chelebug

Hi!

I have a question. I know I have PCOS (overweight, sonoram showed cysts, skin tags, irregular periods, clomid to conceive, etc.) but I have never had any blood work done. I just finished nursing so my OB/Gyn told me to call when I finished nursing so we could do tests and start metformin. He is doing a fasting glucose and a serum insulin in the morning to see how insulin resistant I am.

Has anyone ever had normal lab work despite having PCOS? I'm worried he will not want to start the meds if these tests come back in the normal range.

Any ideas?? Thanks!

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Michele
Me-36, DH-34--Married 5/11/02

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DS (Jacob) born 3/25/03 & DD (Madison) born 3/16/05
(Both conceived with the help of Clomid)
Meds: Metformin 1500mg--working up to 2550mg, Yasmin,
Verapamil for BP, B-complex, multivitamin
Diet: Glycemic Impact/E-Diets and IR

250/225.8/150

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

Kayiena

You can have somewhat normal labs, the definitive one would be an fsh:lh ratio. Those should be 1:1, but in women with pcos, its anything but, often 1:4 or more. There's a link in the newbie section that's sticky at the top of the page, with a link to some websites with comprehensive labs and guidelines for reference values.

Good luck!

Gbwmn

all my blood work comes back normal except for my testosterone and blood sugar. I am on metformin, and I have every known symptom there is.

Janice

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Married to James since 07-08-1988
One daughter Kala born 11-09-1989

Diagnosed 2002
Symptoms for 16 years
Blood Sugar way too high
Free Testosterone: 31.7 (normal-1.2-5.7)
Metformin 2000 mg
Paxil 30 mg