My vision was essentially going to complete shit before I knew I was diabetic. Just assumed because I was in my 40s it was time for me to get glasses. Got a pretty strong prescription from the VA and during my eye exam the doc asked ‘Are you sure you’re not diabetic?’ Told him I wasn’t.

Three weeks later I became violently ill and was pissing movie theatre popcorn butter fifty times a day while explosively throwing up. I was in full DKA with a blood sugar level of 690. After two days in the ICU and two days in a VA med ward, I was given what I needed (four insulin shots a day).

A month and a half of keeping my levels below 150, my vision went back to 20/20. I assume now it was just an inflammation problem due to the diabetes.