tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post1392491486363202497..comments2024-03-25T17:48:53.875-04:00Comments on Heissatopia: Sugar HighAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14785629874138416100noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-63627703421314775892009-01-13T16:25:00.000-05:002009-01-13T16:25:00.000-05:00Well this comment is quite late but I didn't know ...Well this comment is quite late but I didn't know about your blog back in the day. Or I forgot that I knew about it... Hmmm In any case. I had to do the 2/3 hour test. (It seems like it was 20 I was there for so long. They didn't tell me ahead of time that I'd be there for hours and I didn't bring anything with which to entertain myself.) That drink was VILE. I barely had it down in time. Drinking it any faster would have resulted in fizzy, super sweet vomit. I HATE that test. And after all that, turns out I'm not diabetic! (Lol I really am glad I'm not. It runs in the family and I'm pre-diabetic or something like that.) All that torture for nothing!<BR/><BR/>-AnnikAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-6661187383707348622007-05-08T13:27:00.000-04:002007-05-08T13:27:00.000-04:00Yuck! I'm supposed to have a glucose tolerance te...Yuck! I'm supposed to have a glucose tolerance test (but the long one) but I keep not doing it because a) it probably won't tell me anything I don't already know and b) if I ate that much sugar it would make me sick for the next week or two!! It is just not worth it. So... I will not go back to the same doctor again. :) Good thing I switched insurances, I don't have to. Until maybe someday when I'm in your situation and they force me too. :)Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06422928216495189669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-61212360121222440372007-05-06T16:56:00.000-04:002007-05-06T16:56:00.000-04:00That sounds awful. I hate getting my blood drawn. ...That sounds awful. I hate getting my blood drawn. The few times that I have donated blood something always goes wrong. I have them poke me multiple times in both arms just for a little blood. I also had a nurse run up to after I was done and tell me to immediately lie on the floor. I looked at her with confusion and she in a panick said that I was green. Those are just a few examples of blood drawing experiences. So I can totally sympathize with you about the pain. I actually had one nurse blow a vein and she said that my arm might be bruised the next day, for about 5 weeks I had a bruise that went from above my elbow to the middle of my forearm. It was like 6 or 7 inches long. It was huge!!! Anyway I hope you don't have to do that again.Vickie Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767595718596586685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-953535622050718972007-05-04T23:16:00.000-04:002007-05-04T23:16:00.000-04:00I never had to have that test thank goodness! Hope...I never had to have that test thank goodness! Hope you are feeling better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-34282058226158225932007-05-04T16:16:00.000-04:002007-05-04T16:16:00.000-04:00Hey Nancy! That's aweful! I guess my sugar toleran...Hey Nancy! That's aweful! I guess my sugar tolerance (at least when I was pregnant) was way high, because I remember that orange stuff and I drank it down so fast... Well, maybe I was just trying to get it over with quick or something, I don't remember now. I've never had blood taken except when I was pregnant, and it really wasn't fun. Hopefully you don't have to do it any more?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-34269292701224073592007-05-04T11:41:00.000-04:002007-05-04T11:41:00.000-04:00Nancy, poor you! That sounds like a terrible exper...Nancy, poor you! That sounds like a terrible experience. I guess I was lucky. In Syria, they did it first thing in the morning so I really only had to miss breakfast. And I don't remember the stuff tasting that bad, either. Maybe all that Squeeze-drinking got me used to it (did we have Squeeze in Jordan??).Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11339936940500165901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-6878336446640273892007-05-04T11:39:00.000-04:002007-05-04T11:39:00.000-04:00Nancy, wow I remember doing all of my blood work f...Nancy, wow I remember doing all of my blood work for the glucose crap too. For some reason while I was pregnant any kind of blood work made me so sick as well. Now I am ok, but then it was bad too. Some nurses have to poke me multiple times as well to get my veins. A good thing to do if you have to get more stuff done is to drink a lot of water the night before and the morning of. Being well hydrated makes a huge difference on whether or not they have to poke you for a second, third, or even fourth time.<BR/><BR/>oh, and I am getting there with the blog. a two year old makes it hard to sit for a while (which it takes me) to publish a post.marquita chiquitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12517736499726628311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-8216867143292674492007-05-04T07:45:00.000-04:002007-05-04T07:45:00.000-04:00Nancy I feel your pain. I have super small veins ...Nancy I feel your pain. I have super small veins that are very deep and roll. While I'm a pregnant a good phlebotomist can get me on the first try. An average or bad one...well it is not a fun day. One time when I was pregnant with Ezra they must have poked me 1/2 dozen times in each arm. It took so long they had to call upstairs to tell them I was going to be late for my appointment because they just couldn't find a vein. Finally after three nurses had tried using a variety of blood letting techniques they had success. When I went upstairs to have my blood pressure taken the nurse said, "FORGET IT." You'll bleed out like a sive. Lovely :)Cryshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093625438383031052noreply@blogger.com