| There can be other symptoms, I had muscle aches that could not be explained, especially when I exercised, it took me days to recover and I had not changed my exercise routine....my muscles were storing sugar. I had the neuropathy of the feet that doctors kept saying were from other causes...if you think something is out of wack, get into your doctor's face if you have to. I would get a cold every year that lasted for months (didn't this year!), I had unusual weight gain of 20 lbs in five years. In the background of my mind, I knew something just was not right.
I have to accept part of this since I guess I didn't get into my doctor's face enough to force the issue to check further into my symptoms I accepted the fact they should know....once a year A1C test was not enough to say I did not have diabetes....it was just in control at the time of the tests. I am lucky I do not have complications other than the neuropathy of the feet. I had to go almost blind for them to think something was wrong when my sugars finally went out of control since my diabetes progressed to the next level  | 
