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Could someone please help me understand my blood test results?
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Hi! Sorry if this is not allowed/annoying but I’m looking for some help interpreting my blood test results. I know I obviously need to discuss this with my doctor and plan to, but it might be a while before I am able to get a follow up appointment and I’ve had bad experiences with doctors missing things/not being thorough.

For months, I’ve been having symptoms of hair loss, jawline acne, and irregular periods. I got a vaginal ultrasound that they said indicated PCOS. I think they said I had like 21 follicles or something?

Anyway, the doctor ordered blood work. I’m not sure if it was thorough enough and when I asked if it mattered what cycle day I was on, they said no.

My periods have been somewhat more normal recently. I started on 11/25 and then again 12/27. The blood work was done on 12/22.

TSH w/ reflex to ft4: 0.83 mIU/L

FSH: 3.3 mIU/mL

LH: 16.3 mIU/mL

Progesterone, immunoassay: 8.2 ng/mL

Estradiol: 145 pg/mL

Testosterone, total: 42 ng/dL

Testosterone, free: 4.3 pg/mL

Insulin response to glucose, 3 specimens (they take it fasting and then you drink a gross drink and they measure it after 1 hour and again after 2 hours):

Fasting: 2.4 uIU/mL After 1 hr: 19.2 uIU/mL After 2 hours: 27.9 uIU/mL

17 hydroxyprogesterone: this is not back yet and seems to be taking a long time.

All my individual values are in normal range so far, but I’m worried about the ratios of things?

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