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If you've seen my other thread Needing to Wee, then you'll know that I've been going to the toilet quite a bit. Anyway I saw something about diabetes and some of the symptoms are needing to wee a lot and tiredness. Over the last few weeks I have become so tired and it's not as if I'm sleeping less than normal, I'm not as hungry as usual and have been getting really bad headaches, aswell as going toilet a lot. Do you think it could be diabetes? My Great Aunty has it and my Grandad had it aswell.
My main question is, I had my blood taken a few weeks before Christmas, as I was taking part in a study, and we got the results back the other day and they said everything was fine. But could they have missed it, as they weren't actually looking for anything in particular?
Thanks for your help.
My main question is, I had my blood taken a few weeks before Christmas, as I was taking part in a study, and we got the results back the other day and they said everything was fine. But could they have missed it, as they weren't actually looking for anything in particular?
Thanks for your help.
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ide go and see your gp as soon as possible really to find out. some chemists actualy do a quick sugar level check to see if you might be diabetic but they only refer you to your gp if there is a possibilty. make an appointment with your gp pal. best of luck x
I made an appointment with my doc yesterday, because I was weeing a lot, but after seeing the lloyds pharmacy ad I started wondering about diabetes. I just wasn't sure if I did have it wouldn't it have been noticed when I had my blood tested? But I'm not sure how fast these things can appear in your blood, as I've only just started getting these symptoms.
I suppose I'll just have to see what the doc says on tues, it'll probably be just an infection, although I am drinking a lot more than usual.
Thank you wee wuman.
Try to explain your symptoms to the doctor just as they are, without bias towards any particular cause ie don't make it sound more like the symptoms of diabetes than it actually is, if that makes sense. Of course, if you're worried about diabetes then you should mention it, so that you can be reassured one way or the other, but otherwise don't get too worried until you know.
LSS
I think I am probably worrying about nothing, I saw the ad and started worrying loads. You're probably right that I've got a urine infection, but the doc will tell me on tues. How long did cystitis take to go? and what do they give you?
Thanks a lot.
I went to the docs today and got tested for a urine infection but everything was fine, she just put it all down to being stressed.
so did she test you for diabetes then? i really am glad to hear that you are not diabetic as a diabetic myself. dont get me wrong you can live with it but i wouldnt wish it on anyone. people dont realise the seriousness of it but enough about that................................. YAY
My doctor asked me why.. I said I don't know.. could be diabetes?
I think if you tell them what you think is wrong.. they think you're making the symptoms up or something
*yawns*
No she didn't test me. I didn't tell her about being really tired and stuff, as I think it's just down to being stressed with exams. But if it continues, I'll go back and maybe suggest diabetes. I think I was just trying to pin-point my tiredness, wee problems etc on something, and thats when I saw that ad and just started getting really worried. I'm glad I haven't got it too, and that it's all down to stress, although chances are I could still get it. Thanks wee wuman.
TheShyBoyInTheCorner, if you're still worried about being tired, maybe you should go and see another doctor, especially if you've been like that for quite a while. I also agree about telling them what you're worried you might have, that's one of the reasons I didn't say about diabetes, I didn't want her to think I was making stuff up! They are there after all to find out whats wrong with you, and hopefully they should spot it, without you having to tell them.
OH! you really should have told the doctor about the tiredness and stuff, even if you think its all down to stress. how do you know you dont have it then, did the doctor say that? if not i suggest you go back and ask to be tested for it or go to loyds and get tested. i dont mean to scare you but it is better to have diabetes diagnosed asap if you have it to avoid complications.
Yeah I suppose you are right, I think I'll go to loyds and get tested, don't want to go back to the docs, it seems like I'm always there. Do they just take your blood when your tested?
gave me a piss pot
oh god not another one...I don't think I can stand doing anymore!
If so she will have used what is called a multi-stick to test for infection. At the same time the process tests for excess sugar in the urine which is indicative of diabetes. A blood test or urine test works equally well.
Lloyds cannot take your blood (and ethically shouldn't test your urine without telling your GP!) without telling your GP and sending official records to be documented with them.
So whilst you were being tested for an infection the nurse would have notived excess glucose present in your urine. I have the same problem - frequent urination and as I work in a surgery I am tested once a week to make sure I don't pick up an infection or show signs on diabetes.
Ohhh right, I didn't know that. Yeah I did give over a urine sample, and she put that paper stick thing in, so I suppose she would have noticed.
Thanks a lot, it's saved me a trip.
please get checked, its better to be safe than sorry. its probably all down to stress but knowing for sure will reduce your stress now wont it?
good luck mrs x
so they won't have been able to tell from my urine sample? All the nurse did was put one of them strips (looked like the ph strips) into my sample, to see if there was a lot of blood or protein in it (or something).
I thought you had a blood test to see if you had diabetes. Oh I don't know anymore.
loyds do the finger print test. they confirm diabetes by a big blod test and also can test your urine. i thought they just tested your urine for an infection? did they say they were testing for diabetes?
I just didn't want to bother going to lloyds, as i'd probably have to go to one in Leicester, if they would have been able to tell from my urine sample.
Ok thanks for clearing that up, I don't think I'll bother, as they would have seen. If me being tired, thirsty etc carries on, once I get my last exam out the way tommorrow, I'll go to Lloyds and get tested.
if you are truely worried then go to your gp and tell them your concerns. as a diabetic myself i know its not something to be blase about, chances are it is an infection but why dont you put your mind at rest, please. if diabetes is present then its best to have it diagnosed to avoid the chance of complications, you dont want that believe me, im suffering one of the complications and its not nice.
just go, get it done and put your mind at ease, you will probably be fine but as ive said before its better to be safe than sorry.
x
ps im not trying to worry you, sorry if i am!