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Originally posted by christyz
Most Dr's will test anyway to see where you are at for whatever day of your cycle you are at. Others will induce a period with provera or progesterone cream to get a baseline. |
I was wondering about this too, Christy.
I wonder if being tested on another CD would yield results that may affect diagnosis. More importantly I wonder if the doctor reading it will take CD3 into consideration, or just rely on the lab results as they are.
I remember reading in that famous
Woman's Day PCOS article that the diagnostic DHEA level of a PCOS woman would be anything over 200 ng/dl, but most labs would say that number was 'normal' because their ranges are set higher. My reading was 220, but because of the lab range it said 'normal'. To tell you the truth, I don't know if my endo even noticed.
Before my next appt I plan to ask my endo to re-check some of my levels to see how they've been affected by 3 years of metformin. I think I'll ask him about this CD3 thingy.