Re: Any advice would be much appreciate:-)
From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 8 Jul 2003 18:49:52 -0500 (CDT)
Why not take the met and use any form of birth control?
At Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Alyssa wrote:
>
>OK-I had my second endo opinion last week and she just called me this
>afternoon. My first fasting insulin level was 116; this one was 3 (I'm
>not on any meds at all yet). She is confused and said that many times
>with insulin resistance it will not show up consistently. We were ttc
>but now have had some things come up and do not want that right now. She
>left it up to me whether to start on metformin or not. I have the
>weight gain and the hair and the absent periods and the tiredness. I do
>not want to run the risk of getting pregnant and she wants to see if my
>periods will start up if I take metformin. We decided on the phone that
>I would just talk to my GYN and start up on birth control pills again,
>but now I am wondering if that is not such a good idea. If I really am
>insulin resistant then I will be running the risk of getting diabetes if
>I don't take care of it and if I do take the met and that helps then I
>wil be running the risk of getting pregnant which will really not be
>good right now. Any suggestsions would be great!
>
>Thanks so much,
>Alyssa:-)
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