Did you know you had diabetes before you were tested? What symptons did you have that made you get tested? I am concerned, because I don't have insurance and I worry about having Diabetes. I am a candidate for it.

The first time I was diagnosed I was 4 years old. Normal checkup. The next time I was suffering with Blindness in one eye, I was 15. The next time I was 27 and pregnant, the next time I slept for three months BG was 285 fasting,

All these times no doctor did anything. They said watch my diet, it only got worse, I was thirsty all teh time, theyknew my family history of diabetes, yet nota single doctor did anything.
Myhusband told me I drank fluid like a fish., It was nothing to drink a gallon of milk( it eased teh tingling in my feet) a gallon of tea ( i hate soda) and a gallon of water in a day!

Finally in 2000 I developed a diabetic abcess of the insiode of the leg and butt cheek.
I managed ot get to the emergency room, teh nurse asked if I was diabetic, and she took my BG. it was 347 but in teh lab it was 412. So i was shot up fullw ith insulin and my feet stopped tingling!
I wasnt chronically thirsty!

so offfically it was confirmed and treated in 2000.
\ I now control with insulin and conduct my own quarterly tests. Current A1c 6.5

I was put in the Hospital in Oct. '06 for a coronary stent & was told then that I had an A1C of 8.9 & was a type 2 diabetic. What a surprise, I had no idea I was diabetic before then. I didn't notice any unusual symptoms. When the Doctor said one of the symptoms is always being thirsty & wore out my wife said she had noticed that I had been drinking an almost excessive amount of pop & water since early summer & was tired a lot more than usual. My job has a lot of manual labor, so I thought being tired & thirsty after work were from working hard, not symptoms of diabetes. How little I knew. My A1C is now 5.7.

I haven't been diagnosed with diabetes, but I have been diagnosed with prediabetes. I was having tests run to see why I wasn't having menstrual cycles, and why I had gained weight when we found out. My insulin level was REALLY high. I don't remember exactly how high now, I just know it was a lot higher than it should have been.

I was surprised to learn that my sugar levels were messed up, because before I have always had slightly low glucose levels.

I have started watching carbs closely, and I was on medication for a month, and it has really helped. I lost 10-15 lbs while I was on the medication, because it was finally fixing my insulin, so my body didn't think it needed to hold on to everything I ate anymore.

Before I was diagnosed, I was spending 30 minutes a day exercising, 5 days a week, in addition to the time I spent playing with and chasing my toddler. I was on a 1500 calorie diet. And I still managed to gain 50+ pounds in less than 6 months!! That was the indication that something was wrong!

Lucky you that your insulion level was high.. I had no insulin level.........
I still dont.. oh well.

I was teh same way, id exercise and do all kinds of stuff and wham there woudl be 10 pounds........they did a TSH or thyroid stimulating hormone level on me and found that mythyroid is not working properly either. Its supposed ot be between. 1 and 3 and mine is 9. So tehyout me on levathroid and it screwed me up so bad. My period came on every 12 days!
It took threemonths of going off of it to get my cycle to get to be back to 21 days..... which is what it was.

I find now that if I take fish, like salmon my levels even out without teh nasty effects.
Did they ever do a TSH level on you to see if its a side effect?