If only.....
Oh what a run around Egypt is in the best of days!! I got my glucose tolerance curve results.....but couldn't find my doctor. You can imagine my surprise when on Weds the Doctor gave us his cell phone number. He said that my stiuation was of great importance, and to call him as soon as we got the results and he'd tell us where to meet him. Quite a big deal. But does he answer his phone? No way!! So we go back to the hospital where I've been seeing him, even tho we know that he doesn't work there on Thurs. They tell us that he's at a different hospital, so we go over there.
Can u imagine a hospital where you walk in and there's no one sitting at the reception? No one sitting in any of the chairs....? We walk around on the first floor, looking for signs of life.....signs of people......heck....anything! And finally we come upon 3 nurses sitting at the other end of the first floor around a corner. One of them is singing a song with her cell phone, and the other two are talking animatedly. Wow! What sort of hospital is this? So we ask them if they know where my DR is......one of them tells us to go up into Intensive Care and ask there. WHAT? Go up into INTENSIVE CARE?? So we walk back to the front....up the stairs.....still no sign of anyone.......nothing......walk to intensive care....past the empty reception area.....and find a little room there......inside it there's someone sitting there......and she tells us the DR went downstairs 1/2 an hour ago. So we decide to continue up to the 3rd, 4th and even the 5th floor. Wow!! Still nothing, nobody......not even dead people! LOL!! Ahhhhh, how did I start this? What a run around Egypt is in the best of days!!
So I have my test results, the DR's cell phone.....which equals....nothing. Ahhhh well. Oh? My results? Sure, let me share them with you......it looks like this.....
Fasting blood glucose 112 (ref range up to 95)
1 Hour blood glucose 205 (ref range up to 180) (glucose present in urine)
2 Hour blood glucose 163 (ref range up to 155)
3 Hour blood glucose 118 (ref range up to 140)
Values exceeding normal = 3
Test result..... + Ve for Gest D.M.
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What do you think that all means? Seems like the + Ve for Gest D.M. may mean that I'm positive for Gestational Diabetes, don't u think? Anyone know anything about this? I'd really like to hear what anyone has to say.....I think I'll google it. Alhamdulillah.
What else to say? Some of the family is supposed to be coming next week. Well, the ones who still like us, that is. Which has been narrowing lately. HAHA! I think that maybe to keep the situation positive I should be saying that I'm inviting the family members that I still like.....who cares what they think of me, right? Oh, I'm the big bad Cdn woman who puts up with polygyny. Puts up? Tolerates? Barely manages it? Oh ya, big bad Canadian extraordinaire!!! Sigh. Oh dont forget she's got an evil side kick! Who do you ask? My 14 yr old daughter extraordinaire! My right hand, my darling, my bodyguard.......ummmmm......my "little me". HAHA!!! (OH YA, BABY!)
So anyways.....not much is going on in my side of the world that I plan on reporting. I'm taking a "brain break" so to speak. Not sharing the BS....um.....problems and difficulties that I am having. Just trying to figure it out. HAHA! Oh that's a laugh! Trying to figure it out? Not sure I'll be successful on that one.......but insha Allah. I'll pass this point.
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On a good note....hubby leaves Feb 6th. I'm not sure if that is really what I want, but I'm hoping that his leaving is just bringing him closer to coming and staying here. Who knows? Ahhhh....who cares. I just want to get over this damn speed bump and find out where the lives of my children and I are going to turn. Hey, guess what? As I'm typing this, 14 yr old is putting her hand on my stomach....seems like our little baby is quite active lately.....she's hoping to get a feel! LOL!! Hubby managed it today for the first time....baby kicked his hand....lol!! Such sweet moments. Ahhhhhhh. If only they were enough...don't u agree?
If only they were enough.
posted by Safa at 1:44 PM
8 Comments:
salam Safa,
i'm a nurse practitioner in canada,your glucose tolerance test does show that you have gest. diabetes,but your results are not sky high.You need to see a dietician,and do at least 30 min exercice after meals(walking is very good).No diet in the sense of weight loss ,but a diet adjusted for GDM,and to monitor your blood glucose closely,if that doesn't control your sugars your physician might start you on insulin.If you want more info.I could email you the info we use for our patients.Please excuse me spelling,i'm french,lol.Take care of yourself,stress does contribute to elevated blood glucose.Keep in touch.
3:14 PM
Asalaam Alaikum Sister,
Take care of yourself. Inshallah this will pass after pregnancy. You are in my dua.
May Allah bless you and your family, and give you strength and peace,
Aeryn
7:02 PM
Please, please. As a girl who was once 12 when her parents were not getting along (and we came from a religous, albeit Jewish home, where it was haram to get divorced) (my best frined is Libyian, so I know some arabic, just stumbled across your blog...sorry I feel like I am snooping but I am so compelled to write...I think you are so strong...you don't have to post this, just take this message) Please think about your relationship with Hubby and its affects on the kids. If you stay around when he is obviously not respecting your vows or showing the girls how much they mean to them, then it is really hard for them to grasp how important it is to respect men and themselves later on...It could be hard at first but to be honest when my parents split I finally realized (later) that my mom was taking care of us and herself by leaving my dad. Sometimes love is just not enough. In my mom's words, Let go and let Gd...Good luck and I will keep you in my duas.
7:33 PM
Protein in the urine above a certain level isn't good. They did that check with me when I was so sick at the end of my pregnancy and checked for preeclampsia I guess?? I don't know, but I had too much and they sent me for delivery..but lots of other stuff was going on too so don't be nervous. I was also only 3 weeks away from delivery so it was safe.
I bet you do have diabetes but that's ok and happens a lot. I bet you'll be just fine. :)
9:25 AM
praying for you sister, hoping every thing goes better in your life :-)))
11:40 AM
Ain't high risk pregnancy grand. Alhamdulillah, I will keep you in my dua. Stress can raise sugar levels you know :) LUV U
5:31 PM
Hope that things go well and that you get the gest diabetes under control.
9:41 PM
Well, I see that the doc put you on insulin... Honestly, I don't see your blood suger levels as that high for a pregnant woman. I'm with the NP that commented, I think it could be managed with diet and excercise as long as you are on top of it and keep checking that it doesn't get worse.
The cinnamon thing, try it... Walahi it has been getting some good feedback from people who have tried it.
10:27 AM
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