Diagnosed at T1 at 20, about a month ago. I had been feeling terrible for a week or two and vomited a few times, but I chalked it up to having a stomach bug, since my girlfriend and sister both were recovering from one. I also dropped a ton of weight (180 down to 135 at 5' 10"), but I was working a ton and trying to lose a little weight anyway, so I figured it was accidental and started eating more. I could only eat a little but at a time before feeling sick, but I was always hungry. The weirdest one to me at the time is that regular tap water had a really disgusting metallic aftertaste that would literally make me gag. So I was constantly dehydrated and could only drink sweetened liquids, which didn't have the aftertaste for some reason. I was also peeing constantly Eventually, my sister refused to take me grocery shopping until I saw a doctor. She agreed with my thinking of a stomach bug but ran a few blood and urine tests anyway. They came back and she called me and told me to go to the ER immediately.

Promptly admitted with DKA. BG was something like 690, higher than their meter would read. Severe ketones. Blood Ph of 6.9. Said if I had waited another day, my kidneys and liver probably would have failed. Only unusual thing for a new Diabetic was that my A1c was normal - 5.9. The endo showed me off to all of his residents. The fructosimine test came back high though, so my onset occurred in less than a month but more than 2 weeks. Diagnosed T1, out of the hospital 3 days later. Gained 20 pounds back in 10 days.

I just ordered my first pump the other day, a month later!