Fasting for Bloodwork

 So Faythe and I have quarterly bloodwork to make sure that our thyroid medication is working properly among other reasons. Usually our sleep patterns sync up with each other about 80% of the time, especially since we both have been living here with Mom and even more so with us homebound because of the pandemic. 

What that means this early Monday morning is that instead of fasting about 12 hours pre-bloodwork, both of us have already been fasting at least 14 hours by 2am because we both crashed from fatigue about midday. Normally this would only be a little inconvenient but since we are also only about (little less than) a week post 2nd covid vaccine shot we have gotten past the most severe symptoms and are left with a bit of fatigue and lethargy. 

So since time math is annoying we can say with reasonable expectation that by our 8am doctor  appointments, we will both have been fasting about 20 hours at that point. Sometimes we end up fasting even longer on accident (sleeping through most of day prior to appointment to try and gather strength as an example) but when we time it right we stop eating 8pm the night before which means we can have a snack as late as like 7 to account make sure our blood sugar at realistic "low" numbers.

In addition to this complication, when Snowpacolypse 2021 killed our power for 2(3?) days it ruined several of my medicines and I missed two of my testosterone shots and was also off my thyroid meds for at least half a week due to a weird postal service delay.

I fully expect my numbers (across the board) to be completely out of whack when we receive the results of today's bloodwork, and I also woke very hungry around 10pm Sunday (IIRC) and it was too late to eat so I'm kinda grumpy/hangry and trying to distract myself until I can eat post (monthly) doctor appointment and pharmacy trip.

On a positive note, I did remember to shave by my elbows. My arm hair is thick and tends to make it hard for the tech to see my veins well. Also it hurts like hell when I have to rip the bandaid (and chunks of hair) off later. Bonus pain since I seem to have mild allergy to medical adhesives, which manifests as a rash and my skin just permanently attaching to the bandage which is obviously unpleasant.

So I guess my first post in forever is just to whine. Sorry. 

TLDR: fasting for bloodwork kind of sucks, we all completed our covid vaccines, and I'm trying to distract myself until my dr appt so I don't sit and think about how hungry I am.