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What's your Diabetes story? (How did you find out you were diabetic?)

And just like you I had those nasty cramps too!
 
I have chronic pancreatitis, in pain all the time, not all pancreatitis sufferers become diabetic, but the damage to my pancreas meant I would eventually become diabetic.
My consultant in April 2013 thought I had about 2/3 years before it would happen.
Went on holiday end of July 2013 and I had this other weird pain, like being stabbed in the side with a red hot poker, lots of opiate based drugs held it at bay for a little while, came back from holiday back to work, 3rd day in I couldn't walk up 3 steps, no energy, body felt weak, my boss took me home I phoned my GP who came out, checked BG and immediately send me to hospital medical assessment ward, I was then taken to ICU with DKA, was told I was about 20 minutes from blood sepsis.
Put on sliding insulin, had some wonderful hallucinations between all the drugs being pumped into me. Best one was it was snowing but only on my bed, then I was on a motorised cloud great fun.
 
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