Starting the doctor whirlwind

Well it is late or really early depending on your perspective. My last blog update was to be a teaser as I have entered an exciting time in my life. I mentioned the doctor visit as I was beginning to take my health even more serious. It has been a roller coaster and a half. So though I was motivated to visit the doctor to include professionals there was a big reason on the timing that I scheduled a doctor visit late May 2010. I saw two blue lines.... Yup! I'm pregnant! And the world began to whirlwind. It has been so exciting and tiring and anxiety ridden and amazing. I have been to more doctor appointments in the last five months then in at least the last five years, possibly my lifetime. Sad I know but so true! I have to tell you I never thought I would get pregnant at this weight. Obviously my body was at its healthiest it has been in a long time. But I never could quite combine the healthy eating and the exercise together to get pound results. So I have embarked on this new kind of journey with extra baggage and as many of us know when we travel we always ask ourselves, why did I pack so much!!!! :) I have gained 14 pounds in twenty-seven weeks ( Though in the heart of honesty actually my last visit was at twenty-five weeks. So I gained 14 pounds in twenty-five weeks. But doing pretty good on not losing complete control. Though there are food tornado days in our household. Which also if you have been following my journey I saw a number I was not prepared to see ever again. The dreaded 300 but it will not be a part of my life for long. I do not have the doctor's permission to work on losing at this point for obvious reasons. Who ever thought I would have doctors telling me not to lose weight? That is definitely a new experience in my life :) Short-lived but different. So a big discovery in this journey has been a battle with diabetes. And it is complicated because that is how life works with me and the medical field. Because of my weight and some background history (family, medical, etc. I was a lucky contestant to take the glucose test early to determine gestational diabetes). I bombed. Not sort of failed with questionable numbers but doctors shocked that I was unaware of my condition. Now, here's where it gets complicated. I was unaware but it was too early to most likely be caused by the pregnancy. So a huge round of tests was ordered to determine how severe the diabetes was. . . Here's where things get interesting my tests included the blood labs (A1C, etc.), eye doctor visit, EKG (I know that is not the true spelling, but you get my point), 24 hour urine test, and possibly others. Ta-da, not really diabetic. At least not according to any of those tests or doctors. Most likely what happened is before the doctor appointment I was nervous and had a snack. I remember having a snack, I can't remember what I chose to eat. Possibly fruit, bagel, chips, granola bar, but something quick and could easily grab and stuff my face. Because I was unaware that I would be taking this glucose tolerance test and this was late in the day so I had eaten breakfast and lunch and snacks (which definitely included granola bars and crackers, both high in carbs.) With that combo effect I believe is why the test was skewed. So I have had the pleasure of stabbing myself in the finger four times a day. My day time numbers are great if not fantastic but my fastings overnight not so good. Again medical marvel me frustrates teams of doctors. What I can control my numbers look great my overnight not so much. As I have been in great care, my hubby and I look at this as a blessing in disguise. It has helped me keep my eating somewhat in check because I would have easily pampered myself with daily bowls of ice cream and heaping pastas (not that I don't indulge to keep things honest but it could have been craziness!) And though I believe the doctors have panicked from the get go. As we quickly added, discarded, and continued to add medication to "monitor" these crazy sugar numbers. As I sometimes complain to my dear spouse. If I was just me, just a patient, I would have been given several months to change my eating and exercise and would have seen good results. However, it isn't just me and they wanted to nip things in a bud and from that first appointment within two weeks was on insulin (before test results started flying back in). So I get to take my blood and inject myself and take pills ( I dread medicine but for the baby I'm trying). I believe after all of these months of trying I think we have finally cracked the code to even out my numbers. So this is a start in catching you up on the latest in my journey. Once again this HealthFULL Journey is FULL of surprises. This is the definitely the best, biggest, and most intense surprise, but exciting to see once you open up your world to possibilities what wonders await around the corner. I look forward to sharing more with you all, soon. May your HealthFULL journey help you Fully Understand Life by Living and delight you with wonders you could have never dreamed. "Til we meet again. . .