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Re: (to Paula/Belle) Starting glucophage with normal fasting insulin
From: paula (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 20 Jun 2002 19:51:47 -0500 (CDT)
i didn't have the IGTT done either. it seemed like pointless testing to
me because my fasting was bad enough to put me on glucophage. i was
just saying, someone might want to have the IGTT anyway just to have a
more exact idea of what is going on in their bodies. it doesn't really
matter, and wont effect your medication or treatment (assuming you are
already getting treatment, which you are =), but it can be interesting
from an intellectual point of view.
love, paula
At Thu, 20 Jun 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>Hi Paula -
>
>My initial fasting insulin bloodwork over 2 years ago was 52. I was put on
>Gluc...worked my way up from 500 to 1500...then went to 1700..About 4 months
>ago, I switched to the XR. I never had the IGTT done...I'm assuming it's b/c
>my fasting insulin was already "bad", so why go through the test for no
>reason...it's not like they came back normal and THEN did the test o see what
>happens later...we already knew that it was bad. My numbers have gone down
>and up again over the last couple of years...although, like I mentioned, I
>still haven't gotten the carb thing under control. :(( I have noticed that
>my fasting glucose numbers have been rising in the last couple of
>tests...still not really out of the "normal range <125" but very very close
>to it...i always used to average somewhere between 85-105.
>Here's a stupid question...why does it matter what an IGTT says if I am
>already on the meds? This always confused me. I do understand why someone
>should have it done if their insulin comes back normal, b/c it may not show
>up until later, but in my case, it seems like it's unnecessary. I've never
>understood this.
>
>Anonymous
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