Tuesday, September 15, 2009

I'm not sure what this all means, but...

(Determinations of good/high/low based on based on this website, for the most part. Cholesterol good/high/low based on this website.)
TSH was high, which is bad.
Prolactin was high, which is bad.
Progesterone was good.
Cholesterol...overall is ok, but HDL is really low, and the Total/HDL is high, and my Triglicerides are borderline high.
LH was really high, which is bad.
Fasting insulin levels may be high, which is bad.
FSH was good (actually, it was in the excellent category).
Estradiol was low, which I think means good.
DHEAS was good.

Like I said, I'm not sure what all of that means. And that isn't everything. That's just what my RE's lab could do in-house. The rest they had to send offsite...I'll get those results in 3-5 days, they were estimating.

In addition to all of the blood I had drawn today, I had an ultrasound. And I have to say, getting up close and personal with an vaginal ultrasound wand during your period isn't as much fun as it's cracked up to be. Sure, you get to see your ovaries and uterus and apparently some cysts, but it's a bit painful, especially when your left ovary is trying to hide. And it's messy. Having said that, though, I was able to see what was going on a lot better this time, and I felt more comfortable asking questions.

I'm not sure what my test results mean...I guess I'll have to wait until we have a return consultation with our RE to figure out what the combination of J's test results and my test results means for us. And speaking of our return consultation, I made an appointment for that. It's next Wednesday. I'm not sure how I'm going to be able to justify the time away from work right now, but the other alternative was four weeks from today and I just don't want to wait that long.

If I see results for my other bloodwork, I'll be sure to post good/high/low thing again.

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