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I'm a wedding photographer and I make my living with my eyes. Over the last ten years, I've had to wear readers, but my distance vision was fine. About three weeks ago, I was at a wedding, and my distance vision was off. The next day I was extremely thirsty. I drank around 160 oz. of water. Highly unusual for me. The next day I googled my symptoms, and there it was. Diabetes kept popping up, and all the signs and symptoms pointed to it. I decided I needed to see the doctor as soon a...
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Being a trucker I wear them sometimes. It helps to keep my blood from pooling in my ankles.