Thread by @UntoNuggan

[medical BS, medical diet]

so I talked to my GP about my blood sugar issues, which I was able to do because I brought one million snacks with me

and she offered to write an order for a continuous glucose monitor, even though she thought an insulinoma unlikely

welp

#NEISvoid

[medical BS, medical diet]

skipping over the hassle that was trying to fill the prescription (which involved Herculean assistance from my mom and the pharmacist)

I am *definitely* having a lot of hypoglycemic episodes

Like I didn't expect it to be this bad

[medical BS, medical diet]

I'm currently awake because the dang hypoglycemia alarm went off again

I kinda feel like that time I ended up babysitting a sick, teething baby who screamed the entire time

Exhausted, trying all the tricks, sobbing "what do you want from me??"

[medical BS, medical diet]

I finally got my blood sugar out of the "consider going to the emergency room" zone, but only after I went through all my usual snacks and finally resorted to just licking a mix of sugar and salt off my palm

[medical BS, medical diet]

This is my fourth "hey this Hypoglycemia could turn into a serious medical emergency if you can't get these numbers up" episode in the 12 hours I've been wearing the continuous glucose monitor

cool cool cool

[medical gaslighting]

I've only been saying, "hey I think I'm having serious Hypoglycemic episodes" for the past 20 months or so

[medical gaslighting, medical trauma]

But after I found out I might need to do a three day inpatient test in the hospital

During the pandemic

And also it's the same hospital where my three day inpatient EEG was Made of Trauma

I was second guessing myself

[medical trauma]

Plus my endocrinologist referred me to neurology, so I've been doing all the neurology tests

Which have frequently just reminded me of how terrible that previous round of inpatient testing was

[medical BS]

I won't know if this is because of an insulinoma or something else without a lot more tests

But I am hoping I have a chance to actually get some of those tests done

[medical BS, medical diet]

Woo! My blood sugar has officially reached "it's safe to sleep" levels again

So I'm going to attempt to sleep again