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----------------------------------------------------------- From: gypsy_girl_1979 Message 1 in Discussion Hi Everyone, I would greatly appreciate and love to hear any thoughts on the following... I have been testing for pituitary disorders like crazy. Here is what I know so far: microadenoma on pituitary, cyst on pineal gland (confirmed by two MRIs) multiple cysts on thyroid (ultrasound) hypogonadism (low estrogen, lutenizing hormone, amenorrhea, breast loss) hypothyroidism (low T4) intermittent high cortisol (urine, saliva, never high in blood) cortisol did not stimulate on insulin tolerance test, but was not high in blood at baseline (8 am.) low white blood cells high albumin/globulin ration low globulin heart murmur various dermatologic diagnoses - keratosis pilaris, cystic acne, telugen effluvium, seborrheic dermatitis I have a slew of other symtoms, but none of the "classic", superficial Acromegaly or Cushing's symtoms - no hand/foot/nose growth, teeth spacing, central obesity, buffalo hump... Here are my recent OGTT and IGF-1 results: 7:56 am. Glucose 87 mg/dL GH 5.2 ng/mL 9:08 am. Glucose 139 GH 6 10 am. Glucose 89 GH 6.4 11:13 am. Glucose 46 GH 5.6 Glucose Interpretation: 7:56 am. - normal <100 (65-99 mg/dL) 9:08 am. - diabetes >=200 10 am. - impaired tolerance 140-199; diabetes >=200 There are no reference ranges given for the 11:13 am. glucose result, but the report marked it L for low. I THINK that indicates an impaired pituary response (shocker). Okay, so now for the interesting/complicated stuff... GH Interpretation: Because of a pulsatile secretion pattern, random (unstimulated) GH levels are frequently undectectable in normal children and adults and are not reliable for the diagnosis of GH deficiency. Regarding suppression test, failure to suppress GH is diagnostic of acromegaly. Typical (GH) reponse in healthy subjects: Using the glucose tolerance (GH Suppression) test, acromegaly would be ruled out if GH level is <1.0 ng/mL. Using the GH stimulation test, the following results would rule out GH deficiency: Adults (> or = 20 Years): Insulin hypoglycemia > or = 5.1 ng/mL Insulin Like GF (IGF-1) 2/15/2008 1:30 PM 194 89-397 ng/mL 2/29/2008 8:49 AM 250 89-397 ng/mL 5/7/2008 7:59 AM 323 138-410 ng/mL I am very open about my situation/symptoms/experiences, so ask away! And, thank you in advance for any feedback. Blessings, Katie _________________ Philadelphia, PA, USA ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/PituitaryChat/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
