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Well, I started feeling really sick about a month & a week ago. I drank lots of water. Like Ally said, probably about 2-3 Liters a day. Anything to drink I would. I had really bad acid reflux, dizzy, uncordinated, confused, breathing more deeply and loudly, but shorter breathes, blurred vision, and all the other symptoms. I weighed 130 at 5'3" and lost 25lbs in the course of a week. One night my fiance found me on the bathroom floor with grey skin. He rushed me to the doctors office. They wouldn't touch me, they called an ambulance. Two doctors at the first hospital thought I was dead and then they rushed me to another one. They put me in the ICU with about 5-7 different IVs, bruised up/hematomas, and with a breathing machine on meh. They said I bled all over the E.R.(central line) and that I kept trying to pull my IVs out. I had fallen into a coma. Diabetic Ketoacidosis. I had a 50/50 change of living within 30 minutes.

I'm now a type one diabetic. Basically the acid in my body started to eat away at my muscles, fat and organs because my immune system attacked my pancreas and killed the insulin creating cells. They also said I had a potassium imbalance, as well as magnesium, electrolytes and stuff. Basically everything I was eating was being flushed right through my urine and my body was using the muscle and fat it was eating as my energy since everything was just passing through me without digesting properly. >< They said my pee was almost black. XP

Well, that's my story. Don't worry, I'm doing awesome now! LOL! Also, if you have any questions about what happened, or about diabetes and what to watch out for don't be afraid to ask me. I don't bite. Except for my fiance. ;D

Well I was diagnosed Type 1 January 24, 2007. I think everything started over winter break. I had the worst migranes I've ever had in my life for 3 days straight. Then from that point everything started going down hill. The usual symptoms, peeing all the time, very tired, extremely thirsty...you know the drill. My parents thought that it was all in my head when I started complaining about the symptoms. So on the 23rd I kinda had a mental break down. I lost it on my parents, screaming at them that I thought I was going insane becuase of the amount of liquid I was drinking and peeing. That school was driving me nuts because I couldn't stay awake in class. Something I've never had a problem with, I love school. Also my mood swings were becoming so extreme I was scared that I was gonna hurt somebody.

So after this meltdown my parents finally decided that something was wrong. My mom told me that I was going to stay home from school the next day so that I could visit the doctor. I went a little nuts at this because I had my Calculus final that day but she said there was no way in heck she was going to let me go to school. So I just went to bed that night. I slept for most of the next day and she woke me up in time to get to the doctors appt.

When I finally talked to the doctor and began describing the symptoms he told me that we needed to check my blood sugar. The meter couldn't read how high it was all it said was HIGH. So he told me I had diabetes and I needed to get to the ER immediately. They drew blood and and it came back with a 804 Random BG. I have no idea why I was walking.

So I spent a week in the hospital learning all about Diabetes. I could've gotten out earlier but my BG wouldn't go below 300. We finally figured out that I'd been getting the wrong meals and they weren't giving me enough insulin for the amount of carbs I was eating.

So that's my story.

Hi, my name is Andrea, and I was actually diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when I was 5 years old. I'm now 21, will be turning 22 at the end of this year. I've been on the insulin pump for about...2-3 years now. Forget exactly how long lol. My bloodsugars have always been under pretty good controll until here recently when I started suffering from anorexia and other things...but I'm not going into that here sweatdrop

When I was diagnosed, my mom and dad had left me at a friends house so they could get my siblings things together to spend the night over there while they took me to the hospital. My mom had told her friend not to feed me anything or give me anything but water to drink. She ended up giving me 3 halves of a pb and j sandwich and like...5 cups of regular coolaide. I had been wetting the bed for a week or so before my mom decided to take me in, and I had been drinking a lot more. When they got me to the hospital, my bloodsugar was in the 900s and the drs kept walking in and out of the room, and when my mom asked them what they were doing, they said they were looking for a little girl with a really high bloodsugar. They said I shoulda been in a coma, not just sitting there in bed.

I was diagnosed at 5, giving myself my own shots at 6. I've always been pretty independant with my diabetes, and I hate the attention, so I don't tell people unless they absolutely need to know.

Hi my name is Cheekycheekz but u can call me Tami or Tamren. I just found out i had type two diabetes last summer.I was bound to get it because it runs in my family.my dad and both sets of grandparents had it.the way i found out was i was getting sick constantly and wanting to go to the washroom alot.i was also drinking alot as well.

Hey, there. Name's Wish, sixteen, female.

I myself am not diabetic, but it runs in my family on both sides, and I'm familiar with invisible illnesses, as I have two. Being that there are probably more diabetics in the world than I would assume, I'm interested in learning to prepare sugar-free foods, so that my baking can be a little more people-friendly. Nice to meet everyone.

Hello. My name is Daniel.

I've had type one Diabetes for about a year and a half now. We discovered it when I was 17 last summer. My mom had noticed some of the symptoms last summer when I was drinking a lot, using the bathroom a lot (from so much drinking obviously ;P), I'd be constantly sleeping, and still tired despite all that.

We went to the doctor, and he diagnosed me with it. Thankfully, my mother caught it, and I never got close to being in a coma. I lost nearly 40 pounds and went from 210 to 170 in just a couple of months.

I've been using my syringes ever since then. The doctors REALLY tried to convince me to use the pump, but I felt that there was no point in learning/knowing two systems when I could just do it one way. Pump also seems like too much of a convenience and I'd get waaaaay fat. D=
Although I already am. (I gained back the weight!...and then moreso. >_<)

Diabetes actually helped me to start eating more healthy of course. I eat more fruit and such. I also drink a lot more water.
That's all I have...thanks for letting me join. ^___^

Hey! I'm Strawberry-Plum, a type one diabetic. Wish I could share my story with you, but the truth is I have absolutely no memory of it whatsoever. I was diagnosed when I was 15 months old. My mom tells me that I had fruity-breath, I drank a lot, and a went to the bathroom a lot. I was taken to the hospital, but it was small, and they couldn't figure out what was wrong with me. So I was rushed in a helicopter with my mom and flown to a larger hospital, where I was diagnosed. Now, at 13, I am currently on the insulin pump, but other than that doing fine.