Play by play from my 3 hour GTT

8:40 am. I just arrived at the doctor’s office. I’m hungry and grumpy because I have a hard time waking up until I’ve eaten breakfast.

8:50 am. Was taken back and had my blood drawn at the fasting level. I’m so happy the woman who draws the blood is gentle and kind. After having my blood drawn I was given the orange Glucola to drink. I actually think the red drink from the 1 hour tasted better. I was given a timer so I know when to head back for the next draw. Now it’s time to get some feeder cards (for work) done!

9:25 am. My stomach is killing me. I feel like the Glucola is just sitting like a brick in my stomach. It makes me want to vomit to get rid of it. I wish I was in an exam room instead of the waiting room so I could go to sleep.

9:55 am. Second blood draw went fine. I’m so sick feeling.

10:15 am. Thank God the nausea went away but now I’m exhausted. I really want to take a nap. All my feeder cards are done and I don’t feel like reading the book I brought or writing my lesson plans. I’m just miserable.

10:30 am. I’m setting the alarm on my phone and trying to sleep for 20 minutes.

10:55 am. The nap did not happen but the third blood draw is done and now I just have to get through one more hour.

11:30 am. I’ve been reading a Jen Lancaster book, My Fair Lazy. It’s pretty entertaining and is making the time go by pretty quickly. I’m still really tired but the nausea is completely gone and now I’m just hungry.

11:50 am. 5 more minutes! Just 5 more and I get to go eat the peanut butter sandwich that is waiting for my in my car!

12:25 pm I made it! They said they’ll have the results by tomorrow but that no news is good news (I hate that, just let me know one way or the other). I’m home now and stuffing my face with protein. I’m soooooooooo hungry!

Glucose Screening Results

I failed :(

The doctor's office called today to tell me I scored 134 and they use the cutoff of 130. So now I have to go for the 3 hour test on Wednesday. I'm pretty bummed that I'll have to do the test and that I'll have to miss a day of work for it. I'm pretty sure that the chocolate I accidentally ate before my test (I could kick myself) is the culprit but it's best to go for the test and be sure. Ugh, more to add to my list of crappy things.

Glucose Screening

I'm an idiot. I have my glucose screening scheduled for 2:15 today. They office told me to eat normally all day but nothing too sugary so I had eggs for breakfast and a snack of baby carrots. So far, so good. In order to make my appointment on time, I had to take a half day from work which means leaving at 11:30. I got home around noon and Bill was doing dishes so I was standing in the kitchen talking to him and absentmindedly grabbed about 8 M&Ms from a container and popped them in my mouth. I didn't even notice until after I had swallowed them that I ate a very sugary snack! Crap! I hope this doesn't mess up my test results...