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View Poll Results: which season were you diagnosed? | |
spring
|    | 16 | 25.40% | |
summer
|    | 13 | 20.63% | |
autumn
|    | 15 | 23.81% | |
winter
|    | 19 | 30.16% |
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06-23-2007, 07:21 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: north wales, uk
Posts: 629
| | | what month were you diagnosed?
also what type and how long were you sick before diagnosis? |
06-23-2007, 07:24 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: north wales, uk
Posts: 629
| | | apologies i couldnt fit all twelve months into the poll.....
well i'll start....
i am type 1.5
diagnosed in march
was sick/had symptoms for about 5 years |
06-23-2007, 08:11 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,367
| | | Jan 18, 1983 exactly one year to the day after my brother's diagnosis.
Not sure how long symptons showed before diagnosis but my mom knew exactly what it was since my brother had the same symptons at diagnosis.
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~IR 1000 (Dec. 2002-Jan. 2005)
~IR 1200 (Jan. 2005 - ?)
●LifeScan OneTouch UltraSmart Diabetes is an Art, NOT a Science. You must master the control by skills and not by knowledge alone. |
06-23-2007, 08:35 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northern California
Posts: 353
| | | Spring, type 1, symptoms for 3-4 weeks, during which time I was visiting my brother in Boston for a vacation devoted to trying new restaurants. I taxed my poor beta cells to the point of no return, and experienced no honeymoon after diagnosis. Even for a type 1, 3 weeks is a fairly short period of time to fry your betas, but I had some Good Food! |
06-23-2007, 09:06 AM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Parent | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: michigan
Posts: 58
| | | My son was dx in oct at the age of 15mo. Looking back my husband and I can recall symptoms starting at the end of july when he turned 1. My son is type1.
shannon
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Shannon, mom to Sam, 5yrs old, dx at 15mo...blue cozmo insulin pump. |
06-23-2007, 09:37 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The city on the edge of forever.
Posts: 4,847
| | | It was February for me. That was 39 years ago and I was 10 so I don't remember much. I do remember drinking a lot of water and urinating a lot. I also remember being hungry all the time and losing weight but I don't remember when it started. The only time I remember being sick was that morning I went into the hospital. I felt so bad that day I didn't want to go to school. I can't remember feeling sick before then.
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06-23-2007, 09:53 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern USA
Posts: 1,500
| | | I was dx'ed in July. Type 1. I'd had a variety of symptoms at the severe level for about 7 weeks...but i didn't realize they were related to one another, and sort of rationalized them all off. My doc took a MAJOR history and told me he thought I'd been showing signs, although small, for about 10 years.
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~Holly~
Incorrectly dx'ed type 2 7/00 
Correctly dx'ed type 1 5/01
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Lantus 2x daily & Humalog
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06-23-2007, 11:32 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Douglasville, GA
Posts: 2,574
| | I was dx'd T2, August 17 2005. Other than High BG (and a nasty yeast infection [eW] when dx'd) I can't say I had any symptoms that I could/can recognize. I've pretty much always drank alot of fluids, therefore went potty alot! I did however have high BG's (200 on up) for at LEAST 3 years previous to dx. I just didn't know then, what I know now! 
__________________ Age: 43
Type 2 - Dx'd 08.16.05
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[ A1c ]
6.9 - 01/07
6.0 - 05/07
5.9 - 09/07
6.4 - 3/08  
[ Meter ]
UltraSmart/Ultra2/Contour
[ Meds ]
Metformin 1000mg 2x, Novolin N 20u 2x, Novolin R 1:10
Lisinopril 20mg 1x, Lovastatin 40mg 1x, Aspirin 81mg 1x, Albuterol as needed
[ Other Conditions ]
Coccidioidomycosis aka Valley Fever Dx'd 1.17.94
- Asthma
- Chronic Bronchitis
Hypertention
Hyperlipidemia
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06-23-2007, 11:53 AM
| | Banned
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: illinois
Posts: 3,316
| | i was dx'd pre diabetic in sept of 06.the weight started coming off on its own in oct.i knew that wasn't good-but why complain to the doc that you're losing weight,right?  in nov.ALOT of glucose showed up in my urine at the gyn office.get this-the nurse practioner asked me if i'd had any sugar b4 coming in.yes w/tea.she told me that was "probably why"i knew better tho...so called my pcp-he said he's order a fbs in feb. of 07.deep down i knew i was diabetic-my dad andalot of his family were type2...so-new insurance,new doc injan.routine bloodwork picked it up...got the news 1-25-07...sorry for the saga!trish |
06-23-2007, 11:53 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canada
Posts: 121
| | | I was diagnosed in June, summer holidays. Type 1, and I was sick for a good month and a half prior... I recall sleeping through my finals.
__________________ Type 1 since June 12, 1997. (12yrs old)
Started Pumping Nov. 19, 2007 - MM722 |
06-23-2007, 11:57 AM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 7,412
| | | October 21 years ago this October. I think I showed signs for about three weeks and then was sick as a dog for about another three weeks. Lost about thirty pounds and was hospitalized at the end for 8 days or so. |
06-23-2007, 03:29 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: CT
Posts: 4,588
| | | I was dx'ed with T1 in April of 2002... I had been experiencing symptoms for quite a while, but put off seeing a doctor due to no insurance covg. @ the time. Finally, I had to bite the bullet and go- I felt that awful. It goes w/o saying that it's changed my life forever.
__________________ I’ve faced myself
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06-23-2007, 08:50 PM
|  | Member | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: England
Posts: 419
| | | well offically in doctors records i was diagnosed dec 1999, thats when i had an OGTT, but i didn't find out my results until the 7th feb 2000, so i count that as my diagnosis date. I have mild symptoms from october 1999.
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type: MODY 3
diagnosed: feb 2000
using: lantus and novorapid
last Hba1c: 5.7% July 2007
previous HbA1c:5.6% April 2007
previous HbA1c: 6.2% Febuary 2007
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06-23-2007, 10:43 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 3,213
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by shabbie6247  apologies i couldnt fit all twelve months into the poll.....
well i'll start....
i am type 1.5
diagnosed in march
was sick/had symptoms for about 5 years | Hi Sharon:
Holy Cow 5 years? Why weren't you dxd. sooner??
December/Type 1/dxd. age 3. My 2 older Brothers
were both dxd. at age 4, so my Mom kept a look out
for the same symptoms with me. So it didn't take
long before I was on the shots.
Our country Doc had sent my oldest Brother to a
Hospital in the city when he dxd. him. The Doctors/
Nurses caused him to have not one but 2 bad seizures
while he was there. After that our Dr. refused to send
me and my younger Brother to a Hospital. He just told
Mom how much Insulin to give us. With just the urine
testing back then, I wonder how he figured how much
Insulin but we did have lots of seizures and highs. Oh well...
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06-23-2007, 10:55 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kentucky
Posts: 327
| | | month diagnosed
October--but had been sick most of the summer--I am told it very well could have followed a 6 month pattern after the flu in February. |
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