Hi There Broxi!
Welcome to our Community. Nice to see you.
When I was diagnosed many yrs. ago, it was a definite "No Sweets".
But after I left home, I did have them in my diet since I was born with
a sweet tooth and I thought it unnatural not to eat some.
In 1980 something, I noticed in the magazine Diabetes Dialogue here,
saying that it was okay for Diabetics to eat some sweets as long as
they fit it into their diet and removed another item off their meal menu
to compensate or to take extra Insulin or exercise more.
Most foods are converted into sugar(glucose) by the body since it
requires glucose to work effectively. I believe the brain uses the
most out of all the organs in the body since it runs the whole machine.
We didn't know any Diabetics in all of our Family either before I was
dxd. But People die of heart attacks, etc. and don't know about the symptoms of Diabetes so they could have had it and died leaving us
in the "dark" because they were not diagnosed.
Even today when this happens some Drs. in some countries don't check into "Why" they died of a heart attack since they don't think of it or it costs too much for the testing.
Although joint pain is not a main symptom of Diabetes, prolonged high
sugars do eventually cause it including the commom, "frozen shoulder".
High blood sugars can be caused by other things including medications.
I am Glad that you are getting a fasting blood test done. Labs mess up sometimes also.
Getting a test for Rheumatoid Arthritis would be helpful also. It comes
in mild and severe forms and is also an autoimmune disease like Type 1 diabetes.
As I mentioned before anyone can get Diabetes. You don't have to be
over-weight or have a bad diet.
Diabetics can eat moderate amounts of sweets as long as their sugars
are in decent control normally. It may be harder for Type 2's if their exercise/diet, and oral meds. do not keep their sugars down normally.
Or if they are over-weight their own Insulin does not work well enough.
Anyways, I hope you are not. Good Luck.