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Any one with diabetes??
My Mum and now a lot of people around me feel that I might have a mild form of diabetes. What I do not understand is that I thought it made you feel rather ill when you ate some thing with vast quanities of sugar contained within it.
However, I crave sugar all the time. I want sweets, chocolate and now will even eat neat sugar to feel better. It does do just that for a short while. I need sugat big time.
I also drink a lot and I am starting to get blurred vision when I read , but it might be because I am tired.
People thought I had depression last year because I slept all the time, but it is constant hungar and tiredness that is making me fed up.
However, I crave sugar all the time. I want sweets, chocolate and now will even eat neat sugar to feel better. It does do just that for a short while. I need sugat big time.
I also drink a lot and I am starting to get blurred vision when I read , but it might be because I am tired.
People thought I had depression last year because I slept all the time, but it is constant hungar and tiredness that is making me fed up.
Yes I think I am going to be brave and go. I am scared to death of needles 
The normal test that they do is to take your resting blood glucose level and then get you to drink some glucose syrup. Then some time later they test the blood glucose level again and compare the results.
They might do a urine test also.
They might do a urine test also.
Ive been tested for diabetes, i also crave sugar and i always have to have a drink in me ( i probably drink about 5 litres of some sort of liquid a day). unfortunatly its not as nice as a prick on the finger, they take it from your arm like they would a donation (so its worth having some brekkie if your not a needle fan) but its well worth it. i was negative but if you have diabetes then the sooner u get it diagnosed the more simple your life will b. good luck
LauraWalker
My Mum and now a lot of people around me feel that I might have a mild form of diabetes. What I do not understand is that I thought it made you feel rather ill when you ate some thing with vast quanities of sugar contained within it.
However, I crave sugar all the time. I want sweets, chocolate and now will even eat neat sugar to feel better. It does do just that for a short while. I need sugat big time.
I also drink a lot and I am starting to get blurred vision when I read , but it might be because I am tired.
People thought I had depression last year because I slept all the time, but it is constant hungar and tiredness that is making me fed up.
However, I crave sugar all the time. I want sweets, chocolate and now will even eat neat sugar to feel better. It does do just that for a short while. I need sugat big time.
I also drink a lot and I am starting to get blurred vision when I read , but it might be because I am tired.
People thought I had depression last year because I slept all the time, but it is constant hungar and tiredness that is making me fed up.
i think that you sometimes need sugar, i don't really know how it works but a girl in my old class had it and sometimes she just needed to have something sweet.
diabetics sometimes need sweet stuff to stop them going into a hypo*-when the blood sugar is too low, this is cos it can result in them going into a coma
depending on how low their sugars are, a biscuit can sometimes suffice, although in slightly more severe cases they may be given glucose and water (some people use glucose and milk but there is a reason not to, but i cant remember it)
lucozade is pretty good too
*edit-hypoglycaemic (sp?)
depending on how low their sugars are, a biscuit can sometimes suffice, although in slightly more severe cases they may be given glucose and water (some people use glucose and milk but there is a reason not to, but i cant remember it)
lucozade is pretty good too
*edit-hypoglycaemic (sp?)
this may help if you need to know more:
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/
It really depends on what form of diabetes you have, and there is not really such a thing as a "mild form" unless you count type II before it's full blown - unless you're really overweight and have a horrific diet it's unlikely you have that this young. If you have type I you need to get seen sooner rather than later, though to be honest it's perfectly possible that it's something completely different.
I think it should be some thing different, and I suppose 'mild' form does seem an odd description (fussy parents). What you said is interesting. I am relatively silm and my diet is not too bad. I think I need to move out of home, and be left in peace with out being nagged. 
There is no "mild form" of diabetes.
Type 1 is usually diagnosed before the age of 30 = your pancreas produces no Insulin
Type 2 (maturity onset diabetes) is usually diagnosed later on in life but it has been known to be diagnosed in someone as young as 20 whose lifestyle is not ideal ie obese, no excercise, bad diet etc. The pancreas produces a little insulin. but it is progressive and it is likely to end up requiring insulin.
There are always exceptions to the rule.
Just go to your GP - a simple blood or urine test will give you the result you need to know.
Treating it straight away will reduce the risk of complications.
Type 1 is usually diagnosed before the age of 30 = your pancreas produces no Insulin
Type 2 (maturity onset diabetes) is usually diagnosed later on in life but it has been known to be diagnosed in someone as young as 20 whose lifestyle is not ideal ie obese, no excercise, bad diet etc. The pancreas produces a little insulin. but it is progressive and it is likely to end up requiring insulin.
There are always exceptions to the rule.
Just go to your GP - a simple blood or urine test will give you the result you need to know.
Treating it straight away will reduce the risk of complications.
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