Today I had lab and doc visit.
Lab was to check for iron levels and something else. and I had to poke myself in the vahjayjay with a qtip. :( Not pleasant, nit even when I COULD reach it easily.
Doctor says I'm looking okay, but she's still concerned about my blood sugars. It's been two weeks, and time for another check up to ensure the diet is maintaining them. See, my after-meal level was 132. She wants it at 120 or less. -sigh- I go in for my vampirism manana.
Past that, we're both doing fine. Aside from the Doctor saying she thinks she may need to go c-section. I don't wanna. It's my second option. I wanna try on my own first. Yes, I'm short, but I'm by no means small framed.
How do I make it clear that I want to try natural FIRST and that it's going to be MY way or she can kiss my ass?
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132 isn't bad. Normal can range from 70 to 140. Most people say 80 to 120 but my doc has me on the 70 to 140 range because everyone is different! 132 after you've eaten is amazing! I don't understand your doctor at all!!!
She keeps saying it's cause I'm Hispanic, overweight, carry the excess baggage low and center, and it's in the family history (Thanks Dad!). I had one more blood test. I'll be calling for the numbers myself on Friday if I don't hear word back. Josh is getting right pissed about all her tests and then doing nothing (really) about it.
Who was your Sugar Doctor again? I can't find the envelope I wrote it on now that I've sorted and packed away 99% of the baby shower goodies. Pastor Laura recommended Mercer and I wanted to see if she was the same one.
I'm just glad I got the hard numbers this time. I kept getting the 'a little on the high side' remark and it was starting to piss me off.
I'm still uncertain about the c-section thing though, but Josh is going with the doctor on this one. Mainly, he said, out of fear. He's heard what happened at his birth and his very close brush with death. He's not wanting to consider letting anything remotely similar happen to his baby. It's so touching and yet frustrating (Don't I get a say in this?). But I know it will work out in the end.
I stayed home from work today too. Between the blood taking, I went to Josh's office, stretched out on a few chairs in his office and fell asleep. Dead asleep. When I woke, I was all groggy and dizzy, and my eyes would NOT focus. One eye was completely blurred out. Like whitish and blurry. It was creepy. So I called in, told my boss exactly how I felt and that I would really like to just get home and sleep some more, but that if they couldn't do without me today, I would stuck it up and get myself into work. Boss said, "no, stay home and rest. See you today if you're feeling better." He's very nice. I wonder when he's going to bring the bike I won at the office party over. That needs to get a bow on it and delivered to an amigo by Christmas.
Dr. Mercy R. Bayot-Moore
2101 S Cynthia Suite D1
956-928-1909
You need to see her ASAP! I think your doctor is full of shit (I promise that's the last time I'm going to say that)!!! So while I'm at it...IDIOT (the Doctor not you) should be giving you numbers all the time. A tad high?! A tad high?! 2 points high MAYBE depending on what scale you're using. After someone eats (ANYONE) there's a possiblity that their sugars are going to be a tad high (depending on what they eat) Josh probably runs about 135-140 after a meal. Did you know that most people crash after Thanksgiving not because of the turkey but because of ALL the food they are stuffing their bodies with! Their bloodsugar spikes and they crash. When they wake up it's back to normal but people usually feel like crap...that's why! She's a complete moron and I don't think she really knows what she's doing. I think she's too used to the "normal" hispanic who CHOSES to not make changes and take care of themselves so she's assuming that you're not doing anything either. (PS I don't think this but I've found a lot of Doctors do...they think that hispanics just don't care to put in the work when it comes to diabetes) And it is true that a lot of hispanics don't seem to know a lot about the disease...most I've talked to don't even think of it as a disease. But that's because a lot of doctors don't take the time to educate their patients, they say do this, do that, but they don't explain why. Same as just telling you it's a bit high or a little on the high side! That's bullshit!!!! Numbers, facts, RESOLUTIONS!!!! It's a little high, but keep doing what you're doing!!!!! WTF?!?! WTF?!?! I'm so pissed right now. If it's a little high and she is REALLY concerned, concerned enough to order more tests then she needs to be giving you things to do to FIX IT! The problem is, she can't tell you how to fix it because you're doing fine and nothing's broken!!!! OMG! I HATE HER!!!!
Please call Dr. Bayot-Moore
Just so you know I'm not full of shit (see facts)....
Diagnosis of Gestational diabetes
Gestational diabetes is detected through a glucose tolerance test, taken from week 24 through week 28 of pregnancy. If the woman is considered at risk for developing gestational diabetes, the doctor may test the woman as early as 13 weeks into the pregnancy.
The glucose (blood sugar) tolerance test involves drinking a glucose (sugar) solution. After waiting one hour, blood is taken from a vein in the arm and the glucose level is checked. A woman with a glucose level of less than 140 mg/dl is presumed not to have gestational diabetes and no further testing is done.
If the glucose level is above 140 mg/dl, a three-hour glucose tolerance test will be performed. The three-hour glucose tolerance test involves eating a diet of at least 150 grams of carbohydrates each day, three (3) days prior to the test. Ten to 14 hours before the test, the woman should not eat or drink anything but water. The test is administered in the doctor's office in the morning and begins with the doctor taking a blood sample. This blood sample is used to determine the fasting glucose level. The woman will then drink a glucose solution and blood will be drawn every hour for three hours after the drink has been consumed. The results of the tests will be compared to the "normal" values. If two or more of the glucose levels are higher than the normal values, a diagnosis of gestational diabetes can be made.
Josh and I love you, PK.
I'll call in the morning and see what kinds of appointments i can make or if she's cool with a copy of my record and giving me a 2nd opinion on the phone. If Dr Moore says Im going fine, and 132 is okay, then Dr Montalvo can shove it.
I think I'm ging to redo the design on your toe stop, since I haven't actually started beating it into the leather. I'm going to add angel wings and a halo somewhere to the design, because you are SO my guardian angel right now!
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