EMERGENCY-please help me

[Dotultimate]

I have been on atkins for years - on induction level of atkins (i have pcos and i have to be on this level due to insultin issues). Tomorrow morning i have to get a test to see if i have eleated diabetes. To do this test i have to drink this pure glucose syryp that is the same concentration of sugar as 3 family sized bottles of coke - in 10 minuites, then sit there for 2 hours while my body 'purposefully' has an insulin pancreatic response to it.

I have to have all of this sugar after 3 years of NOTHING. I havnt even had fruit for 3 years - no sugar... not a single cheat. not only do i feel like all my hardworek will be undone, im going to get very sick from the sugar intake.

Has anyone faced this problem before or had anyone been on atkins for ages without a cheat and then suddenly had a lot of sugar at once? What happened? how sick did you get? what kind of sick did you experience?

Thanks

Dot

[D14965]

Re: EMERGENCY-please help me

Yikes -- that sounds scary Dot! Is there any other way they can test for this?
I had a dessert in a restaurant once ( was a very special occasion!) and they day after I had a bad headache . Now there was not an awful lot of carbs in the dessert . I am not sure how you would react to that amount of Glucose. Does the doctor know you are following atkins and that you are not used to sugar? If not, I would tell them just in case that makes a difference

[Dotultimate]

Re: EMERGENCY-please help me

Yes, he knows! He's the one that put me on it years ago... but i HAVE to do this test and there is no other way!

[hopejoy]

Re: EMERGENCY-please help me

Yes, I did this in August and had the exact same fears! Was sooooo worried.... as it turned out... it had no effect on me whatsoever... felt totally fine and didn't stall my wt loss. Be sure to take a good book to read... I had to have 4 blood draws total 30 minutes apart... was really surprised at how easy it was for me as when I did it when I was preg. I felt sick...
Good news for me, my diabetes is gone! I had a normal result! yeah! and now I'm 11 lbs lighter than I was then (in Aug) so diabetes is even more gone now! lol!
Good luck to you... and let us know how it turns out... how you feel and then the results... which you won't get back for at least a week probably.
liz

[Dotultimate]

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Hi Liz!

Thanks so much! And congrats with the great health news!! its good to hear that it didnt effect you. Makes me a little calmer! I dont see how it doesnt effect your weight loss? wouldnt all that sugar really screw us up?

[sallyseachange]

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Glad Liz posted her experience for you!
Do let us know how you get on!

[hopejoy]

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I thought it would... but was then really good the rest of the day, exersized, took my vitamins, and drank a ton of water... ya know... the usual! maybe I would've lost more... but it's just that one time... for medical purposes... certainly didn't gain and didn't develope cravings either... stuff tasted nasty btw! don't forget the book or something to do... it's a long wait! I hope you have as good an experience... I expected the very worse so was surprised... seemed anticlimactic actually! lol.
They said I couldn't exersize... that's what I wanted to do while I waited... it messes up the results for some reason...
liz

[fatty mcfatison]

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I am surpised you do not have to eat high carbs for a couple days before the test. It seems like it would mess up the test results based on articles I have read about how our bodies change due to low carbing. I would make sure to ask the doctor what the effect on the test results is, if any.