PCOS Messages for October, 2002: Re: Help! Didn't fast for insulin test!!

Re: Help! Didn't fast for insulin test!!

From: Red (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 31 Oct 2002 05:47:36 -0600 (CST)

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A level of 52 even after eating is very high which is why he said it didn't matter. Think of it like a glucose tolerance test (GTT) which many of us talk about. If youhad eaten an hour before your insulin shouldn't have been that high, which tells him you are insulin resistant without any of the fancy testing that costs more. Could luck on the Avandia - I am starting Glucophage tomorrow and hope it helps as we are TTC. Remember it helps the whole body with the excess insulin and may help you in ways you didn't know you needed it!

Denise/ NC

At Thu, 31 Oct 2002, anonymous wrote: >
>I screwed up and didn't fast for the fasting insulin test. Actually, I
>didn't really KNOW to fast (I'm pretty new to all this). Anyway, when I
>had my blood taken, I noticed the form said FASTING insulin test, and I
>told the girl taking my blood that I hadn't fasted. She took it anyway.
>I got the results; I don't have them handy right now, but I know that
>the range went up to 20-25 and my level was around 52. My doc said I
>was "pouring out a ton of insulin", and I told him that I had eaten just
>an hour before the test, but he didn't seem very concerned. Now I've
>been taking Avandia for 3 months. Were my levels high, regardless that
>I'd eaten? Or should I get rechecked and stop the Avandia? BTW, I had an
>egg mcmuffin, hashbrowns and milk--- I know, I know, lots of carbs and
>crap...

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Red Roo

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