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<blockquote data-quote="Tara" data-source="post: 162074" data-attributes="member: 23238"><p>Hi,</p><p>Just thought I'd share my experience. I first began to feel unwell in October 2006, I was tired and thirsty all the time, and then had bouts of blurred and/or double vision. I had an eye test, the optician said my vision was perfect, but I disagreed as I was seeing two of everything! My doctor referred me to the eye hospital, but I never got an appointment and the problem disappered anyway. I then began to have difficulty sleeping and had increased appetite but also weightloss ( I thought my dieting days were over and I'd got it all sussed!) Ifelt generally ill all the time, weak, tired and just drained all the time. my doctor prescribed antidepressants and sleeping pills- neither of which worked.</p><p> I was finally diagnosed in December 2008, whilst in holiday in India- I ended up in a coma in a hospital in Goa and needless to say I was extremely upset and confused when I eventually woke up!</p><p> I suppose I cannot be certain that I'd been diabetic since October 2006, but looking back, the symptoms all add up. I just wish that I'd had a blood or urine test done at some point, I know there's nothing anyone could've done to prevent the onset of type1 diabetes, but I'm sure that if I'd been diagnosed sooner, I wouldn't have become so ill whilst on holiday and had all the drama and complications that followed.</p><p> Tara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tara, post: 162074, member: 23238"] Hi, Just thought I'd share my experience. I first began to feel unwell in October 2006, I was tired and thirsty all the time, and then had bouts of blurred and/or double vision. I had an eye test, the optician said my vision was perfect, but I disagreed as I was seeing two of everything! My doctor referred me to the eye hospital, but I never got an appointment and the problem disappered anyway. I then began to have difficulty sleeping and had increased appetite but also weightloss ( I thought my dieting days were over and I'd got it all sussed!) Ifelt generally ill all the time, weak, tired and just drained all the time. my doctor prescribed antidepressants and sleeping pills- neither of which worked. I was finally diagnosed in December 2008, whilst in holiday in India- I ended up in a coma in a hospital in Goa and needless to say I was extremely upset and confused when I eventually woke up! I suppose I cannot be certain that I'd been diabetic since October 2006, but looking back, the symptoms all add up. I just wish that I'd had a blood or urine test done at some point, I know there's nothing anyone could've done to prevent the onset of type1 diabetes, but I'm sure that if I'd been diagnosed sooner, I wouldn't have become so ill whilst on holiday and had all the drama and complications that followed. Tara [/QUOTE]
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