Re: Sugar sensitivity-kind of long, sorry

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> In a message dated 10/12/2004 7:28:44 PM Central Daylight Time,

> bonaris1967@y... writes:

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> > Just a question for those of you who have had the glucose test to

check for

> > gestational diabetes.

Hi

My name is Gerri. I have 3 kids and I am pregnant with my first

since a lap RNY. I had gestational diabetes with my last 2

pregnancies so I did not really think much about having the glucose

test, just assumed I would have to. First they do a test where you

take a drink and they check your level once a while after you finish

the drink. That did not go too badly. A little queasy but

tolerable. That result came back slighty high at 144 so they did the

3 hour glucose tolerance test(GTT) and that is a similar thing with a

blodd draw and then a drink but there are more grams of glucose in it

and then you go back every hour for three hours. I thought I was

going to DIE the first hour and a half or so(just sick as a dog).

After that I was feeling pretty beaten. When I headed back for my

final blood draw I started feeling absolutely horrible....weak,

sweaty, dizzy: just felt like I could pass out at any moment. They

made me lie down until I felt more myself. Later that day... they

said my first hour result was extrememly HIGH at like 270 or

something. The second hour result was in the 70's I think and the

third was in the 50's.

I guess because liquid goes through the pouch so quickly the sudden

onset of a large amount of glucose causes your body to produce a high

amount of insulin to counteract that but then you have this LARGE

amount of insulin and no more glucose so then it wipes out your

glucose levels and you end up with EXTREMELY low glucose which is why

I felt like I might pass out. They told me I was very lucky I did

not. They determined that the 3 hour GTT is not an accurate test for

someone with the gastric bypass and they have done the 2 hour post

prandial(after eating a regular meal) twice since and my sugar levels

have been fine.

The baby is also A LOT more " normal sized " than my other two were.

My first baby was 8 lb 1 oz. The second(my first with gestational

diabetes) was 9 lb 13 oz. The third(also with gestational diabetes)

was 10 lb 9 oz. (In case you do not know gestational diabetes can

cuase large babies!) They have estimated this baby at about 7 1/2-8

1/2 lbs, so I am kind of excited about that and a LOT more

comfortable at 38 weeks than I have been in a long time.

I would keep my experience in mind when deciding on the 3 hour test.

It was horrible but also completely inaccurate because the way the

glucose flows into our system too fast.

Luck and laughter

Gerri

38 weeks

Boston, Massachusetts