A Bummer, but I'm Thankful

I got back my glucose test results the other day, and they weren't the best. Certainly not the worst, but not the best either.

But first, a little backstory/explanation...

When I got to Columbia and started going over my history with my doctor, they asked the last time I had an oral glucose tolerance test. I'd never heard of it, so the answer was: never. They were surprised to hear that, because it's something that you are supposed to do annually. So we scheduled the test for this week, the results came back saying...

My post-glucose numbers were abnormal. Normal is 140 or less, high is 200. I'm in the middle of the 'normal' number and the 'high/diabetic' number. According to what I've read, this means I am "prone to diabetes" or have "pre-diabetes." I don't know what we will do about it, if treatment is needed or not, or if we'll simply test for it every six months or something, so I'm holding off on thinking too too much about it.

Obviously the news is a bummer, but I'm thankful it's not worse and in the 200s. I have an appointment set up with the endocrinologist to get everything sorted out. I'm glad we know now; it's way better to know what's going on than be totally clueless like I was previously. This didn't happen overnight, so it really doesn't sit well with me that my previous doctors never tested me for this. But hopefully we can get me on the right track, because there is a chance that my weight and lungs could improve a little. Those are both things I have struggled with for the past couple years (read: mostly since I was at Barnes), so I'm hopeful.