Since I was suppose to go to the Cardiologist today I decided to go ahead and get my glucose tolerance test instead. The Cardiologist is on call this week, so he is not taking any appointments. I'm scheduled to see him next week. I just hope and pray that everything is okay. When I was in high school I was diagnosed with Mitral Valve Prolapse. It's a heart condition were the valve does not close properly and I can have blood reenter into the valve. I have a very mild case, which does not require medication. But, I have not seen a cardiologist since high school. So it's been around 12 years and I think it's important to have it checked out.
Since I had an opening today I decided to go and get my glucose test. I didn't really know what to expect, but it wasn't bad at all. The hardest part was fasting for 8-14 hours. By the time I got into the lab I hadn't ate or drank anything for 10 hours. Once I got in there they gave me around 12oz of glucose to drink. I only had 5 minutes to drink it, but to me it tasted like an orange popsicle. Since that has been one of my pregnancy cravings I had no problem drinking it. After I finished it, it did have a weird aftertaste. The baby started kicking and moving around, she was on a sugar high I think...lol. I had to wait around for an hour before they could draw my blood. I had to give three vials total. Then after that I was able to go home.
When I got home the first thing I did was eat something. After that I went to sleep. I don't know if it was just the sugar rush and crashing from it, but I slept for 2 hours. I still feel a little groggy, but overall it wasn't a bad experience at all.
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