3 hour GTT (glucose tolerance test)

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I posted earlier this week when I found out I had failed my one hour test. I had a question then and I have another one now.

Today I took the 3 hour GTT. I drank about 24 oz of water about an hour and a half to an hour and forty-five minutes before beginning the first blood draw. (the fasting blood draw). Could that skew the results in any way? Also, when I went back to take the second blood draw, the phlebotomist was 15 minutes late in taking my blood so instead of it being an hour after the glucola, it was an hour and fifteen minutes. Would that have skewed the data? I went back to take the other two blood draws on time from the original start of test time (time from which I drank the glucola) so I they were uneventful. Neither girl could give me an exact answer re: these two questions although they did both say that you cannot drink water after the test has begun. Please advise. By the way, the test both came back normal.

Thanks for your input.

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