Thank you for responding. Yes, I would have preferred to have more tests run for Cushing's (as well as for other hormones in case they are a problem). The one afternoon serum cortisol test and the other few tests were what I could get the PCP doctor to do at first. The Endocrine Society recommends against any single time-point serum cortisol tests, instead suggesting the 24 hr UFC, but I am stuck with it. My PCP originally said that later she might do more tests, I guess if she thought the first ones warranted it. I have another appointment next week for follow-up. I am afraid that she is going to decide that nothing is wrong and then stop testing for anything else and not give me a referral to an Endocrinologist. I think I could go to an Endo without a referral, but then they might not take me seriously. Do you know of any good Cushing's specialists in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area?
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Thank you for responding. Yes, I would have preferred to have more tests run for Cushing's (as well as for other hormones in case they are a problem). The one afternoon serum cortisol test and the other few tests were what I could get the PCP doctor to do at first. The Endocrine Society recommends against any single time-point serum cortisol tests, instead suggesting the 24 hr UFC, but I am stuck with it. My PCP originally said that later she might do more tests, I guess if she thought the first ones warranted it. I have another appointment next week for follow-up. I am afraid that she is going to decide that nothing is wrong and then stop testing for anything else and not give me a referral to an Endocrinologist. I think I could go to an Endo without a referral, but then they might not take me seriously. Do you know of any good Cushing's specialists in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area?
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