Diabeetus Update

{I have to do this 4 times a day. It sucks. And my fingernails aren't nearly this pretty.}

The first week I made diabeetus my bitch.

Or so I thought.

My glucose levels ROCKED during the day, and I could basically eat what I wanted! I even begin wondering if I had been misdiagnosed. {Because there's no way I can eat a cajun filet biscuit, seasoned fry, and large sweet tea and STILL be under 130. Yes...it was Bo Time.}

But the truth is....diabeetus was making ME it's bitch! I couldn't get my fasting numbers down. But...I wasn't really fasting. I was having my 2am or 4am snack. So I stopped with the snack. But my numbers were still above 100. Too high for a fasting number. So I thought that I must be sleep eating again. {Yea, sleep eating, that's a post in itself, and I'm surprised and shocked it hasn't been discussed. Most likely due to the humility of it all.}

Then something bad started happening. My numbers started going up. Way up. So I started eating better. But my glucose levels were NOT getting any better.

You see. While I failed my GD test, my diabetes hadn't really fully kicked in yet. So that's why even though I was eating like a non-diabetic pig, I was still getting low glucose levels. My body was still producing the insulin it needs. But what happens in gestational diabetes is that the further along you get, and the bigger your placenta gets, it begins screwing with your pancreas, and then totally screws with the insulin, and then your body throws it's hands in the air, and gives up, and your left unable to keep your glucose levels under control. You are now diabetes' bitch.

I had hit the point where my placenta was an insulin blocking monster.

When my numbers started going up, I started being REALLY good. I was following my diet to the T. But I was still struggling with my glucose levels. So I basically cut out my carbs all together. FINALLY my fasting numbers came into the range they belonged, and my regular numbers were low. I did so well for  a few days that I'm now slowly working carbs back into my diet.

I'm not supposed to be COMPLETELY carb free, just very low. The diet, or "meal plan" I should say is the Jovanovic Meal Plan, and it's purpose is to keep your blood sugars in the range they need to be so that you don't give birth to a 15lb toddler. {If you have gestational diabetes.}

So far so good! My numbers are right where they need to be.

I know the diabeetus and I will be at war over the next several weeks. But in the end I know I will be the victor and DIABETES WILL FOREVER BE MY BITCH.

PS} I am so, so, so, so, so, SO, SO, SOOOO thankful that I only have to deal with this for 2 months, and not FOREVER. And I know it's pretty much certain I will end up with type II, and that's going to suck, but if there's ANYthing I can do to prevent it, I will.

PPS} I have yet to meet Wilferd Brimley. Boo. And medXpress, which is kinda like Liberty Medical doesn't take my insurance. So I have to go to Walgreens, or Target. I don't get my diabetic supplies to my door which is bullshit. So Wilfred Brimley, if you read this, hook me up man!

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