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Last Monday Morning I had to go do labs in the AM while fasting. Mondays are a mess for me because I tend to overdue weekends. I couldn't imagine having a cup of tea at 5 AM while watching the news. BUT I decided what would a little sugar do? Or non-dairy creamer?
Thursday I get the results back online and I am just pre-diabetes. WHAT? I have never had pre-diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure even before gastric bypass. I ask my daughter who's in the medical field and tell her what I'd done. She looks at me cross eyed! THAT is not fasting. And of course that can have influence on the test. I've never done a fast and cheated on it. Ever.
So Friday I decided to have Splenda which I had a box in the cabinet. Years ago I decided no more fake sugars and no more margarine. Only the real stuff. Never had a problem. So been doing Splenda Friday through Sunday and have had the worst stomach issues EVER. Bad diarrhea, pain and bloating. I started doing some research and BAM....yep, all caused by Splenda. PLUS it can make your MTX at a toxic level or the opposite.....not absorb the drug.
Thursday I was feeling so good.....then Friday through today.....UGH!
First: When they say fast....Fast
Second: don't use fake sugars!
Third: My husband said "don't do it" Listen to your spouse
Right now I'm having tea (with sugar) to settle my stomach. Always seems to work....unless there's Spenda in it.
Last Monday Morning I had to go do labs in the AM while fasting. Mondays are a mess for me because I tend to overdue weekends. I couldn't imagine having a cup of tea at 5 AM while watching the news. BUT I decided what would a little sugar do? Or non-dairy creamer?
Thursday I get the results back online and I am just pre-diabetes. WHAT? I have never had pre-diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure even before gastric bypass. I ask my daughter who's in the medical field and tell her what I'd done. She looks at me cross eyed! THAT is not fasting. And of course that can have influence on the test. I've never done a fast and cheated on it. Ever.
So Friday I decided to have Splenda which I had a box in the cabinet. Years ago I decided no more fake sugars and no more margarine. Only the real stuff. Never had a problem. So been doing Splenda Friday through Sunday and have had the worst stomach issues EVER. Bad diarrhea, pain and bloating. I started doing some research and BAM....yep, all caused by Splenda. PLUS it can make your MTX at a toxic level or the opposite.....not absorb the drug.
Thursday I was feeling so good.....then Friday through today.....UGH!
First: When they say fast....Fast
Second: don't use fake sugars!
Third: My husband said "don't do it" Listen to your spouse
Right now I'm having tea (with sugar) to settle my stomach. Always seems to work....unless there's Spenda in it.
Artificial sweeteners make the body think it's getting sugar so it ramps itself up to deal with sugar and then gets nothing...really screws with the glucose numbers.
Water, black coffee, tea with nothing in it...that's about it....otherwise you get a call and you do it all over again.
Not as bad as trying to sneak food after doing the prep for a colonoscopy....it does screw things up and yes, you do have to repeat it.
There's a reason we get orders like....FAST until after the test!
Jen
I was also told some years ago that black coffee was OK. But the last time I went for blood work I did a bit of a test.
The time before I had my 2 cups of coffee in the morning without any sweetener. My Glucose reading was in the high 200's. Now I found that weird since I regularly check my glucose level and it has consistently been in the mid 100's which is pretty good for me.
So this last time I had no coffee - just water. Well low and behold my glucose reading was in the 100's just like it should be.
And I have always had my tests done first thing in the morning. You can still eat supper and even a snack before midnight and be good. I get my blood drawn at 8am then head over to the local mini-mart and get a couple egg/bacon sandwiches and I am good to go.
I got a call from the doctors office and they said everything was good, chest X-ray and labs.
I then said I seen it and it said pre- diabetes. She went on to say because of my history and never have had any issues they are not worried. Sounds good to me.
But I just got in the mail yesterday every referral for an endoscopy, colonoscopy and a visit to the OBGYN because I have hit menopause according to the test to. Oh what fun! Not!
I had a colonoscopy when I was 40 due to issues. That's the only one that worries me.
Which test was it? What was the number [if you don't mind sharing]?
I am Type II diabetic so I know a bit about this.
True......just water for 8 hours before blood draw.