemic, have very high good cholesteral,
>>>very low bad cholesteral, but a high totol cholesteral and have IR?
>>>
>>>If you fast for over 20 hours, will your blood sugar levels be
>>>inaccurate? I usually stop eating after 3pm and i am getting my blood
>>>tested around noon the next day. Will this be a problem?
>>>
>>--
>>email always welcome: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com
>>
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