Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 167 Location: gloucester city NJ
Gestational Diabetes...? Posted: 06-27-07 18:15pm
ok so i went to do the diabetes test
today... i didn't *eat when i woke up and
went strait to the office, they gave me
that sugar drink and i waited the hour.
they took my blood and everything seemed
fine, but then on the drive home i got
really dizzy couldn't breathe and it felt
like i was so tired i couldn't move, i
even started sweating... my mom started
putting food in my mouth and telling me to
eat and drink water... a couple minutes
later i was fine... but could that have
been gestational diabetes? i have about a
week and a half before i find out the test
result... any ideas?
edit: missing word *
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kaerbear
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Posted: 06-27-07 18:22pm
wow. i actually think they mentioned to
me when i was doing the test to let
someone know right away if i felt dizzy or
faint. i've seen people with diabetes
faint when their blood sugar was off and
that's scary. if i were you, i wouldn't
fool around, i would call the doctor and
ask for their opinion. i didn't feel
anything like that when i did my test, i
just burped a lot and was dying to eat
something as soon as it was over. i hope
everything turns out ok but make sure you
take good care of yourself!
* the symptoms you described kinda sound
like insulin shock.
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vanessalouanne
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Posted: 06-27-07 18:25pm
yeah i just felt a little nausea.. id call
the doctor and ask!
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mamaTT
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Posted: 06-28-07 08:29am
It sounds to me like your sugar level got
to low. I am hypoglycemic (which means I
have low blood sugar; it's the opposite of
being a diabetic) and when my sugar level
starts to get a little low, I feel really
dizzy, faint and nauseated. I get a
little shaky and feel weak and very tired.
I can usually eat something high in
protein and feel better within a few
minutes. I would definitely call your
doctor and tell him about the after
effects you had from the test. They may
be able to put a rush on your test results
to see if you do have gd. Hope all is
better!!!
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onmyway_0x
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Posted: 06-28-07 09:22am
Yea when I went for mine I got shaky dizzy
, like room spinning dizzy and I had
severe heart palpatations... you could see
my heart beating through my t-shirt!
I was sweating buckets and almost threw up
... I was so scared. I called my doctor as
soon as I got home...
Turns out I'm hypoglycemic as well.
Be sure to let your doc know!
And keep us updated
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brina27
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Posted: 06-28-07 10:09am
I had my glucose test 2 weeks ago and they
said my sugar was a little high. So I had
to go back and do the 3 hour test, which
was this past Tuesday.
I had to drink double the "goo" and it
made me very sick. I threw up and passed
out. My doctor said because the drink shot
my sugar up really high.
When I got home I ate something and threw
that up, then I started sweating and
turned really pale and passed out again.
The doctor said that was because my sugar
went really low.
That has happened to me before I got any
of the testing done where my sugar dropped
really low.
So I don't know what I am... I get my
results on Friday.
I'm surprised it takes a week and a half
for test results. Mine are ready in 2-3
days!
Sorry..I would definitely ask them to put
a rush on your results!
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Azure777
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Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 167 Location: gloucester city NJ
Posted: 06-28-07 12:22pm
it doesn't actually take a week and a
half, that's just when i go back to the
doctor and that's when they'll tell me.
I've never had that type of reaction to
something like that before so i think it
was just the amount of sugar that went
through me then was gone. i've actually
been craving sugar alot since the
beginning of my pregnancy and i've never
been much for sugar. i actually don't like
it in fact. i probably have a mild case
and it won't really effect me (because so
far besides for that it hasn't). i will
call my doctor though, i just have to wait
till my .mom gets home i want her to
confirm to the doctor what happened to me.
Yea when I went for mine I
got shaky dizzy , like room spinning dizzy
and I had severe heart palpatations... you
could see my heart beating through my
t-shirt!
I was sweating buckets and almost threw up
... I was so scared. I called my doctor as
soon as I got home...
Turns out I'm hypoglycemic as well.
Be sure to let your doc know!
And keep us
updated
thats odd, i get those same symptoms like
oncea month at least. i all of a sudden
feel lightheaded and like im gonna pass
out and get nausous and start sweating
andalmost throw up and feel like blacking
out. its weird i never got concerned a
bout it i didnt ever experience it
pregnant though just when im not pregnant.
i also turn white as a sheet. hmm
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brina27
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Posted: 06-29-07 13:22pm
I just found out today that I am not a
gestational diabetic. Actually, I have a
hard time regulating my sugar. One minute
it could be sky high and the next drop
really low.
I am on a diabetic diet for safety... lots
of protein for me, until Aden gets here!
