Well, that was a barrel of fun.

[LuckyCharms]

18. I'm so sorry to hear about your son in law 1WorldHope.

I was diagnosed at age 36. I had taken the day off work because I was getting the driveway blacktopped. A few days prior to this, I had noticed that my vision had improved to 20/20, and I no longer had any need for my glasses.

The day I was diagnosed, I felt awful. I chugged over a gallon of water, right from the plastic bottle. I was peeing every 7 minutes (I timed it). I was so hungry that I drove to McDonalds and got some burgers and TWO of those large orange Hi-C drinks, and I was STILL thirsty.

Went to the doc...I had no idea what was going on. My glucose was in the 500s.

They assumed it was Type 2, so they put me on oral meds that didn't work. They then ran a test on me, I think an antibody test(?) and told me it was Type 1, which made more sense, because I was in decent shape back then (nautilus gym 3x weekly, and running every day). So I was put on insulin after that.

My eyes then returned to normal about 3 weeks later. It turns out that very high glucose changes the water content of your eyeballs, thus changing their shape, thus causing your vision to change for either the better or the worse. Your eyes then normalize to their previous state once your glucose gets under control.

My wife reminded me that when I first started, I used to have to draw the insulin into a syringe, which I had completely forgotten about. Now, it's a bit easier with the pens and screw-on needles.

My best wishes to you, and your son in law. Tell him to hang tough. It's not easy.