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I have just been thinking about how long I had D1 before diagnosis and found this interesting thread! I was diagnosed in January 2014, aged 46 . After googling thrush, thirst, blurry vision and weight loss I got myself a urine test and knew I had diabetes before I went to the doctor. The...

Hope that works well for you! Have you been well looked after by the professionals?

I am just coming up to my first year anniversary of diagnosis (January '15) and, although sugars are under control, I still have my ups and downs. I have felt like my old self again from time to time, but I now find it harder to cope when other stresses come into play (being unwell, family...

Same story here! If I had known about that connection alarm bells would have rung earlier - I didn't have the thirst, etc. until right at the end when my sugars were way up. Had a horrible couple of weeks at the start when they put me on metformin which did nothing for the sugars but gave me a...

It is so interesting to read all of your stories - and so many things relate to my experience. I was diagnosed last January after major blurry vision, thrush, thirst, tingling skin, etc. etc. I then found I had background retinopathy when I had my first eye check in the spring - which was a...