How did you find out you were diabetic? - Diabetes Message Board

Changedusername · 09-01-2005, 06:18 PM

I am curious. I get this weird numbing in my arms and legs like someone wrapped a rubber band really tight halfway between my wrist and elbow and it tends to come and go, like someone released that rubber band out of nowhere and everything feels well again. I have thyroid problems which can cause these type of weird things, but my glucose is almost always on the lower side. My last A1C was 4.8 but a lot of mornings my fasting glucose is between 94 and 109. Im also overweight male with some diabetes in the family. I think the numbness and tingling has to do with my Hashi's thyroid problem but doctors seem to dismiss that as a result of my thyroid.

I was wondering what types of symptoms lead you to finally get to a doctor to get checked out thoroughly or did it just come up on a routine test. My sugar is almost never high. I can eat like a pound of pasta and my glucose will be like 145 tops 25 - 35 minutes after the meal, however it will tend to stay at that high level for a few hours (3-4) before it starts dropping.

Im just trying to figure it all out. I know numb and tingling appendages is not a good thing.

smc612 · 09-02-2005, 04:51 AM

hi--i was diagnosed routinely. fasting glucose was a little high so my dr. did another test. that was also high. my a1c stays at around 6-6.1 for the past year and a half since my diagnosois. i am on no med for it. have it diet controlled.i don't remember having any symptoms that owuld have even made me think diabetes. my fasting ranges anywhere from 105-130. if i eat a heavy carb meal it will go up and stay up sometimes until the next day. if i eat right all day i am actually lower(90-95) thoughout the day. i also have a lot of it in my family. both parents and several first cousins. be careful please.i do eat carbs but no more than 2 a day, 2 pieces of fruit and the rest is veg and proteins. have lost 40 pounds eating like this. i am not an angel. i am really bad sometimes with 6 cookies(not1) or 3 donuts(not 1). i find that when i crave sweets my glucose is around 80. good luck

Hersheykiss · 09-07-2005, 11:23 AM

I had the classic symptoms. I was 9 years old. Going to bathroom constantly and no amount of water could possibly quench my thirst. I remember eating like 3 bowls of sugar crisps before I went to doc's and found out my BS was over 400. I wonder what my number would have been if I had toast instead....I guess that explained the thirst.

Shania4me · 09-24-2005, 10:06 PM

I was doing my yearly physical and my doctor gave me the results that my sugar levels were a bit high 13.0 actually so I did a glucose test and I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes or diabetes metillitus. I have had it for 3 years and have been in the normal range ever since. I used to test my sugar levels every day and now I do it morning and night on Mondays and Fridays and Wednesday mornings only.

My diet does get bad at times as I do suffer from depression and when my mood is bad I eat the bad foods but for a week now I've been trying hard to eat right and I exercise every day such as skipping with a rope, running and walking and dancing.

MikelBear · 09-26-2005, 07:51 AM

I was 12, and had lost almost half my body weight--from a slightly plump 120 to a very slim 72. Also with the constant thirst and urination, fatigue, all the classic symptoms, but somehow, nobody seemed to notice. I knew there was something not right. I was rushed from my middle school to the hospital with severe abdominal pains, diagnosed with a ruptured appendix, and that's when they found my blood sugar was over 900. Went into a coma for 3 days--burst appendix, septic shock, dehydration, malnourished as well as DKA. That was 40 years ago--I have been healthy ever since.

Michael