That's me, right now.
Irritated with a doctor that I was seen by last week. It wasn't my normal doc, it was one in labor and delivery where I was seen for a minor issue. You see I asked this doctor if she knew if I needed to fast for my upcoming gestational diabetes test. She said yes. *I didn't need to with my son but I didn't know if the rules were different out here.*
So Sunday night at 11pm I ate my last snack and headed to bed. I went to get the test done the next morning at 8am. I drank that sweeeet drink, sat in the waiting room playing solitaire (really badly, I might add) for an hour. Towards the end of the hour, I started to notice that I was feeling incredibly jittery and like my hands and arms were filling with warm sand. A little odd, I must say. At 9:30 I went back to get my blood drawn (normally an easy process for me). The man poked me with the needle and from there I'm not sure of why or how but I got woozy. I grabbed onto the table I was sitting next to, then I held onto the man as my stomach turned and I got incredibly hot. A nurse came to take over and tried to keep me talking as my head swayed back and forth and ultimately landed on my outstretched arm. Then I went off into la-la land. I was dreaming about my son and my hubby...that is until this god awful smell jerked me back to reality....but apparently that dream was too good and I passed right back out again and got to get another whiff of the stinkyness. Long story short they finally moved me to a bed, I ate a banana and a granola bar, recovered and was on my way. Except that all day I was in a funk. It wasn't the best way to start my day and I (and my baby) were all kinds of out of sorts.
Today was my 28 week appointment where I found out that my test results were 2 points over normal. Which means that I now have to take the 3 hour glucose test. I know all of this is completely normal and happens to alot of women...but here's why I'm aggrevated. I told my doc today about the fasting, passing out, etc. and she said that I didn't need to fast and that that is probably why I was over the normal line. This probably will turn out to be a false positive. Which would be great news, obviously.
But here's the thing about this whole 3 hour glucose test. As I was reading over the paperwork when I got home, I discovered that I have to fast from 9pm the night before. And possibly the whole 3 hours..but I can't be sure about that because the paperwork was in a word: brief. But seriously? I really don't feel like passing out again.
So thanks to the stupid doc giving me incorrect info, my baby and I get deal with more sugar, blood work and possibly more fainting. Grrrr.
Sidenote: Yes I am aware that maybe I just plain and simple have gestational diabetes and the fasting had nothing to do with the results but right now I want to think it's all because of el stupido doctor.
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