[dodo]

I had no idea either. I went to see a doctor when I was 21 or 22 and told him that I thought I had diabetes. He laughed at me!

I was diagnosed at 28 and I didn't see it coming. Maybe because no one in my family had diabetes so I didn't realize it could be it! I was feeling very bad...I wanted to sleep and pee all the time, I was thirsty, etc. I didn't loose a lot of weight though, but I was only 130 pounds at that time and a I lost only 15 pounds. So some doctors were not convinced about me being a type 1. Weird!

[shiftzor]

Originally Posted by dodo

I had no idea either. I went to see a doctor when I was 21 or 22 and told him that I thought I had diabetes. He laughed at me!

I was diagnosed at 28 and I didn't see it coming. Maybe because no one in my family had diabetes so I didn't realize it could be it! I was feeling very bad...I wanted to sleep and pee all the time, I was thirsty, etc. I didn't loose a lot of weight though, but I was only 130 pounds at that time and a I lost only 15 pounds. So some doctors were not convinced about me being a type 1. Weird!

Find a new doctor, sounds like typical symptoms to me, your doctor needs his/her head examined. Don't worry I nearly didn’t even go to a doctor my parents forced me to on a home visit.

[Tattoo azz]

I was 7 when diagnosed, i remember drinking a lot of squash and water but i never really thought something might be wrong. Nobody in my family had it either, my mum took it quite bad but quickly got used to it, as for me i suppose you could say i took to it like a duck to water mainly because i didn't really know any different and i wanted to not feel so icky all the time.

[Maddie]

I hadn't a clue that it was type 1 diabetes. For about a month I was working on a project in the heat of the summer (July) and I was sweating, drinking and peeing like mad. But what I remember the most were the horrible the leg cramps! Ugh! I could hardly walk up and down the stairs. I just couldn't understand what was going on. After being violently sick to my stomach all night my husband took me to the emergency room. They took me right in and diagnosed it right away. I was in a very bad way when I got to the hospital and extremely thankful that we went when we did!

We were devastated. Still are...but after nearly seven years you learn how to deal with it. No one else had type 1 in my family. I was 37 years old when diagnosed.