Well, I can say from experience that being that hyperglycemic and badly symptomatic from it was a completely miserable experience at diagnosis. Combined with a complete lack of guidance and a med that will take weeks to do anything, I'd rather see a bit of panic, or at least something other than apparent indifference.
ME_Valentijn Here's the problem. Diabetes is a carbohydrate intolerance. The medications help a lot initially, but the diabetes continues to progress, so slowly that you don't feel alarmed.
Diet and exercise is the only way I know to stop its progression and put it into remission, and it takes regular glucose monitoring to stay motivated. That said, if the pancreas is being attacked by the body, which is an autoimmune problem, then injecting insulin becomes necessary.
I wish I could turn back the clock. When I crossed over into pre-diabetes in 2002, then type 2 diabetes in 2005, I received the best standard of care in the USA from an endocrinologist and was monitored quarterly for three years. I was given a glucose meter and test strips but no one told me how to get my glucose levels down with diet, so, discouraged, I gave up, and ignored it, eating foods that are healthy for non-diabetics, but not for diabetics.
No amount of money or medications turns this around. It takes grit. A commitment to doing the hard work of changing the diet and increasing physical activity.
If I was able to stop the progression of my diabetes - (I have severe insulin resistance and can achieve a blood glucose level in the mid 200's with one inappropriate meal) - anyone can do it. And that's why I'm here, to help those who are where I was 15 years ago.
Finding out requires testing, and that often take a while, assuming that it's done at all. And even with confirmed Type 2, there's indications that ketoacidosis can sometimes be a risk during unusual circumstances, such as with an infection, at diagnosis, and when insulin-producing drugs (gliclazide) needed for that patient have not been taken.