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<blockquote data-quote="ahills" data-source="post: 73122" data-attributes="member: 18846"><p>My experience was only two years ago but i remember clearly.</p><p></p><p>I remember feeling dreadful and tired all the time and finding any moment in the day to nap or sleep, only to find myself waking up in the middle of the night to gulp large amounts of water from the bathroom tap. Eventually i developed thursh which was VERY uncomfortable and would constantly wonder why it was happening to me. The usual symptoms then followed with dramatic weight loss, loss of appetite, a need for sugary drinks to clench my thirst, and i noticed it took me twice as long to ''walk'' home, it was more like a shuffling motion with short and shallow breaths with the hint of peardrops.</p><p>My family, my mother in particular, was alarmed at my weight loss always telling me to pull my trousers up and always noticed me disappearing to the toilet after dinner (obviously to pass large amounts of water) however she thought i was suffering with Bulimia! bless her. One day i thought i was poisoning myself with the amount of water i was drinking so i looked it up online only to find a link with diabetes. I clicked the link and identified EVERY symptom on the screen with myself. At that point i told my mum i needed to go to the doctors right away. We went, i gave a sample, the doctor put a test strip in and glanced at me alarmingly and asked if i was feeling alright, to which i replied 'yeah im not feeling too bad' lol she then explained that there was sugar in my urine which meant only one thing. I was sent for a blood test the following day and confirmed as a diabetic later that night with a reading of 27+ i believe, then straight onto insulin the following morning. It was as quick as that, no messing around. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Did anybody notice at how quickly your body took to the insulin before you started to feel 'normal' again?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ahills, post: 73122, member: 18846"] My experience was only two years ago but i remember clearly. I remember feeling dreadful and tired all the time and finding any moment in the day to nap or sleep, only to find myself waking up in the middle of the night to gulp large amounts of water from the bathroom tap. Eventually i developed thursh which was VERY uncomfortable and would constantly wonder why it was happening to me. The usual symptoms then followed with dramatic weight loss, loss of appetite, a need for sugary drinks to clench my thirst, and i noticed it took me twice as long to ''walk'' home, it was more like a shuffling motion with short and shallow breaths with the hint of peardrops. My family, my mother in particular, was alarmed at my weight loss always telling me to pull my trousers up and always noticed me disappearing to the toilet after dinner (obviously to pass large amounts of water) however she thought i was suffering with Bulimia! bless her. One day i thought i was poisoning myself with the amount of water i was drinking so i looked it up online only to find a link with diabetes. I clicked the link and identified EVERY symptom on the screen with myself. At that point i told my mum i needed to go to the doctors right away. We went, i gave a sample, the doctor put a test strip in and glanced at me alarmingly and asked if i was feeling alright, to which i replied 'yeah im not feeling too bad' lol she then explained that there was sugar in my urine which meant only one thing. I was sent for a blood test the following day and confirmed as a diabetic later that night with a reading of 27+ i believe, then straight onto insulin the following morning. It was as quick as that, no messing around. Did anybody notice at how quickly your body took to the insulin before you started to feel 'normal' again? [/QUOTE]
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