Well, for me it's a long and mildly embarrassing story...
It all started a couple of years ago. I was at work one day and needed to use the toilet, I retracted my foreskin, as I always do automatically without thinking about it, and for some reason I looked down at it and I noticed a greyish-white lesion on the head of my penis.
My first reaction was to try and see if it washed off - it didn't! But I resolved to not panic about it and keep an eye on it for a week or so to see if it disappeared of it's own accord - it didn't! So I did the mature thing and went to see my doctor.
Once I was stood there with my penis out and my foreskin retracted for him to examine me he told me he wasn't sure what it was and referred me to a urologist. The first thing the urologist asked me when I sat down was "Are you diabetic?" The urologist asked me that because there was a high level of sugar in the urine sample I had to provide.
Anyway, once again I had to pull down my trousers and pants to allow the urologist to examine my penis. She (yes, it was a woman - how embarrassing!) prodded and poked and swabbed my poor penis for several minutes and came to a conclusion. "It looks like a case of Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans (BXO) and, judging by the high level of sugar in your urine sample I would suggest it is caused by diabetes". It turns out that diabetes is a major cause of balanitis in men.
To cut a long story short (cos GAG only lets us have 2000 characters!) I had several blood tests which indeed did confirm that I have Type 2 Diabetes. The BXO cleared up pretty quickly and now 2 years on I have lost 4 stone, got my blood sugar under control, cut out loads of sugar from my diet and I now feel loads better for it!
The way I found out may be unusual and embarrassing but I am so glad I went to the doctor rather than be embarrassed and try to brush it under the carpet - I'm just glad I found out before it got too serious.
my friend out because it runs in her familiy and when she started showing the slightest symptom, her mom recognized it
My dad is T@ diabetic and he found out when he had a stroke
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