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14-2-2009 - Sugar Test

My mood while writing this blog: confused

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Well I had the sugar test done Tuesday. It was so nasty and it took everything in my power to not get sick & keep it down. The nurse called Thursday to give me the results. It was good news & bad news. The good news is that I passed the sugar test and I don't have to do it again, YEAH! The bad news is I have low iron. They checked for that as well which is a good thing b/c I didn't know they would check for that. She was actually quite concerned & said that there was no way that I could go into labor with as low as it was. I don't know if she was just trying to scare me or was it really as bad as it seemed. The normal range is 12, well I was at 7.9. I couldn't believe how low it was b/c 2 months ago I had it checked at the WIC office and it was like 13. Now I gastric bypass surgery almost 4 years ago and that has a lot of factor in it with my iron being low. So now I'm going to have to take nasty iron pills and stay sick all the time. Then she asked if I was taking my vitamins. Well they make really sick so doc said that I can take the gummy bear vitamins. But they make me sick too. So of course she wasn't glad to hear that either. She said for the next 2 months I'm going to have to take iron pills twice a day.What makes matters worse is that I have rare blood, O-. So she tells me if I go into labor, get in an accident or lose any blood that if I don't get a transfusion quickly that I could die. Im like WHAT?? She says with your blood being rare and short supply of it that it doesn't look good for you. So we can absoutely not let you have this baby till we get that number up. I now see why I've been so weak and have no energy to even stand up for a long period of time. On top of that Im dealing with an UTI that I cant get rid of. I got one in august and it lasted over a month after taking several set of antibiotics. Now I got it again and its going on month and a half later and still can't get rid of it. Errrr so I go to the Dr's wednesday to do a urine test and a prick of the finger. So lets hope that I get that number up and get rid of this UTI.

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1 Comments on Sugar Test


shaye1984 - Monday, 16 Feb
Good thing you passed your Gestational Diabetes test.. but Wow... sorry to hear all of that about your iron. I also have low levels and am supposed to be taking iron pills. They never told me what my level was though and how many to take, so I have only been taking one a day... when I remember. Well, I guess we can start taking our iron pills together and hope we can get our levels up! I'm sure we can do it!