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Before you were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, did a healthcare provider tell you that you had prediabetes, or inform you that you had elevated blood glucose levels?
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I was 10 years old. I was suffering from extreme thirst and peeing a lot and I only weighed 49 lbs. My Mom knew something was wrong and called the Dr who immediately sent me to the hospital.
Yes, I had a pre employment physical and the healthcare worker checked my glucose and it was elevated. Before I was diagnosed as a diabetic
I had just turned 16, so there was no hint of T1D on the horizon.
No, I was 9 yrs old at the time of diagnosis so blood sugar levels weren’t being tested on me as a regular part of medical appointments, especially since I wasn’t an overweight child.
I was only 2 1/2 years old. I don’t think my parents were ever told I was “prediabetic,” but I can’t say for sure. I’m not even sure that anyone at the time was diagnosed with prediabetes in 1964!
I am very curious how my diagnosis story would have been different if my father hadn’t been diagnosed with T1D before I was born and so the whole family knew (including me, because he told us kids *constantly*) what symptoms to keep an eye out for. As it was, I essentially diagnosed myself. We confirmed my BG was high (~300) at home with my father’s glucose meter, and the next day we went to the doctor for the “official” diagnosis.
I laughed when I read this question. In 1966, prediabetes wasn’t a word! LOL! I was very young and was symptomatic, so diagnosis and labs showing BG of 741 all happened at the same time.