It's been difficult getting back into the swing of things since Bruno and I arrived home from our road trip. Our luggage remains unpacked on our bedroom floor and my work is piling up around me (while I ignore it). I've been so tired and just completely unmotivated. I would rather just sit on the couch and stare at the wall. Nice easy time wasting. Sounds good to me.
I was supposed to go for my glucose tolerance screening before we left for vacation but there was no time and I was really wanting to put it off anyway. I don't like needles and I was irrationally worried about the test. That worry was based on nothing other than my usual fear of the unknown. So, I took it last week and, lo and behold, the results came back WAY above the normal range which caps off between 130 and 140. My score was 172. Um, a little high. When I went in for my doctor’s appointment my doctor walked into the room with a very serious demeanor and lacked any of her usual "normal pregnancy" smiles. I figured that she was just really busy, not even getting that I was the cause of her seriousness.
So, she said that the results could be a fluke but that they are MUCH higher than she had hoped. Now I have to go back for further testing to determine if I do, in fact, have gestational diabetes. This test is a three hour long test which requires FOUR blood draws- one before I drink the glucose cocktail and then one every hour on the hour for the next three hours. I'm scheduled to take the test on Thursday but I'm supposed to follow a special diet for three days prior to the testing and I haven't received the instructions in the mail yet. I'm stressing about it and need to call my doctor about it today.
I know that I probably shouldn't worry, but I am worried. Why were my results SO high? Not just a few points over but 30 something points!
So, I have to go write an article right now. What's the topic? I swear that I'm not making this up: Diabetes. I've been working on it since before my initial glucose test. The timing is ironic, no?
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