| Oh, don't feel bad, you're not alone. For me, it took an MI while on vaction in Canada three weeks ago to learn that I am diabetic. I didn't have many of the signs of diabetes. I wrote the frequent thirst off to the fact that I work outside in Las Vegas. It's a desert. It's summer. It's hot...lol. No blurry vision, or tingling of feet etc.
While in the ER, my blood sugar was at 47.4 mmol/l or about 853 mg/dl. At that point I really didn't have blood, it was more like Log Cabin pancake syrup.
My initial A1C was 12.5. I'm on 16 units of Levemir, and 10, 8, and 9 units of NovoRapid. Since being discharged from the hospital my B/S has ranged from 3.7 mmol (68 mg/dl) to a high of 7.0 mmol (126 mg/dl). It usually hovers around 5.6 mmol
(100 mg/dl).
Not only do I have to count my carbs, I have to keep track of sodium intake, and fats. | 
