Saturday, February 13, 2010

Frustrated

If I were not pregnant, my sugars would be considered good control. Since I am pregnant, they want them lower than they are now in the mornings. Solution to the higher sugars in the mornings is to up the bedtime insulin. Ok, I see the logic, and logistically I would think this would work. NOPE, DOESN'T WORK. I am beyond frustrated, because the doctor is talking about hospitalizing me to control what I eat, well guess what, I do control what I eat, I don't eat mindlessly, I follow the dieticians plan to the letter, I take hours in the store because I'm reading the labels, I'm doing EVERYTHING they are telling me to do, including giving my sugars to the doctor twice a week. What, I need to know, is the point, of faxing the doctor on Friday if he does nothing to respond until the following Tuesday? Why do I take the time to tell him that my sugars are higher than he has suggested when he communicates no way for me to do anything about them. The one time I did eat alternatively in a way that I knew would allow my sugars to stay in the range that they should (the issue I am having is that the dieticians suggestion of the number of carbohydrates I'm to eat is far more than I would eat were I not pregnant) the doctor says, "NO Stay on the diet we'll adjust the insulin to the diet" Ok, so in the meantime, while they take their own sweet time figuring things out, my sugars are high, I'm no joy to be around, I'm irritable, sleepy and frustrated. I'm sure those aren't conducive to keeping my blood preassure down, which was an issue in my last pregnancy. This is just all more than I bargined for. Only 23 more weeks, oh that seems like such a very long long time to put up with this mess.