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<blockquote data-quote="Grateful" data-source="post: 1610976" data-attributes="member: 438800"><p>Are you in America or something (like me)?</p><p></p><p>Sorry to be a bit blunt, but you need to see a doctor. Try to find a public hospital or a free clinic where a doctor will examine you. Or apply for Medicaid. Or just try to scrape together a couple of hundred dollars and go see a doctor, even if you have to embarrass yourself by borrowing it from one, or several people.</p><p></p><p>Edited to add: If you do see a private doctor, make sure you tell them you are destitute and cannot pay their fee. They may waive the fee, or reduce it sharply. Same with the A1C test, but you have to ask (on the back of the bill they will mail your for the test, there may be options for those who cannot pay).</p><p></p><p>You may have diabetes, but with your symptoms you may have other complaints in addition to, or instead of, diabetes. If you do have diabetes (the symptoms are suggestive) it is not something amenable to treatment with no medical supervision at all, at least at the diagnosis stage.</p><p></p><p>I have one more suggestion, but it is very much a second-best. Drug stores (such as CVS in America) sell home HbA1c kits, either one-time or two tests in one box. This is better than nothing, although not as accurate as a proper lab test run by a clinic. Here for instance is one sold online by CVS (29 dollars for 2 tests): <a href="https://www.cvs.com/shop/cvs-health-at-home-a1c-test-kit-prodid-496010?skuId=496010" target="_blank">https://www.cvs.com/shop/cvs-health-at-home-a1c-test-kit-prodid-496010?skuId=496010</a>.</p><p></p><p>Well-meaning strangers on this forum can help you, but first: get thee to a doctor. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grateful, post: 1610976, member: 438800"] Are you in America or something (like me)? Sorry to be a bit blunt, but you need to see a doctor. Try to find a public hospital or a free clinic where a doctor will examine you. Or apply for Medicaid. Or just try to scrape together a couple of hundred dollars and go see a doctor, even if you have to embarrass yourself by borrowing it from one, or several people. Edited to add: If you do see a private doctor, make sure you tell them you are destitute and cannot pay their fee. They may waive the fee, or reduce it sharply. Same with the A1C test, but you have to ask (on the back of the bill they will mail your for the test, there may be options for those who cannot pay). You may have diabetes, but with your symptoms you may have other complaints in addition to, or instead of, diabetes. If you do have diabetes (the symptoms are suggestive) it is not something amenable to treatment with no medical supervision at all, at least at the diagnosis stage. I have one more suggestion, but it is very much a second-best. Drug stores (such as CVS in America) sell home HbA1c kits, either one-time or two tests in one box. This is better than nothing, although not as accurate as a proper lab test run by a clinic. Here for instance is one sold online by CVS (29 dollars for 2 tests): [URL]https://www.cvs.com/shop/cvs-health-at-home-a1c-test-kit-prodid-496010?skuId=496010[/URL]. Well-meaning strangers on this forum can help you, but first: get thee to a doctor. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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