Monitoring my blood sugar / 血糖値測定

IMG_4086, a photo by fumika yamamoto on Flickr.

When I lived in Chicago, I was told that I developed gestational diabetes from my doctor after taking 3 hours sugar test.

ショック〜
シカゴに住んでいた時にお医者さんから妊娠性糖尿病ですと言われた。

I saw a doctor in Austin a few days ago and she told me how to monitor my blood sugar at home when I told her that I bought blood sugar testing kit through Amazon.

妊娠性糖尿病だと色々と頭の中で考えて悩むよりも自分で血糖値を測れるキットをアマゾンで購入。二日前にオースチンの病院に行き妊娠性糖尿病だとシカゴの医者に言われたと話し、家での血糖値の測り方を教わった。

I had to poke my finger tips about 10 times yesterday because I was not doing it right, but finally I was able to do it right as I practiced more.

昨日は血糖値がなかなか上手く測れずに10回くらい指に針を刺すはめに•••
痛かった。

I have to monitor my blood sugar after I wake up without eating any food, then monitor 2 hours post each meal (breakfast, lunch and dinner).

血糖値を測る時間帯はまず朝起きたら、その後は朝ご飯の2時間後、昼ご飯の2時間後と夕飯の2時間後。

Fasting: my blood sugar level should be less than 92mg/dL
2 hours post meal: my blood sugar level should be less than 120mg/dL

朝起きたらの血糖値は92mg/dL以下でご飯を食べた後の血糖値は120mg/dL以下が目標。

My blood sugar results from yesterday were all fine. I read how stress can actually make my blood sugar to go up. Living in Chicago was stressful for me, so maybe this is why I became gestational diabetes.

昨日、測った血糖値は規定内の測定値だったのでちょっと安心。色々と血糖値について読んでいたらストレスで血糖値は上がるみたい。そういえばシカゴに住んでいた時はかなりストレスがあったなぁ。

This morning's blood sugar results have been good as well.

今朝の二回の血糖値の測定も大丈夫だった。

I became depressed about not being able to eat any sweet for a while. Now I can finally eat a piece of cakes without worrying about it too much.

ちょっとこれで安心した。
色々と心配せずにまたケーキが食べれるのが嬉しい。