Re: 1HR HIGH: Now they want a 3HR!!! ---

[Guest guest]

,

I would refuse to do the 3 hr test. The glucose tolerance tests are

just not accurate for RNY'ers and of course, the dumping is not good

for you or your little one...

I needed a gluc tol test about four yrs ago for symptoms of

hypoglycemia. My blood sugar totally crashed after the 2 hr and I

felt just awful.

Now that I am pregnant, I told my OB about this and she agreed to

let me do a fasting blood sugar and a two hr after eating blood

sugar. I did this on two days in a row to get good readings, and all

was well - I didn't crash.

I would encourage you strongly to get them to do this for you. Have

them call your surgeons office if they are being pigheaded.

All the best to you!

34 weeks today!

> Man...I tried explaining that the one-hour gluclose screening

wasn't

> going to be a breeze but the doc's 'girls' didn't believe me.

> I didn't get too sick, just a little queezy, but nonetheless...it

> came back extremely high. (I'm usually hypoglycemic so I knew it

was

> going to be blown off the charts)

> Anyhow, argued with the nurses today over the phone...tried

telling

> them there was no way in hell that I was going to take the 3hr

test

> and that there were other options and they won't listen to me.

>

> What did others do in this situation? Am I wrong about taking the

> one-hour and expecting it to be high? Or does that REALLY mean

that

> I've got Gestational Diabetes? I haven't had any problems with

sugar

> during this pregnancy...until this test was taken!

>

> Thanks

> in Detroit

> csection 11/24/04