Re: HELP...doctor is trying to force me to take glucose test!

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> Such as....what would I have to eat (a

> sweet type product) and how much of it that would

compair to how much

> glucose is in the tolerance drink. This OB told me the

close is no

> more than it would be should i drink a glass of regular

soda (pop). I

> find that VERY hard to believe!!!!!!!!

>

Ok..

first of all, good for you for looking at all of the benefits

and risks, looking things up for youself, doing the

research, and making a decision you feel is best for you

regardless of what anyone here or even your doctor

say.

If you don't want to take the GTT and don't feel it's best

for you...then you don't NEED a reason, you don't

NEED to convince them of anything...all you have to do

is say, " Nope...but thanks. "

As for the glucose...typical Glucola contains 50 grams

of sugar.

Classic Coke (and pepsi) have about 40 grams in it...so

it's different, but not that different.

> Also...is there printed info somewhere...or on the net

that i can

> print out for them that states 1) what can happen if I

drink this

> stuff and 2) how the results would be inaccurate for

them. I can't

> find ANYTHING that is specific enough and I've tried

doing internet

> searches. I can find stuff about dumping but thats it.

>

(I know many people will point you in the right

direction...)

> Also, since he states that he's had two other patients

that have had

> this test and done just fine....can anyone here who

HAS taken the

> test...tell me what happened to them with it? He wants

me to do the 1

> hour fasting. But still means drinking the Glucola stuff.

>

It really varies from person to person...as well as varies

according to what surgery you had.

People who had the LapBand, for instance, will have no

different reaction than anyone who hasn't had WLS.

Someone who had a DS will have a totally different

reaction (no dumping) than someone who had a RNY

(who will typically dump and have totally inaccurate

results).

It really varies...

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Student Midwife - Mesa, AZ

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Sydney do a search for alverado weight loss clinic -- the surgeons there

have posted information about pregnancy in general and this test

specifically! The test is not accurate and can actually make you very ill.

As far as your OBs -- they CANNOT legally force you to take this -- or

any -- test. Tell them to back off and respect your wishes as a patient.

mailto: dferguson@...

BTC, Columbus, 10/7/98

HELP...doctor is trying to force me to take glucose

test!

> Hi. I'm 27 weeks pregnant with my fourth son...but he's first after

gastric bypass surgery.

>

> I've gone round and round with my OB's (it's a practice of about three or

four OB's) and again TODAY I've been asked WHY I refuse to take the Glucose

test. I explain that 1) it will make me feel VERY ill and 2) the results may

be inaccurate for me. Today the OB said he's had two other Gastric Bypass

patients who TOOK the test and they had NO problems and their results were

FINE.

>

> I am NOT taking the test...but would like some information to hand over to

this practice so they can understand WHY. And for future patients who go to

their clinic (I love the office otherwise) so they won't have to keep going

through what I am.

>

> I'm looking for info such as how much glucose is in the glucose drink and

what it is compaired to. Such as....what would I have to eat (a sweet type

product) and how much of it that would compair to how much glucose is in the

tolerance drink. This OB told me the close is no more than it would be

should i drink a glass of regular soda (pop). I find that VERY hard to

believe!!!!!!!!

>

> Also...is there printed info somewhere...or on the net that i can print

out for them that states 1) what can happen if I drink this stuff and 2) how

the results would be inaccurate for them. I can't find ANYTHING that is

specific enough and I've tried doing internet searches. I can find stuff

about dumping but thats it.

>

> Also, since he states that he's had two other patients that have had this

test and done just fine....can anyone here who HAS taken the test...tell me

what happened to them with it? He wants me to do the 1 hour fasting. But

still means drinking the Glucola stuff.

>

> I've tried over and over to say that I will do the test by fasting and

taking blood WITHOUT doing the Glucola...but in the end they keep trying to

push me..and write up the requisition for taking the Glucola test. I'm very

frustrated and just want to give them info when I walk in NEXT time.

>

> Thanks so much everyone...I don't know where else to turn.

>

> Sydney

> GBS 5/30/01

> 305 at surgery/192 when found out pregnant and now 184 at 27 weeks

pregnant.

>

>

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Sydney,

I did the test, I felt badly from the 2nd swallow, but the nice

ladies at the lab put me in a recliner in a dark room and I fought

the urge to throw it back up for the whole hour. If I had been

sitting up it would have been all over. I would have prefered to

test my blood sugar with a machine for the remainder of my pregnancy

than to do it again. I lived through it, but I wonder how accurate

it really was.

Good luck,

Jenn

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Thanks to all of you ladies who responded to me about the Glucose test. I'm sure

I'll NOT be doing it. And my husband just keeps telling me just to say " NO " .

Flat out. I feel like I have to keep explaining myself. So, I'll take a bit of

info in that I did end up finding on the web (thanks ladies) and I'll tell them

I am willing to fast and do the test or even poke myself at home over and over.

But no Glucola for me. Hate the stuff anyway...but hate the feeling I'll feel

from drinking it a WHOLE lot more!

Again...thanks to all.

Sydney

27w

Re: HELP...doctor is trying to force me to take

glucose test!

Sydney,

I did the test, I felt badly from the 2nd swallow, but the nice

ladies at the lab put me in a recliner in a dark room and I fought

the urge to throw it back up for the whole hour. If I had been

sitting up it would have been all over. I would have prefered to

test my blood sugar with a machine for the remainder of my pregnancy

than to do it again. I lived through it, but I wonder how accurate

it really was.

Good luck,

Jenn

Children are a blessing, and a gift from the Lord. -Psalm 127:3

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hi. My OB made me take a fasting test - where they drew blood to

check my sugars w/o the drink... I explained to her that i would

have the equivalent to a diabetic moment for the first hour then my

sugars would stablize. She made me take it 3 times! (one day i ate

pancakes w/ syrup and passed sugar in my urine - oops!) anyway...

tell your ob to take another route for the testing... he can't force

you to go to the lab...

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I have no respect for doctors who think they are GOD. First of all,

let him write up anything he wants. That doesn't mean you have to

show up for the test. What's he going to do? Physically drag your

there??? I don't think so. Is this the only doctor in town??? He

certainly acts like he is!!! And since I would bet he is not the

only doctor in town, remember, you are paying him, he is your

employee. You can take your business elsewhere. Personally, I had

an OB for the first pregnancy, Pre-WLS, and for this one, I was

immediately told I could have a midwife if I wanted. I am so glad,

as they are much more laid back, and less adversarial. I was asked

in my first visit, if I wanted to breast feed. I told her I was not

interested, and the question never went further. I was expecting to

be lectured on it being the best for my child, and I should call La

Leche, but instead, she pointed out how much the formulas have

improved since I last used formula!!! I was pleasantly surprised,

to say the least.

My point is, if you don't like what you're getting with this doctor,

go someplace else. This is your baby, not theirs. If there was an

issue with sugar right now, they would know it from the urine test

they take at every doctor's visit. Personally, it sounds more like

an ego trip to me, on the doctor's part. I will probably be doing a

comparison of fasting blood sugar levels, and what the levels are

two hours after I eat breakfast. I think that seems much more

realistic anyway.

Anyway, best of luck to you, and don't let them push you around.

in Western MA

323/155/back up to 169 at 4 months pregnant

April 10, 2002, Open RNY

Due 9/23/04 with #2, Mommy to Caleb since 11/27/00, wife to Ray

since 9/28/96.

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they can do this test via blood thats how i did it!