I did not appreciate being told by my GP today that I needed to stop eating for two and do some exercise. That is so unreasonable. What did she expect? I was told six weeks ago that today I would be sitting a "glucose challenge test." I am always up for a challenge and I wasn't going to fail this one. So I've been training. Obviously. I'm nothing if not diligent. And preparation ALWAYS pays off in a test.
I started myself off easy at the start - one Snickers a day. Then I thought I'd better add some Coke. Can't beat that for pure glucose content. Then I moved on to chocolate waffles for some variation. Lately, lemonade has been added to the diet. All these have been applied liberally on a base of chocolate spread and pastries.
Today was the day. I woke up early, stretched, and started the day off with some orange juice. (The sugar content of plain orange juice never fails to impress me.) Some sugary tea and a biscuit were consumed mid-morning. It was the glucose equivalent of resting before an exam, doing only some light and quick revision.
Then this afternoon, as prescribed, I dissolved my 50gr of glucose in a glass of water, added some lemon for taste, and confidently drank it, knowing that I could have done no more to ready myself. All my hard work over the past six weeks was finally going to pay off. An hour later, I proudly presented myself in the doctor's office for the blood test, knowing I was in particularly fine glucose form. And then that woman has the nerve to complain! That offends me.
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The gall of that woman!
ReplyDeleteI spent my whole last pregnancy with sugar in my urine. No gestational diabetes and a reasonably sized 8lb baby at the end! take that, glucose challenge!
ReplyDeleteWell I for one think you rose to the challenge quite admirably. Exercise, scmexercise. and what, pray tell, is the point of being pregnant if you can't, in fact, eat for two?
ReplyDeleteYou DID exercise- your right to expand your glucose tolerance! What more did they want?
ReplyDeleteHa. Be all you can be!
ReplyDeleteThey made me do that test when I was pregnant, but I misheard (or the midwife told me wrong), and I thought I couldn't eat OR DRINK for 24 hours. I dread to think what it did to the baby. Of course I drank like a horse the day before, so it was only towards the end of the 24 hours (ie first thing in the morning) that I suffered.
ReplyDeleteHang on. Do we say "drink like a horse'? Or are those the things we take to water and can't make drink? Hm.
I'm a nurse. That's all I have to say.
ReplyDelete"that offends me"
ReplyDeletemade me laugh at the end of your craziness.
go Mwa, chocolate wafers all around to celebrate your fine glucose form.
thanks for all the encouragement lately.
means so much to me.
How dare she! You keep on with your snickers a day my dear.
ReplyDeleteWow you should definitely be crowned the glucose queen...
ReplyDeleteThat is worse than training for the marathon and falling on the last mile... what a bitch your doctor is ;0)
ReplyDeleteI was once told I had "a little tummy" by a nurse who was at least a size 20.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, do you do awards?
I don't usually....
But I did and have passed it on to you....If you refuse, that's fine but whatever you do don't ever send me one. I realised how bloody time consuming they are.
Sorry!
Well done, you go girl, we are all so proud of you!
ReplyDelete@Angie - I know!
ReplyDelete@Jo - I have to admit I'm a bit worried about it - I'm trying to easy myself and baby off the sugar a bit. Slowly. Gently.
@Kori - Again - I know! I haven't even gained THAT much.
@Ms. Moon - :-) It'll be a bugger getting it back down after I stop breastfeeding.
@Megan - That's funny.
@Iota - At least the Belgian one is less extreme than the American one. No fasting or anything, except for the hour after drinking the sugar, and then only one blood test. I don't think I'd like to fast that long when I'm pregnant. Seems wrong somehow.
@All This Trouble - Woops.
@Bethany - Big kiss. I think we laugh at the same things.
@Lady Mama - She has been served a yellow card.
@muummmmeeeeee - Ooh, maybe I could have a crown of sugar chrystals with cotton candy embellishments!
@Eternally Distracted - But that would be painful too.
@Troutie - Thank you very very much! I may not do it (I will see if I can get to seven interesting facts), but I'm ever so grateful. I'm secretly waiting for the Plastic Joy Award going around, because it asks you to write up who you perve over on TV. xxx
@Metropolitan Mum - Thank you! Should I take a bow?
You rocked that challenge! Did you tell your GP to stop messing with your mind? It's really not kind of her, particularly in your delicate pregnant state.... :)
ReplyDeleteOoh I like the sound of that test. Snickers and coke sound brilliant. I think you did exceptionally well!
ReplyDeleteI did hate that test here in the wilds of America. As a natural born puker, the stuff you get to drink is pretty puke inducing.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I am finally trying to set up both a blogroll and trying to "follow" everyone I want to follow, so your number should go back up now, but I can't find your thingie-do in your sidebar. Am I just a big doofus?
I'm still huffing because my midwife just told me that my BMI makes me overweight, and I'm not. Sulk, flout, pout, stomp like a toddler with an oncoming tantrum.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, impressive effort on the glucose test, and if you feel like it I've tagged you over at mine. x
I am sure you are going to pass the test with flying colours. I'm not even pg, or studying for a sugar related diploma, but yesterday all I ate was a kingsize double decker, a pint of B&J The American Dream icecream, 2 G&Ts, one glass of wine and some maltesers. And it was 14 hours of glucose heaven (though the sugar crash this morning took a bit of getting used to).
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