So, apparently I “failed” my first glucose test the other week…you know the initial test to see if you have gestational diabetes. I don’ t think I have ever failed a test in my life….so, obviously, the results were devasating…thank goodness they don’t issue a pregnancy report card and make your parents initial it.
I gues lots of woman fail their first glucose test and go on to pass the second test and not have gestational diabetes….this is, of course, the outcome I am hoping for. I did my second test this morning…the dreaded three hour test…and am anxiously awaiting the results…which will be delivered to my doctor in 1-3 days…during which time I will be stuffing as much yummy food into my mouth as possible, because one of the main treatment routes for GD…a special restricted diet….WHO WOULD DO THAT to a woman in her third trimester????
Some of you may be asking, well, what is the three hour glucose test???? Simply, put…TOURTURE…… and according to what I’ve seen online it seems my doctor takes a more laid back approach to the test than other doctors…..some doctors make you eat a special diet for 3 days before the test and then fast for 10-16 hours before the test. Luckily, no special diet for me and I only had to fast for 8 hours before the test began. Fasting for 8 hours may seem like no big deal, but since I usually wake up RAVENOUS shoveling cereal into my mouth asap each morning, it kind of was a big deal to me! So basically, to help my body out I shoved a peanut butter sandwich into my mouth last night right before I fell asleep in hopes that that would help me feel full longer (FYI – not so much…still woke up hungry!)
Rolled out of bed this morning and headed to the lab first thing so I could go ahead and get this over with….because not only can you not eat before the test, you cant eat for the duration of the test…which, as I mentioned is THREE HOURS! Got to the lab..and waited….hello people…do you not hear my tummy rumbling? Beacuse I am pretty sure the people in the building next door just heard that…..they finally call me up and draw my blood the first time. Then the nice lab tech (she really was very nice thank goodness) handed me a bottle of super surgary Red drink….last time it was orange….apparently the red has even more sugar in it…..it was disgusting….she proceeds to tell me that I have ten minutes to finish the drink…before she even finishes getting the words out of her mouth, I hand her the empty bottle. Look lady…Im not messing around…the sooner we start, the sooner we finish….which means the sooner I can eat….which, obviously from the number of times I have mentined food in this one litlte blog post is my MAIN GOAL! They tell me that I can wait there (in a waiting room full of coughy, sneezy, yucky germs just waiting to jump down my throat….yeah, Im not picking that option) or come back in 45 minutes. I pick option 2…hey I have a couple errands to run. PLAN FOILED – do you know that NOTHING in this town is open before 9am….not FedEx, not the post office, not the bank (not surprising) not the library…..so basically, I just drove around town to various closed businesses and then returned to the lab. After waiting for approx another 15 minutes in the germy waiting room (in the very back corner because I figured the germs were less likely to find me there) they called me back and drew my blood again. Then they sent me out into the world, where thankfully, it was after 9am and I could get some things accomplished. Return 45 minutes later…15 more minutes of germ invasion…another blood draw…..and then one final time. That makes a total of FOUR needles in my left arm today. And also, the use of almost one entire bottle of travel hand sanitzer.
From the lab, I headed straight to Sonic….one Jr burger and medium tot later, I was feeling slighly less woozy….strange, I actually feel worse now, almost 5 hours after the blood removal and starvation period, than I did right after the test. Whatever….I can eat whatever I want whenever I want for the rest of the day, so Im ok with it. Im sure my body is just really ticked off at me!
But really, does this seem like the smartest thing to do with a pregnant woman (who as of late cant seem to shove enough food into her mouth)?? modern medecine, cant you think of something better?????
Now….what to have for dinner?????
