Thursday, January 14, 2010

It tastes like sugar. But it's not sugar. And it made my fucking day.

I have my glucose test in a few hours. Pregnant women have to take it as a screening process to detect gestational diabetes. You can also call it what it really is: Giant Baby Disease. I lost the information sheet the nurse gave me, so I had to look it up online. Somehow I became confused and thought I had to fast for 8-14 hours and only drink water. I was annoyed all morning because I really wanted a cup of coffee. I Googled it again only to find that I can eat and drink, just not sugary foods/drinks. I smiled, but on the inside I was doing the cabbage patch and lighting off fireworks. Then the realization that I couldn't have any sugar in my coffee brought the party to a halt. Now what was I supposed to do? Google. That's what. "Splenda glucose pregnancy test." I came to find that Splenda doesn't raise your glucose level. What is this? Totally Sweet and Awesome Day? And here I thought my life wasn't exciting.

1 comment:

Rena said...

Be careful, I had a teeny tiny granola bar the morning of my glucose test and failed so I had to take the 4 hour test a few days later, it was awful! But, I did pass and had a non-giant baby!