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This morning's appointment with the endocrinologist and dietitian went better than I could have hoped. I finally got to see the actual numbers on from my 3 hour tolerance test. My fasting blood sugar was quite normal, even low normal, and while the other three levels were considered "high," I actually had just barely made it over the threshold of normal. They seemed quite confident that I would be able to easily manage the GD with just diet. Excellent news!
This morning when I woke up I had a "last meal" of Honey Nut Cheerios- completely naughty, but I'm madly in love with them and needed one last taste before they were verboten til April. When I arrived at the specialist's office, one of the things they had me do was to show them that I knew how to do the blood test myself (as I have to self-inflict them four times a day from here on out). It had only been an hour and a half since I had eaten (normally you wait 2 hours after a meal to test), and it turned out my reading was within normal range. The dietitian expressed surprise and reiterated that she definitely didn't think I would have any trouble managing this disease.
By far the most exciting part was the fact that I get a higher allotment of carbs this time around. They aren't going to try and starve me to death! The new plan is 30g of carbs at brekkie, 45g for lunch and dinner, and still 15g for snacks. And again eating 6 evenly spaced meals a day. That's one extra serving of carb in each of the main meals! Hooray!
Given circumstances, not only could I not have asked for a better outcome, I couldn't even *imagine* this great of an outcome! I am doing my happy Snoopy dance over here!
It will still take a little lifestyle change, but given the concession of a tad extra carbs, I almost don't even mind the four needles a day! ...almost.
Here's to healthy mama and baby!
 


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