After a doctor's visit on Wednesday, she was pretty sure that I had PCOS. After my own research, I have many of the classic symptoms. She ordered my labs, instructed me to continue my birth control and also suggested a low carb diet.
Well, I just got my labs back this morning and they're normal! I thought it was great that I was healthy, but then started to look at the tests that were ordered. In the chart notes (my health plan has gone completely computerized and I can look at all of my paperwork online), it said that she was ordering a TSH test, which was not actually ordered with the lab. Also, after looking around on this site, the only lab test that was actually ordered that had anything to do with PCOS was my blood sugar.
Did many of you get preliminary lab work done before they actually did tests for PCOS?
Here's a list of the tests that were ordered:
-Liver Function
-Blood Urea Nitrogen
-Creatinine
-Electrolytes
-Fasting Glucose
-Lipid Panel
While the TSH and other thyroid tests should have been done, we are at higher risks for high lipids.
I did have baseline prelim labwork done beforehand.
__________________ Jenny
Wife to Carl and Mommy to CJ and Emily.
DX. 1999
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You know, I was just starting to think the same thing. Since I'm new to my health plan, they don't have any previous tests to work from. I can imagine that it's normal protocol to order these basic tests and possibly rule out anything.
Not Trying to Second Guess the MD, but. . . 
