Re: high IGF-1, normal hands/feet acromegaly?

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New Message on Pituitary Chat high IGF-1, normal hands/feet acromegaly? Reply   Recommend Message 6 in Discussion From: Jean Lee, could you add in what the glucose levels were with each of the gh draws? I take it these were once an hour? Growth hormone has a twenty minute half-life and needs to be frozen right after it is spun. As far as the hypoglycemic goes, I believe, but am not at all sure, that some people react that way at higher levels of glucose. Minnie might know more about that. Your numbers are a bit weird. The second, third and fourth numbers do show suppression to <1 which should indicate you don't have acromegaly. However, the elevated IGF-1 shows you do. The final draw and baseline draw show you are producing too much growth hormone. Somewhat mixed results, but I would lean toward acromegaly. I wonder if the samples were properly handled? As I stated the individual glucose levels may be the key here. I had 75g of glucola the first draw when they didn't freeze the samples right away and 100g of glucola when they did it correctly. I will be interested in what the pit endo has to say. Keep us posted. Jean in Co. View other groups in this category. Also on MSN: Start Chatting | Listen to Music | House & Home | Try Online Dating | Daily Horoscopes To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. 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. Remove my e-mail address from Pituitary Chat.