Type 2 diabetes - how did you find out you had it?

Thank you JamesandJon33
Glad you’ve managed to stay borderline.

I went to the doctor for a yearly medication review. My usual doctor was not there so I saw a very young locus. She asked if I had ever been tested for diabetes. I was I think just 70. Anyway I was borderline, and ten years later , with a low carb diet still am.
I do remember though when I had my daughter , 50 years previously, she weighed 9lb 2 oz at birth, a nurse asked me if I was diabetic. Nothing more was done or said about it then.

Flora Dora I agree.The dr told me at the beginning that there was nothing I could do that it was all down to genes.

Please do not say you can beat it as in many cases , like mine , it is due to nothing I had done or not done . If it is caused by being very overweight then you can try to reverse it but not everyone can do so bad genes win out .
I was diagnosed after getting the most terrible vaginal thrush after being on holiday . I had no other symptoms . That was 25 years ago . My DH got up in the iddle of the night to go to a 24 hour supermarked to buy me some natural yoghurt . Thank goodness it helped as I was in agony.

Someone I know was getting tests for something else I think.
It showed up in that.
He had not been to a doctor in 3 years previous to that. He hadnt needed to.
He had no warning of the diagnosis. Was never told he was pre-diabetic.

He was miffed that he had had no chance to change things prior to the diagnosis.

My DH was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes many years ago. I was very careful about his diet and after a very long time he beat it ! Not easy I know but it can be done. Takes a huge amount of self discipline - not sure I could do it!
Our GC was diagnosed with type 1 when only 3 years old, is now a teenager and coping well with the condition. Type 1 is a very different kettle of fish !

Thanks everyone, really appreciate your replies.

Been type 2 for 14 years. Well controlled with oral medication. I had put on a lot of post menopausal weight ( since lost but being too heavy is a risk)

I had lost some weight without trying, had been very thirsty so drinking loads and passing water a lot more . These are strong indicators together you have diabetes.

Ask for a fasting glucose test . If you are diagnosed white carbs and sweeteners affect your blood sugar as much as sugar products

Dh was diagnosed when he had a heart operation several years ago but he refused to admit it and still does as he has no symptoms at all and he is not overweight.

At a checkup I was borderline but despite my efforts it did become type 2 diabetes.

You need to have the blood test hbaic. Shows what the blood sugar has been over the last few months.
My DM had type 2 so I was not surprised when diagnosed.
Do ask your gp to have the test done

I agree Doodledog that it is massively misunderstood.The number of times people say I don’t look diabetic.

I took part in some research at Staffordshire University about misconceptions around diabetes which was really interesting.

I have hereditary diabetes and was diagnosed twenty years ago.

I had no symptoms.I had gone with my husband for his blood test and the nurse said we might as well give you a health check too as you haven't been seen for ages.My husband was fine and I was diagnosed type2🙄

I hadn’t noticed any symptoms but it was a busy time so probably wasn’t paying much attention to myself.

Thank you Doodledog

I don’t have it, but my husband has the hereditary type. He started weeing more often, so knowing that his father, sister and niece all have it I persuaded him to go to the GP and ask for a test, which was positive.

Hereditary diabetes is not widely understood - armchair experts often claim it must have been caused by lifestyle factors, which it wasn’t. It is important to get a diagnosis sooner rather than later, to get in the loop for eyesight checks, foot care and so on. My FIL was registered blind before he died, as he wasn’t diagnosed until too late. My husband gets annual checks and it is well controlled.