diagnosing diabetes

For a couple of months I’ve suspected I may be diabetic, after abusing my body with energy drinks to supplement my meals for years. I’m 29yo, M. I have a fast pace job so it’s very normal for me to go 12 hours or so without a meal, except my body couldn’t cope - that was my first inkling of...

Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum, and I'm reaching out for advice and guidance regarding a situation in my life that's causing me a great deal of concern. I've recently started a relationship with a wonderful woman who means the world to me. We're both in our thirties—she's 30, and...

Hello everyone, I’m feeling quite on my own with how I’m feeling and I’m just hoping that somebody out there has similar experiences. I’ve recently suddenly started feeling very unwell, I went to the doctor who ordered blood tests and everything was okay. But I havnt been feeling myself (no...

Hi all Ive been lurking a few years. Here in Perth Aus, some 40 years behind, only type 1 2 and gestational is recognised. I KNOW I am not type 2 as diagnosed and do not respond to a whole range of diabetes drugs. All the symptoms including mouth ulcers and systemic canidasis are there even when...

So, I have done 2 full days of blood glucose readings prior to thinking about going to the doctors, due to getting a reading of 3.3 at a recent hospital trip. I am not diagnosed, but my readings are making me question whether or not to go to the doctors. There just seems to be no pattern...

Hi everyone, Sorry in advance for the long post. I am trying to find out if I am diabetic or not, and am curious as to what people think who have been on this rollercoaster ride themselves. This indeterminacy has been going on for me now for a year and a half. I have three people with T1D in my...

Hi. I am new here. I have been feeling very unwell with severe leg pain, very fatigued, hungry and peeing 30+ times a day and through the night...petrified of going to doctor or hospital because of covid19. Would a diabetes test bought online be a good indicator before ringing the doctor ? Thank...

Hi all, I’m seeing a doctor before work tomorrow but it’s unlikely I’ll be able to have blood drawn for testing until next week. (I may take matters into my own hands and buy a kit from a chemist.) I feel convinced that I have diabetes setting in. My symptoms are (quite drastic) peripheral...

Hello all, So first a little background. I'm 35 and not diagnosed with diabetes, however, ever since I was in my teens I've sufferd with terrible fatigue, sugar crashes, unexplained migraines and blurred vision that I think is linked with what I eat. After several normal fasting blood...

I have just looked at 'Living with Diabetes' section 'Blood sugar levels in diagnosing diabetes' at this website. I am puzzled by the limit value for '2 hours after meal' which is 11.1 mmol/l or more. I don't understand how it can be a fixed limit value. Assume a healthy person dissolves 3kg...