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    Do I have diabetes or just hypochondria!?

    No worries! It’s a bit of a weird situation, I tried to explain it to my husband and he just looked blankly at me ha ha. Eyes are indeed funny things, I just hope mine stay as they are for a while at least!
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    Do I have diabetes or just hypochondria!?

    Thank you @Brunneria - I’ve just had a look at reactive Hypoglycemia and if it is true that that you can experience hypers into the teens then perhaps this would be worth investigating if my HbA1c comes back completely normal. I will keep you updated!
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    Do I have diabetes or just hypochondria!?

    Thank you Alison ☺️
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    Do I have diabetes or just hypochondria!?

    Jaylee thank you. I’ve read that any random blood test over 11.1 would indicate diabetes. Obviously I am open to the fact that this could be a false reading which is why I’m not marching down my doctors office demanding insulin!
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    Do I have diabetes or just hypochondria!?

    Thank you this was helpful!
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    Do I have diabetes or just hypochondria!?

    I’m not looking for a diagnosis, I just want peoples thoughts and experiences. I believe that you can go low with a slow onset diabetes because your pancreas freaks out and can deliver too much or too little. Unless that’s not true - that’s what I’ve read but you read lots of conflicting advice.
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    Do I have diabetes or just hypochondria!?

    Vanillapie my axis of astigmatism DEFINITELY has changed because I did a visual astigmatism test (with the lines coming out from the centre) two months ago and the only clear ones were at a 45 degree. I did one last week and they were mostly all clear but the upright ones were the clearest. I...
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    Do I have diabetes or just hypochondria!?

    So here are the stats. I’m 28, 5’7 and 55kg so BMI of 19 or 20 (pretty skinny). I have a brother with type 1 diabetes (at age 12) and an uncle with type 1 (at age 28). I’ve had issues with my eyes for the last couple of months. My vision suddenly went blurry 2 and a half months ago - I went to...