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<blockquote data-quote="chocoholicnomore" data-source="post: 225661" data-attributes="member: 37812"><p>Hi</p><p></p><p>For as long as I can remember I have always been quite thirsty so I didn't notice any difference in the thirst. However, I was constantly feeling the heat and my family would be complaining that the house was cold! I also couldn't understand the extreme tiredness/lethargy and I would be falling asleep at all times of the day whenever possible. Doing housework seemed impossible as I had no energy.</p><p></p><p>I was at the doctors during the summer for more anti-depressants and I said to her that I was feeling the heat alot. I asked her if it was my age (thought it might be onset of menopause), my weight or side effect of my tablets. Her answer was "probably all 3". In hindsight, I wish I had been tested then.</p><p></p><p>It all came to a head at start of September. My vision was blurred ( I had only been wearing glasses since March and I thought prescription may be wrong). I had flu which floored me, ended up with thrush which I have never had, feeling really run down and just generally awful, still really hot and always tired. Also going to loo alot. It was only when they tested for a urine infection that they discovered high sugar and phoned me to come to surgery next morning for fasting blood test. Hb1 was 9.5. Thankfully it wasn't bad enought to need hospital treatment.</p><p></p><p>Looking back all the signs were there and it all adds up now. I was eating 3 kitkats in the morning one after the other before getting breakfast. I continued to eat chocolate and sweet things all day. I couldn't get enough carbs. I also lost 8lbs in the 3 weeks before diagnosis! I thought my scales were broken :lol:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chocoholicnomore, post: 225661, member: 37812"] Hi For as long as I can remember I have always been quite thirsty so I didn't notice any difference in the thirst. However, I was constantly feeling the heat and my family would be complaining that the house was cold! I also couldn't understand the extreme tiredness/lethargy and I would be falling asleep at all times of the day whenever possible. Doing housework seemed impossible as I had no energy. I was at the doctors during the summer for more anti-depressants and I said to her that I was feeling the heat alot. I asked her if it was my age (thought it might be onset of menopause), my weight or side effect of my tablets. Her answer was "probably all 3". In hindsight, I wish I had been tested then. It all came to a head at start of September. My vision was blurred ( I had only been wearing glasses since March and I thought prescription may be wrong). I had flu which floored me, ended up with thrush which I have never had, feeling really run down and just generally awful, still really hot and always tired. Also going to loo alot. It was only when they tested for a urine infection that they discovered high sugar and phoned me to come to surgery next morning for fasting blood test. Hb1 was 9.5. Thankfully it wasn't bad enought to need hospital treatment. Looking back all the signs were there and it all adds up now. I was eating 3 kitkats in the morning one after the other before getting breakfast. I continued to eat chocolate and sweet things all day. I couldn't get enough carbs. I also lost 8lbs in the 3 weeks before diagnosis! I thought my scales were broken :lol: [/QUOTE]
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