Question from Pine, Arizona, USA:

I am 5 feet 7 inches tall and weigh 150 pounds. I have no immediate family history of diabetes, I exercise moderately, and I eat once to twice per day. I’m not a big drinker (maybe a glass of water and one to two sodas per day), and I don’t consume coffee or alcohol. I have always gone to the bathroom at least four times a night, and I can’t go to town without having to go to the bathroom at least three times. I had gestational diabetes during my three pregnancies, and all the babies were under 8 pounds.

About eight months ago, I had a severe UTI, and they also found a very high glucose level in my urine. I had the finger prick, but they never did find glucose in my blood. My doctor told me I didn’t have diabetes, so he did an ultrasound to check my kidneys and pancreas which was negative. That was the end of it, and I didn’t worry about it.

For about two months I’m guessing, not real sure, I have been zoning out. My friends tell me I’m like in a fog. It takes a few minutes to clear my head, then I’m back. I didn’t realize I was actually doing this until about a week ago when I started putting it all together.

For the last week (maybe two), I have become extremely tired, and I can’t move, It hits me around four or five o’clock in the evening, and I put it down to old age. The other weird thing I have been having for a long time is that my feet ache and tingle. Every night my feet hurt so bad its hard to sleep.

I started reading about diabetes and then started thinking about the sugar in my urine, but I’m not extremely thirsty or eating more, and I’ve always gone to the bathroom a lot. Should I push my doctor more to find out why I’m spilling a lot of sugar in my urine? Could it be something else.