November 05, 2004
Doctors and tests
This morning's appointment went quickly. The nurse did a throat culture that came back negative for strep. The doctor said my throat is red and irritated, and he can see in my nose where it keeps bleeding (whenever I blow my nose). He said it's due to my allergies being out of control because of my pregnancy. I'd only been taking Alavert as I felt like I needed it, but he said to start taking it regularly and to take Benedryl at night. He said it's safe for the baby, but I want to run it past my ob/gyn first, since she never mentioned it before.
The ob/gyn's office just called back with the results of my glucose test. Unfortunately, I have gestational diabetes. My blood sugar was 174 and they like it to be below 140. So they referred two endocrinologists. I called the one on my insurance plan. She's pretty booked. At first, the receptionist said the next available appointment was in three weeks, but then she put me on hold for a few minutes. When she came back, she said I could get in to see the nurse practitioner at 8:45am on Tuesday, then just wait until the doctor could pop in to see me. Then I'll be going back to the clinic on Thursday for a diabetes class that lasts a few hours.
I guess it's a good thing I've already told Dale to hide the bag of Halloween candy.