Take My Blood and Let It Be

So today I willingly let someone take the blood out of me. Ashley and Daryl (and several other people) have been teasing me profusely about the number of times I urinate each day. I worried my dad when we were returning from Covenant Life (which is well over an hour away) and I had to go twice. My dad is a diabetic who told me the next day he wanted me to get a blood test to see if I had type 2 diabetes. Apparently, frequent urination is a symptom.

Overall, I have been a very healthy person with no serious injuries (besides a broken foot, which i didn't even know was broken until three weeks later) or illnesses. I have never been to the hospital, not even to be born! So getting blood taken was a pretty serious thing for me. I called the doctor, set up an appointment and took off the morning from work. I had to fast for twelve hours which was not a big deal at all.

So this morning, I headed off to my doctor's appointment. It took me a little while to find it because there was miscommunication between Dad and myself and it was raining and I left my glasses at home. It was not a good combination. I finally got there! I filled out a bunch of paperwork and forgot how old my parents were. And I have no idea what my father's social security number is.

I finally got in the doctor's office and he talked to me about random things (well not random) and then the nurse came in. She was nice and had warm hands, which was great because I was freezing. When she stuck me, I didn't really feel it (used to shots because of my knee) but then it started taking the blood and I think my body went into shock or something! Because I started sweating a ton and was very dizzy. It was ten times worse than when I get in the shower and I feel like I'm going to faint.

I fasted...which meant I didn't eat...and I also didn't drink anything. I didn't know that I was supposed to be well hydrated. So she couldn't get enough blood and I have to go to the lab on Tuesday. I hope Mom goes with me, because I didn't feel so great driving after all of that.