My husband pities my doctor.

[missmiah]

Today was yet another of my quarterly diabetes check ups. My doctor, who seems to get more and more annoyed with each of these visits normally, was almost in a good mood when I showed up. I suspect the fact that his holiday started later that afternoon had something to do with it.

Anywho, we start out with the basics: "Have you had any sugars above 200 in the last three months." "I don't know." "You... don't know." "To be honest, I haven't checked for the last few months, it's been really bad for us and I'm pretty sure my numbers are probably all wonky, sorry."

"Oh-kay. Well, your sugar actually dropped - with minimal effort on your part." That last bit seemed to be uttered through clinched teeth. "And your other numbers are ok. Have you been eating eggs?"

"Oh, yeah. Sorry about that. Breakfast burritos are super tasty. But I did eventually remember that whole No eggs thing and we stopped getting those a month or so ago."

"So, ok. Fine. Eggs." Here he scribbled some notes to himself. "Exercise?"

"No. I ordered a DVD though. Should be here next month. I might do that."

"Next month." More scribbling. My husband thinks I'm going to end up giving this guy an aneurysm some day. You can tell he very much wants to lecture me, but he can't because the numbers are either falling or stabilizing and the only ones that he wants to put me on pills for he can't for other reasons.

Almost worth having to get blood drawn four times a year just to see his face - although sometimes he does get back at me by calling my GP and reminding her that I need to have one of those "woman's wellness" exams.

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[orcatiff.livejournal.com]

Don't tell my Mom, since she's a nurse and all and I'm supposed to be all supportive of the medical field by default even though I hear the behind the scenes horror stories from her....but YAY MIAH!!!

Coming from a life long hypoglycemic who gets the 'keep your sugars down' lecture every time I go in even though it's been YEARS since my last crash, I applaud you as my medical antagonistic idol.

*applauds*

[missdiane.livejournal.com]

If the labs are cooperating, there ain't a thing he can say, really.

What's with the "no eggs" thing? Eggs are good in moderation!

[missmiah.livejournal.com]

My cholestral is high and he can't put me on any pills to lower it because we're trying to spawn and babies and cholestral meds apparently don't mix well. He blames eggs and red meat, but I flat out told him I'm not going to stop eating cow so now he is pushing for no eggs.

[missdiane.livejournal.com]

Unless you're eating both red meat AND eggs most meals of the week, his advice is ridiculous when it comes to getting sources of good protein. Yes, eggs are high in cholesterol, but it's mostly the good kind of cholesterol.

I don't know why a compromise of eating a little less cow and having eggs a couple of times a week wouldn't work. If you've not tried them, many of the egg substitutes are tasty - I LOVE me a good breakfast burrito with those (and Mission brand "Carb Balance" tortillas - not as much for the "carb" part as they rock for fiber content).

[beeform]

Okay, I'm sporfling over hear because I can acutally hear this conversation.

Hee! Go you!! :-)

[beeform]

And that was supposed to be "here because I can hear..."

I'm having a BAD day.

[whispers-scream.livejournal.com]

Go you!

:)