I ended last week with a three hour glucose tolerance test. This was my third glucose test of the pregnancy and the second three hour test in a month. I was less than thrilled. Today I got a voice mail from the nurse asking me to call her back. And as anyone who has had any medical testing done knows, if they give you no info and ask you to call back-- you're screwed.
Sure enough I called back and she informed me that I had failed my test. "In fact," she elaborated, "you failed every single hour of the test." I replied enthusiastically, "Well, that makes me the winner of failing the most then." She wasn't amused. Ah well. Can't please everyone. So, now I have an appointment this week with a specialist to get all my fun diabetic accoutrements: needles and monitor and handy-dandy notebook for writing in all the tasteless food to which I'm now limited. I believe the nutritionist I had last time considered a hard-boiled egg lathered in butter (?!) a form of high culinary genius, so I'm not banking on these people to do me any favors in the taste department.
This time around I am taking up the challenge. Spices and I are going to become best buds, and I will use every single one in my cabinets if it means I can eat healthy foods and still get some taste. This also means you should buy stock in Chuy's because I will probably be investing in a weekly supply of their salsa to slather over everything that goes in my mouth. In other words, all of the foodie updates are about to make a change for the low-carb.
I was hoping I would get to skip the fun with needles this time, but I am thankful that I live in a time where such things are easily diagnosed and easily monitored. In the end, Baby C and I will be healthy; and heck! Think of all that excess baby weight I won't have to worry about shedding now that I'm on starvation rations! :)
 


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Papa Bear
01/19/2012 06:50

If by "thankful that I live in a time where such things are easily diagnosed" you mean third time's a charm then I guess I have to agree. ; )

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