Blood Sugar a little high...

I tell you, if it's not one thing it's another. Yesterday I got a call from my GP that my Potassium level was dangerously low so she started me immediately on prescribed Potassium pills.

This morning I get a call from the nurse at my ob/gyn's office saying that my blood sugar was a little high. On top of that, she said my urine showed that I have a bacterial infection so I was prescribed amoxicillin.

Tomorrow morning I have to go to the hospital for a repeat of the two blood tests to see if I'm back to normal.

I swear my blood was messed up from all that bowel prep I did the other day for the IVP test as I had to have the bloodwork done at the same time right after the prep. I reminded both the nurse and doctor of that and they said it could be possible from all the fasting and fluid I lost during the prep.

I sure hope so. After all this I don't want to have to reschedule.

Wish me luck that my numbers are better tomorrow!

Hope all goes well for you.

Wow, Diane. I don't blame you. Hugs and good luck!

Lena

Wow! I hope that it was just the bowel prep that you had to do that has messed up your numbers! My endocrinologist can't make up his mind if I am boderline diabetic or diabetic. I am on metformin and am scared to see what all of this will do to my blood sugar! I actually haven't checked mine in a while. I'm supposed to check it 3 times a day. I also need to remember to take my meter to the hospital with me.

I'm hoping it was just from the prep. I had a full series of blood tests done in October and I can't believe all of a sudden these red flags are there that weren't there before.

I know the doctors are just being extra cautious and leave no stone unturned.

The good news is that outside of the fact I have two tubes going into my kidneys instead of one (I guess I was born that way) my kidneys and ureters and bladder look fine. My CT scan of my lung is okay, too. I have a benign lung nodule (never ever smoked in my life) that needs to be screened twice a year for changes...no change! So those are two biggies out of the way. I shouldn't complain, I just didn't realize how detailed both my GP and ob/gyn are..which is a good thing.

At least I don't do bowel prep again the night before surgery; just have to do the little Fleet enema bottle before bed.

Thanks for all your support and replies!

Great news! Had my bloodwork redone early this morning and everything came back A-OK! I don't even have to continue with the potassium pills.

So it must have been the bowel prep that royally messed with my bloodwork. I swear I was close to being dehydrated after it all, so it's no wonder.

Guess I'm good to go now. Pre-op consult done; bloodwork done; tests done!

Hooray!!

YAY! That is great news!