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<blockquote data-quote="evilcat" data-source="post: 225652" data-attributes="member: 35599"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>My symptoms came on really quickly - from first indications to diagnosis in about a month. I lost about a stone in weight and had very blurred vision, but the main thing I recall is the absolute desperate thirst. I was drinking 3-4 cans of coke (full sugar!) plus 2-3 big bottles of water a day. My commute to work is 1 1/2 hours each way and there were times when I was in tears as I was so thirsty but had nowhere to stop off to buy a drink.</p><p></p><p>Whilst on my way to work I crashed into someone at a roundabout - first accident since I passed my test nearly 20 years ago <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> . I now think this was due to my high levels affecting my reaction times...</p><p></p><p>I don't know how high my initial urine test was, but it was high enough for the surgery to phone me to come in. Unfortunately they had my old phone number so they wrote me a letter advising me to go to hospital if my symptoms deteriorated :shock: . This took 5 days to get to me by which time I was vomiting and generally feeling pretty ill!</p><p></p><p>By this point I had started lurking on this site and begun making changes to my diet so fortunately it didn't get to the stage where I needed to go to hospital.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="evilcat, post: 225652, member: 35599"] Hi, My symptoms came on really quickly - from first indications to diagnosis in about a month. I lost about a stone in weight and had very blurred vision, but the main thing I recall is the absolute desperate thirst. I was drinking 3-4 cans of coke (full sugar!) plus 2-3 big bottles of water a day. My commute to work is 1 1/2 hours each way and there were times when I was in tears as I was so thirsty but had nowhere to stop off to buy a drink. Whilst on my way to work I crashed into someone at a roundabout - first accident since I passed my test nearly 20 years ago :( . I now think this was due to my high levels affecting my reaction times... I don't know how high my initial urine test was, but it was high enough for the surgery to phone me to come in. Unfortunately they had my old phone number so they wrote me a letter advising me to go to hospital if my symptoms deteriorated :shock: . This took 5 days to get to me by which time I was vomiting and generally feeling pretty ill! By this point I had started lurking on this site and begun making changes to my diet so fortunately it didn't get to the stage where I needed to go to hospital. [/QUOTE]
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