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Next Month( 3th )

Results are in . . . sort of.

Posted on February 23, 2007 9:42 pm by TheAngelForever

Here’s an update on my 3 hour glucose test from yesterday.

The nurse in the morning said she would call me back when she had the results (this was at 9:40). At 2:30 this afternoon I had no call back and was angry about it. I asked JL to call the office to see what he could find out. With going back to school Monday I need to know if I have to get an appointment with a specialist or not. The nurse immediately took his call. She told him that she didn’t call since she needed one of the doctors to go over the results since values were high. She said they would get back to me Monday. I went crazy and insisted to know more. I wanted my numbers. So DH was sweet after listening to me rant and called them back.

Not long after this the nurse called me back. She said she was sorry about the communication mess up. Apparently she told JL something wrong. I didn’t technically fail the test. Only one of my values was elevated above the cut off (the 2 hour mark – and the numbers were fishy), but she needs a doctor to weigh in on what they want to do.

I told her that I vaguely recall that it was the 2 hour mark last time that I didn’t make it by and said they may want to look at those past results to see. She said they would call me Monday and let me know what the plan of action is with the doctors.

As I told her I’m going to be even more careful than I have been with my diet. I do eat more carbohydrates than I should (since they don’t make me sick), but I don’t eat straight sugar after fasting like that. If I have a bagel it’s a whole grain one and I put low sugar PB on it for protein most times. In addition to this we always do whole grain pasta with LOTS of veggies, and high fiber whole grain breads. Since my mother is diabetic (and so is JL’s) we are very careful.

On that note I am off to try to relax and take care of NHL who apparently now thinks that you need to get sick when people come here from Buffalo and not just when we go to Buffalo. His temperature is rising and was 100.6 just now. . . so I gave him motrin and will see what happens.

C’est Moi

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jl nhl pregnancy

Waiting for results. . .

Posted on February 23, 2007 12:57 pm by TheAngelForever

Yesterday I went and took the 3 hour glucose test. The actual test wasn’t as bad as I remembered from when I had to take it with NHL. I really think the new glucola helps a lot. Still I was pretty shaky and queasy right in the middle of the test. This time I was able to read and concentrate more than I could when I took it 3 years ago.

I have bad feelings about the test though and don’t expect to get good news when I call in a little while. I know it’s not the end of the world to have GD, it’s just another PITA thing to have to deal with. Why couldn’t the rest of this pregnancy just be calm? After the whole Downs Syndrome scare I think it’s the least that should happen, but why would there ever be a dull moment?

Oh well. I will post later on when I have the official word. It may be much later since I will likely be crying. Plus, NHL is home today trying to rest up (he’s really congested) for a big weekend with my brother and SIL. He’s SO excited to see Uncle I and Aunt M. Now I’m just hoping that the Buffalo jinx isn’t spreading to when the people from Buffalo come here.

C’est Moi

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pregnancy

sigh – 1 hour test results

Posted on February 20, 2007 5:59 pm by TheAngelForever

Yesterday morning I went to take my 1 hour glucose test and had my regular OB visit. The little guy was extremely active thanks to the vile amounts of sugar that I had to consume for the test.

I was told to call my OBs office this morning to get the results. When I was pregnant with NHL in 2003 I failed by 3 points and had to do the horrible 3 hour test (those memories are still VERY fresh). This time I asked if I could just skip the 1 hour and go to the 3 since a lot of people who fail the 1 hour do fine with the 3 hour. I didn’t want to have to deal with both tests. They wouldn’t allow me to, but told me I could do the testing about a week early so it was over my vacation to allow time in case I needed the 3 hour test.

So this morning I called to get the results. The receptionist told me that nobody had seen the paperwork yet, but it wasn’t good news for me. She told me that my number was 153 and their cut off is 140. I broke into hysterics on the phone with her. I’m so ticked off since it means another time to fast (and feel lousy)- this time from midnight to almost noon. I already told JL that I will not go to this alone, so he will take the day off to go with me. It’s a good thing he worked Monday and has the day to use now. Now I’m waiting for the nurse to call me back with the official word and to tell me what if any options I have.

C’est Moi

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pregnancy

I HATE this house!

Posted on February 18, 2007 2:36 pm by TheAngelForever

Last night was miserable (as noted in prior blog entries).

At 2:00 I woke up and was having horrible hot flashes (in a 62 degree house). While awake I got a cramp from hell in my ankle/arch of my foot that wouldn’t die. I was in tears crying from it. Then I was hungry and couldn’t breathe again. I had some cereal and finally at 4:30 I used my inhaler again. This caused my heart to race, but eventually I was breathing well and fell asleep.

Prior to falling asleep I told JL that I heard water dripping in our bedroom. Did he listen to me. Not really . . . . GRRRR! Last year we woke up to flooding in our bedroom and bathroom one morning thanks to ice damns that had formed at the bottom of our roof. We knew that we had them again, but were hoping it wouldn’t do anything this year.

No such luck. I was just heading back to bed to rest for a little while (3-4 hours of sleep isn’t a lot). I get in there and I look up in the spot that had water last year and sure enough there are water droplets. I lost it! I can’t stop crying and am SO angry. JL is heading to Home Depot to see if he can buy a ladder to get up and break the ice damns on both sides of the house. Meanwhile he has a small bucket catching water up in the attic where he was able to see it coming in. *sigh*

Thank goodness the in-laws canceled their visit in today. I could not deal with that. As it is other people do not understnad about this mess and keep telling us to call roofers. It isn’t the roof, we need more insulation to stop the damns from forming. And last time when we didn’t know what the leaking was from we called a TON of roofers and not one ever called us back in the emergency situation.

Now I need to get through this day of “fun” just to have my 1 hour glucose test in the morning.

C’est Moi

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house winter

2007 All About Me Survey

Posted on February 18, 2007 9:28 am by TheAngelForever

Since I can’t sleep and now think I may not want the inhaler I’m doing this. Please note it’s 4:00 in the morning.

C’est Moi

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Welcome to the 2007 edition of getting to know your friends.

What you are supposed to do is copy (not forward) this entire email and paste it into a new one.

Change all the answers so they apply to you and then send this to a whole bunch of people, including the person who sent it to you. The idea is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends that you probably didn’t know already.

1. What time did you get up this morning? Well, it technically is Sunday morning. . . so I’d say 2:00 am. If we were talking Saturday morning it was a little before 6:00 when NHL woke up and came into bed with us.

2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Happy Feet on Christmas Eve.

4. What’s your favorite TV show? Grey’s Anatomy

5. What did you have for breakfast this morning? Trick question again. Since I’m up and was hungry I just had some cereal.

6. What’s your favorite cuisine? Italian

7. What foods do you dislike? Can’t stand PEAS!

8. What is your favorite chip flavor? I like plain Baked Lays

9. What’s your favorite CD at the moment? I don’t really have a favorite. I have my CD’s on my MP3 player that I play in shuffle mode.

10. What kind of car do you drive? Chrysler mini van

11. Favorite sandwich? Turkey submarine sandwich from Wegmens (we so need one here) or if not one made with Boars Head meat.

12. What characteristics do you despise? People that think they are better than others.

13. What is your favorite type of clothing? Lately, my PJs!

14. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation? Disney World

15. What color is your bathroom? Very plain white/black with a colorful tropical fish shower curtain.

16. Favorite brand of clothing? I really like things that I can get at Kohls lately. Mind you the only thing I can wear in the pants department is from Motherhood Maternity.

Where’s 17? Does it really matter? There is always one that disappears no matter what the year.

18. Favorite time of the day? Early evenings when we are all home together.

19. What was your most memorable birthday? The one when JL and I first met and he came here to spend the long weekend with me. He tried to stay up while I worked on a HUGE project for the end of my Methods Course, but he went to sleep. I was a zombie for my B-day, but he was sweet and waited for me to come back from class to take me out.

20. Where were you born? St. Peter’s Hospital

21. Favorite sport to watch? Hockey! Are there any other sports? ;)

22. Who do you least expect to send this back to you? Don’t really care, that’s why I’m blogging it!

23. Person you expect to send it back first? ???

24. What fabric detergent do you use? Tide Free

25. Were you named after anyone? Yes, I was named for my two great-grandparents that passed away about a month before I was born.

26. Do you wish on stars? Sometimes

27. When did you last cry? About ready to now since I’m so tired and can’t sleep. Pregnancy hormones STINK!

28. Do you like your handwriting? I suppose so.

29. If you were another person, would you be friends with you? Sure, why not?

30. Are you a daredevil? Not really. Although I do like rides at the amusement park.

31. How do you release anger? Cry or yell (mind you I’m best at holding it in)

32. Where is your second home? Who knows. I’m still stuck in my first one ;) Mind you there are weeks I think I LIVE at school.

33. What were your favorite toys as a child? My Barbie dolls, Cabbage Patch Kids, and Care Bears.

35. Do you use sarcasm a lot? I am the Queen of Sarcasm!

36. Favorite movies? Beaches, Space Balls, Dirty Dancing, Madagascar, and almost anything Disney.

37 What are your nicknames? For me to know!

38. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? These days I’m lucky if I can see my shoes!

39. Do you think that you are strong? Most days I do

40. What’s your favorite ice cream flavor? Chocolate chip cookie dough

41. What are your favorite colors? Green, purple, blue . . . almost anything except orange and brown.

42. Who do you miss the most? My Nana

43. Do you want everyone you sent this to send it back? Not really caring since I’m putting this on my blog and not doing the e-mail thing.

44. What color pants are you wearing? None – in my night shirt!

45. What are you listening to right now? The silence of the house. . . pinging of the radiators.

46. If you were a CRAYON what color would you be? Turquoise

47. Last person you talked to on the phone? My mother to tell her about the cost of the emergency ultrasound I had a few weeks ago.

48. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex? Eyes!

49. Favorite Drink? Water

50. Do you wear contacts? Not in years

51. Favorite Day of the Year? The weekends with my boys!

52. Scary Movies or Happy Endings? Happy Endings

53. Summer or winter? Summer – sick of snow now

54. Hugs OR Kisses? Both

55. Favorite desert? Cold Stone ice cream

56. What’s On Your Mouse Pad? Use an optical mouse so I don’t need one.

57. What Did You Watch Last night on TV? I fell asleep while JL was catching up on watching things on the DVR.

58. Michael Jackson or Kirk Franklin? MJ I suppose

59. What’s the furthest you’ve been from home? Hawaii by plane and Fredericton, NB by car.

60. When is the last time you have been to Church or Temple? The last time I went to temple was for one of the fall holidays. We will likely head back in two weeks for Purim.