HOW DID YOU KNOW YOU HAD DIABETES

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Comment by Erin Ball on October 30, 2009 at 7:57pm

well i was acting funny 4 weeks but when i went to the most cmpetitive softball tryouts of my life my moth was so dry and i wanted water so bad that i almost barfed later that week i found out i didn't make the team and tested my sugar on mt moms coworkres bgtester and it said error the dirsctions said that if it said error that meant itwent of the limited highest blood glucose which is 599 i went to childrens hospitol of wi and got diagnosed that night my sugar was over 700 that day and i felt terible
now im great and i am 2 monthes with D !!!

Comment by Joanne on July 28, 2009 at 8:52pm

Found out after having radioactive iodine treatments to shrink a thyroid tumor. It threw my sugars out of whack and after 3 months of elevated BG I was diagnosed with Diabetes.

Comment by Shirin on July 20, 2009 at 8:10am

How I found out:
I was 28 weeks pregnant. Belly growing very fast, up 2-3 times per night peeing, suffering from quite severe constipation, drinking alot of juice!!
Caught an upper airway infection, probably viral and at the same time a vaginal thrush. Brought a urine sample to the doctor and it was ++++ for sugars. Next day my fasting morning blood sugar was above 10. I was lucky to se an endocrinologist the very same day, he said he did not think it was purely gestational diabetes, as I was skinny apart from a big belly/pregnancy....My blood sugar was 18 three hours after eating half a carrot that evening and one day after I startet insulin shots.

Comment by derry on July 16, 2009 at 1:40pm

I was 3 when i found out it was over 30years ago so almost from birth my dad is also diabetic and my brother so you can say its really in my famliy gene when i was 3 my mom said i was thirsty all the time and also going to the bathroom alot night and day!

Comment by Nicole Stacy on April 10, 2009 at 2:54pm

For about the last three years, i have been feeling generally run down and tired. Also, i had been severely underweight and no matter how much I ate (mostly sugar, candy, and junk) I was unable to gain any weight. Another symptom I had was that i was constantly thirsty and frequently having to use the restroom. One night after feeling pretty bad for several weeks, my dad took my temperature and it was about 103 so he took me to the ER, where I found out I had walking pneumonia. My blood sugar was tested, and was over 600, so I was transferred to the ICU where I spent almost a week. I was told I probably have had Type 1 for several years, but was never diagnosed because I am uninsured and never went to the doctor.

Comment by herman on September 2, 2008 at 10:30am

I was walking through the local mall and one of the local organizations was giving free blood sugar test. I had mine checked and the reading was 225. I checked with my doctor the next day and the fasting reading was 200. Thats how I found out that I had diabetes.

Comment by Beth on August 29, 2008 at 8:52pm

I was sitting at home eating a peanut butter sandwich, that is a big weakness for me, I love peanut butter, about 10 minutes after I ate it, I got dizzy. I called the Doc and she did some blood tests and that is how I found out, my mother was diabetic and I kinda knew some of the symptoms.