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 10/06/2006 03:11:07 PM · #1
I had to go this morning and have a three-hour glucose tolerance test. I got there at 8am and didn’t get out till noon and now I feel like a pin couching. I thought they would put one of those things in that they could take the blood over and over only sticking you once. I didn’t hurt but boy I was wrong. And that drink you have to drink, OHHHHHHH!
10/06/2006 03:13:49 PM · #2
I think the women can relate. Ive had them with each pregnancy and yeah that drink is HORRID! I feel for ya. My daughters diabetic though she gets her finger poked like 15 times a day and shots about 5 times so It could be worse hun. When do you get the results?

Message edited by author 2006-10-06 15:14:45.
 10/06/2006 03:19:25 PM · #3
I always got out of taking that stupid test by requesting a fasting blood sugar test. Never did have to drink that nasty stuff!

I don't know if they said anything to you, but I highly recommend getting some good quality protein (lean beef or pork) into your system, if you haven't already. It will help stave off any headache you might get this afternoon or later this evening.

Did you at least get the Snoopy band-aids?
 10/06/2006 03:23:45 PM · #4
Originally posted by jaded_youth:
I think the women can relate. Ive had them with each pregnancy and yeah that drink is HORRID! I feel for ya. My daughters diabetic though she gets her finger poked like 15 times a day and shots about 5 times so It could be worse hun. When do you get the results?

I asked and he said the doctor should have the results Monday or Tuesday.
The reason they are finally doing the test is one day I was very dizzy (feeling faint) and they took my blood sugar with a finger test and it was 33. They told me I should of been out around 40. But they were able to get my level up to 95 within a few hours. So they pushed it off as hypoglycemia. Well I told the doctor on my last visit that I feel very sleepy after eating and my eyes get blurred. So they did the finger test that morning (I was fasting) and it was 146. So he sent me to LabCorp to have this test done.

Message edited by author 2006-10-06 15:25:22.
 10/06/2006 03:25:00 PM · #5
Originally posted by saracat:

Did you at least get the Snoopy band-aids?

NO :( and I feel cheated.
 10/06/2006 03:30:27 PM · #6
Originally posted by Southern Gentleman:
Originally posted by jaded_youth:
I think the women can relate. Ive had them with each pregnancy and yeah that drink is HORRID! I feel for ya. My daughters diabetic though she gets her finger poked like 15 times a day and shots about 5 times so It could be worse hun. When do you get the results?

I asked and he said the doctor should have the results Monday or Tuesday.
The reason they are finally doing the test is one day I was very dizzy (feeling faint) and they took my blood sugar with a finger test and it was 33. They told me I should of been out around 40. But they were able to get my level up to 95 within a few hours. So they pushed it off as hypoglycemia. Well I told the doctor on my last visit that I feel very sleepy after eating and my eyes get blurred. So they did the finger test that morning (I was fasting) and it was 146. So he sent me to LabCorp to have this test done.


that's interesting that you'd be low and high. huh.. interesting. do they have any theories? obviously hypoglycemia for the low or diabetes for the high(lucky you werent really that high as highs can go) but they don't generally happen in the same individual unless the low is an insulin reaction. weird. keep us updated. and good luck.

I can send you some hello kitty band aids ;P


Message edited by author 2006-10-06 15:30:49.
 10/06/2006 03:57:13 PM · #7
I worked as a phlebotomist and used to administer those tests often... always felt sorry for the "pin-cushions"! :oP
 10/06/2006 04:07:40 PM · #8
Originally posted by jaded_youth:


that's interesting that you'd be low and high. huh.. interesting. do they have any theories? obviously hypoglycemia for the low or diabetes for the high(lucky you werent really that high as highs can go) but they don't generally happen in the same individual unless the low is an insulin reaction. weird. keep us updated. and good luck.

I can send you some hello kitty band aids ;P


Perhaps he is prediabetic. That initial low (33) may have been in response to food-stimulated hypersecretion of insulin. Yet when he's fasting, he's glucose intolerant/mildly hyperglycemic.

In any case, Southern Gentleman, it's good that you're getting it looked into, you brave pincushion person you ;-)
 10/06/2006 04:27:50 PM · #9
I had them in my pregnancies, and being a hypoglycemic, the results for each test were low rather than high. Each time, I had to take the test twice. Oh joy. It really wasn't bad though, because my doc used the orange flavored liquid and it was tolerable.

I hope your results shed light on what's going on and that you return to good health soon. Take care! :)
 10/06/2006 05:12:51 PM · #10
Sorry to hear about your problems. I know what you are going through, all too well. I haven't taken the test, because I'm not convinced it will help me. From what I've read there is no definitive test for diagnosing hypoglycaemia. Perhaps I am wrong, but my doctor confirmed this.

Here is my story about the disease, posted when I finally found out what had plagued me for so long.

Message edited by author 2006-10-06 17:24:41.
 10/06/2006 05:24:58 PM · #11
Originally posted by Southern Gentleman:
I had to go this morning and have a three-hour glucose tolerance test. I got there at 8am and didn’t get out till noon and now I feel like a pin couching. I thought they would put one of those things in that they could take the blood over and over only sticking you once. I didn’t hurt but boy I was wrong. And that drink you have to drink, OHHHHHHH!

Had it and you are so right that stuff is like liquid orange slices, Nasty. I thought I would gag. Good luck with it.
 10/06/2006 05:42:52 PM · #12
While the measures over here are different (anyone with a reading of over 15 is considered way into the diabetic space - obviously different units) I had a similar test and I have a real aversion to needles. I had mine done because I took a random fasting test and had not fasted and the results showed I was a diabetic!

After a while I asked for the timed test as I was not convinced and it was disclosed that I was glucose intolerant - my body has a love/hate relationship with sugar! :-(

Trouble was that my wife figured that the test merely proved to her that I was just intolerant... and who says that their wife doesn't understand them.
 10/10/2006 06:35:33 PM · #13
Well I received my results this afternoon. I have type II diabetes :(. I don't have to take insulin but the doctor has put me on many restrictions.
1. They have called in diabetic supplies to my pharmacy. I have to take my blood sugar level often every day.

2. I have to take a medication called glucofage (spelling????) everyday.

3. I have restricted been to a 2200 calorie diet. And I will be told what foods and liquids are off limits.

4. The local diabetic association will be contacting me to set up classes on what to eat, how to eat, and management. I will have to go to those classes.

5. And I have to go to the doctor every three months for blood work to monitor my sugar levels. They called it something but I didn't get the name because they were calling out so much.

Keep me in your prayers
Thanks,
SDW

Message edited by author 2006-10-10 18:37:45.
 10/10/2006 06:41:15 PM · #14
"Glucophage" is the term/medication and the test is an A1C. The A1C level can be used to deduce how much sugar you've had in your diet over the last 90 days. They draw blood and basically look at the coating of a red blood cell; depending on how much sugar they find coating it you'll know if you've started producing/using enough insulin to help your body get rid of the sugar in your bloodstream. You want an A1C of around 6.5. When I started mine was up over 9. After six months of medication and very moderate exercise its been down to 6 (edit) and stayed around that level(/edit).

(edit)I believe Glucophage is a medication thats an insulin squeezer; it causes your system to produce more insulin. My body makes enough, I just don't activate it and use it 'cause I'm a lazy, fat@$$ so my body just lets the insulin and sugar both sit in my bloodstream. A simple 10 minute walk about an hour after a meal will drop my bloodsugar level from around 200 to 125 or so.(/edit)

The changes aren't the end of the world; usually they're what I should have been doing anyway. You just have to keep it up. Back to my diet drink or water and 15 minutes on the bike.



Message edited by author 2006-10-10 18:44:38.
 10/10/2006 07:39:19 PM · #15
Originally posted by KevinRiggs:
"Glucophage" is the term/medication and the test is an A1C. The A1C level can be used to deduce how much sugar you've had in your diet over the last 90 days. They draw blood and basically look at the coating of a red blood cell; depending on how much sugar they find coating it you'll know if you've started producing/using enough insulin to help your body get rid of the sugar in your bloodstream. You want an A1C of around 6.5. When I started mine was up over 9. After six months of medication and very moderate exercise its been down to 6 (edit) and stayed around that level(/edit).

(edit)I believe Glucophage is a medication thats an insulin squeezer; it causes your system to produce more insulin. My body makes enough, I just don't activate it and use it 'cause I'm a lazy, fat@$$ so my body just lets the insulin and sugar both sit in my bloodstream. A simple 10 minute walk about an hour after a meal will drop my bloodsugar level from around 200 to 125 or so.(/edit)

The changes aren't the end of the world; usually they're what I should have been doing anyway. You just have to keep it up. Back to my diet drink or water and 15 minutes on the bike.

Thank you for your reply. That helps me understand a little more. I have not had a talk with the doctor yet so I'm in the dark about all this.
Again thanks,
SDW
 10/10/2006 07:44:36 PM · #16
Scott! Kevin is spot on with what he said!
If you're real carefull with your diet and exercise, you should be OK. Fairly new studies are out saying you'll also have to watch your blood pressure and your cholesterol. Don't be surprised if your Doc brings it up during the next visits. The thing is diabetes runs havoc on your blood vessels, and you eventually can get organ damage...Kidneys, and heart if your blood sugar isn't well controlled.
As long as it's type 2 diabetes, YOU get to have the most important role in your treatment...As I said...Diet and exercise. YOU CAN DO IT!!! Good luck...and take care. Keep us posted.
John
 10/10/2006 07:53:41 PM · #17
Originally posted by lifternessjt:
Scott! Kevin is spot on with what he said!
If you're real carefull with your diet and exercise, you should be OK. Fairly new studies are out saying you'll also have to watch your blood pressure and your cholesterol. Don't be surprised if your Doc brings it up during the next visits. The thing is diabetes runs havoc on your blood vessels, and you eventually can get organ damage...Kidneys, and heart if your blood sugar isn't well controlled.
As long as it's type 2 diabetes, YOU get to have the most important role in your treatment...As I said...Diet and exercise. YOU CAN DO IT!!! Good luck...and take care. Keep us posted.
John

Thank you for the support. Yes the doctor has already brought up the cholesterol and blood pressure issue. I have my blood pressure under control. It averages about 120/70 but my cholesterol was a little high so he put me on some meds' for that.
Thanks,
SDW
 10/10/2006 08:08:40 PM · #18
Originally posted by Southern Gentleman:
Well I received my results this afternoon. I have type II diabetes :(. I don't have to take insulin but the doctor has put me on many restrictions.
1. They have called in diabetic supplies to my pharmacy. I have to take my blood sugar level often every day.

2. I have to take a medication called glucofage (spelling????) everyday.

3. I have restricted been to a 2200 calorie diet. And I will be told what foods and liquids are off limits.

4. The local diabetic association will be contacting me to set up classes on what to eat, how to eat, and management. I will have to go to those classes.

5. And I have to go to the doctor every three months for blood work to monitor my sugar levels. They called it something but I didn't get the name because they were calling out so much.

Keep me in your prayers
Thanks,
SDW


Thanks for updating. There is alot to learn. I know dealing with my 5 yr olds type 1 it's a tiny bit more to learn and know than you'll need but theres still a ton for type 2 as well. I'm glad they have you going to classes. that's awesome. good luck!

edit: oh! by the way if you ever dont make it to the doctor for whatever reason for your a1c(weve had issues were we had to postpone) you can still buy home a1c's at most drug stores. they've always been right on target for Odyssey. they can be really helpful to know if you've been heading the right direction or not.

Message edited by author 2006-10-10 20:12:30.
 10/10/2006 08:14:40 PM · #19
Thank you. Yes I believe the classes will help. Like today, I treat my body bad, the only thing I had to eat was about 7am Oatmeal for breakfast (no sugar) with water and just eat my first bite of food about 30 minutes ago since breakfast. I shouldn't go that long but I just don't get hungry during the day and still don't loose weight.
SDW
 10/11/2006 04:25:36 AM · #20
Originally posted by Southern Gentleman:
Thank you. Yes I believe the classes will help. Like today, I treat my body bad, the only thing I had to eat was about 7am Oatmeal for breakfast (no sugar) with water and just eat my first bite of food about 30 minutes ago since breakfast. I shouldn't go that long but I just don't get hungry during the day and still don't loose weight.
SDW

My wife has type II diabetes and so has to undergo some of the restrictions you have noted. It sounds daunting at first but you soon get into the rhythm of it - and there are days when you can take a few liberties once you know what your "hot spots" are food-wise.

Drugs over here in the UK are a little different but my wife has her diabetes well under control now without having to resort to insulin jabs, so it really can be done.

Good luck on your journey and remember that the old oxymoron - common sense - actually works in this case. :-)
 10/11/2006 05:46:35 PM · #21
When I worked as a nurse's aid in a hospital, I tested a gentleman who got as low as 26, and a lady who was as high as 255 (though it can go much higher). Both are extremes, as was mine when I was tested during my second pregnancy. I've had the orange, cola and grape *sodas*, respectively in my time--they are more tolerable when ice cold!

Anyhow, the nutritionist I saw helped steer me towards great glucose-regulating foods. High-fiber cereals, multi-grain breads, oranges (to boost low levels) are great choices. Small, frequent meals, etc. One doesget used to pricking alternating fingers (if it comes to that)...it is more of an annoyance to chart your numbers than to actually draw the blood.

I wish you luck, it is definately manageable, whether hypoglycemia or diabetes, just a bit of a road to get to a diagnosis and management plan.

~Beth
 10/11/2006 05:50:06 PM · #22
Just on diet, the GI diet really does work for Type II diabetes.
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