Category: How To

Glucose Tolerance Test – October 2005

by Shelley • February 27, 2010

There was more here than just a glucose test. The insulin test I paid extra to get gave everyone a lot more information. The C-Peptide test backed up the insulin test.

by Shelley • February 27, 2010

Since my C-Peptide levels are so low, how come my blood sugar levels are normal?

by Shelley • January 16, 2010

This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series My 2-Hour Glucose Tolerance Tests

I failed my first Glucose Tolerance Test . . . which means I had to take another.

by Shelley • November 19, 2009

“Proinsulin” is a big, complicated molecule that’s sort of like a wrapper, a cap AND the powerful hormone insulin, all together. C-Peptide is a sort of little protein cap that keeps the active insulin from spilling out.

by Shelley • November 19, 2009

We all nodded our heads sagely and sadly, thinking of a poor pancreas that’s too worn out to give an insulin spike.

by Shelley • November 19, 2009

Suzy’s a new acquaintance of mine who was recently diagnosed with “some mysterious kind” of diabetes. You’re a little bit like a Type 1, her endocrinologist tells her, because you’re tall and thin and don’t have much insulin. But then again, you’re also somewhat of a Type 2 because your blood sugar levels run a…

by Shelley • October 30, 2009

Bill Blanchette, MD: “What I learned has revolutionized my practice to the point that heart attacks are so rare that it’s been years since I’ve had the opportunity to treat a patient with a heart attack.”