GLUCOSE TEST

At my last appointment (Jan 31), my dr told me that I will need to do my Glucose Test the next week. They gave me a 50mL of barely liquidized sugar and sent me on my way with my instructions.

-Drink Juice within a 5 minute period
-45 minutes later, show up to Dr office to have blood drawn

Easy enough. (The instructions were a little more detailed, but I figured I'd spare you the boring details.) We decided that Wednesday was a perfect day for taking the test. It was then or Monday, and Monday was already jam packed with events, so we went on Wednesday. After Jason's dr appt, off Flamingo and Sandhill, I chugged my drink then headed to Lake Mead and Buffalo to my dr's office. I let them know I needed to see the phlebotomist to take my blood and into the back I went. (Without Jason. See, we got to the west side of town so quickly and had just enough time to run to Jo-Ann's. The cutting line at Jo-Ann's was nothing, but when we went to check out, there were tons of people! Jason told me to go to the dr and he would stay there til I was done.)

There was a different girl, a small white girl compared to the ethnic (I'm not sure what ethnicity she is) small girl that has been doing the blood tests for me for the last year. No worries though. As long as you know how to do your job, I'm ok with it. I tell New Girl that I'm there for a glucose test and she gets out a juice. She gets a 50 mL juice out and tells me to drink it within 5 minutes. I start to chug.

When I worked at the Dr's office many moons ago, I never really paid attention to the glucose tests. They were done in back, not at the front counter where I was, so how was I supposed to know that I wasn't supposed to have 2 drinks?!

I finished the drink in 3 minutes and New Girl told me to come back in an hour to have the blood drawn. I told her that's why I was there cause I just had a drink an hour ago. (OH SHIZ! face on New Girl.) "You what?!"

"I had a drink an hour ago. Was I not supposed to drink this one?"

"No! Oh crap!"

After a minute of freaking out, on her part, I told her to just draw the blood real quick and hopefully the results would be ok. Maybe the sugar wasn't in my system yet. But after talking to my dad, he explained it as such...

You have built a really nice bonfire. Now, because I have silly brothers, and guy friends, they think it will be cool to throw some gasoline on the fire. As soon as they throw it on the fire, it burns up til it's gone. My body is the fire, and the gasoline is the sugar. It goes into your system immediately and burns off.

OH! Ok. I get it. That explains sugar highs! My results are going to be off the chart!!! (they come back tomorrow)

3 things learned from today; 1. Don't go to Dr appt without Jason. 2. Know the procedure and make sure your tech knows the procedure for that office. 3. A large dose of sugar means you will need a nap for when you crash.