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I didn't have any symptoms, I was diagnosed in a routine health check.

Edited to add: Now I think about it I did have a symptom which was slight tingling in the toes of one foot. However I didn't know it was a symptom until a long time after diagnosis.
 
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Me, too. Not one single symptom. Diagnosed with an A1c of 98 in a routine MOT.
 
I didn’t think I had symptoms, I was diagnosed on a routine health check. However since diagnosis and getting my blood sugars back to non diabetic levels I realised that I was tired and foggy minded, which I’d put down to getting older. I'm no longer tired and now clear headed.
 
Rachox said:
I didn’t think I had symptoms, I was diagnosed on a routine health check. However since diagnosis and getting my blood sugars back to non diabetic levels I realised that I was tired and foggy minded, which I’d put down to getting older. I'm no longer tired and now clear headed.
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Well done, I see you have halved your hba1c! My uncle was type two and overweight, but then got stomach cancer and lost the weight and is now diabetes-free, and in fact, is being encouraged to eat all the stuff that is bad for you to put some weight on.
 
Davie boy said:
In one word, what symptom made you realise you had diabetes?

For me, it was the Thirst
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Plenty of symptoms, for years, but chaulked them up to other issues. Did a blood test myself to rule out diabetes as a cause for my nafld, and that was undeniably high. Boom. T2.
 
I had lots of symptoms and went to the GP several times for different infections, but even they didn't put 2 and 2 together. It was a routine blood test that finally diagnosed it, although it was suggested as the cause of a 5 week eye infection at the hospital eye clinic.
 
Not being able to lose weight for 20 years was the main symptom. That and extreme fatigue.
 
Symptoms restrospectively identified as diabetes. Tiredness, weight loss, raging thrush, gum infections, dry mouth.
 
No symptoms either and diagnosed through routine blood test with a very high BG level. I did have one night when I was thirsty but had eaten a very salty takeaway. Who knows ...
 
I never connected the dots. Thirst - "it's good to drink alot". Going to the bathroom every 15 minutes - "incontinence is normal as you get older". Sleeping 12 hours a night - "the job is exhausting". Very sore gums and gum infections - "the tooth brush is too hard". Blurry vision - "too much computer". Tingling fingers - "better than being cold". Finally I dropped below 100 pounds and freaked. There was no excuse for that. I had been eating platefuls of pasta, half loaf of bread a day, lots of sugar, stacks of pancakes etc etc in an effort to gain. So I went to a doctor for the first time in 4 years and was misdiagnosed type 2, given tons of meds which sent me to a liver specialist who said to get off all meds. The endocrinologist sent me on the type 1 path. Now I feel great and I hope I don't ever have to see another doctor other than the endo couple times a year.
 
My diabetes diagnosis was a surprise. That said, I have horrible dry mouth. Even now with normal BG I get horrible nighttime dry mouth.

Interestingly, I have always been thirsty/need to use the restroom a lot. My doctor tested me for diabetes almost 30 years ago at age 18 because of it.
 
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