Re: (to Paula/Belle) Starting glucophage with normal fasting insulin
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Thu, 20 Jun 2002 22:07:04 EDT
Okay, so you and I are going about it the same way. My doctor apparently
felt comfortable with it and she is one of the docs posted on the main site.
If anyone can tell (us) why we'd want the IGTT when we already had results
from a fasting insulin (greater than 10)...mine was 52 the first time I had
it done. My doc is definitely watching my glucose in the meantime as well.
Thanks.
Anonymous
In a message dated 6/20/2002 8:54:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
anonymous@medispecialty.com writes:
> Subj:Re: (to Paula/Belle) Starting glucophage with normal fasting insulin
> Date:6/20/2002 8:54:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:anonymous@medispecialty.com">anonymous@medispecialty.com</A>
> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pcos@obgyn.net">pcos@obgyn.net</A>
> To:<A HREF="mailto:pcos@mail.medispecialty.com">pcos@mail.medispecialty.com</A>
> Sent from the Internet
>
> 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:
> >
> >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
>
> --
> please feel free to email me at paulam@communicomm.com
>
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