I recently found out I have diabetes in the last 24 hours and I am falling apart. I am in disbelief and scared and confused. It seems like so much information that all I can do is cry right now. I can't believe it would hapen to me, i recently gained weight and finally got back into working out and went ot the doctor to get a check up. Even though I started working out and ecxited about the 30 pounds I have lost I got this huge blow about being diabetic. I was told my A1C was 12. What makes it worse is i feel like this is a death sentence, I am about to get married and graduate college and I get this devistating blow. I am 25 years old. I can't even see a point of going on. I know people say they have been able to get off medication/insulin and control their diabetes, I want that so bad. I don't want this life sentence. I am so depressed. Everything seems so hard, I am scared to make a mistake, I wonder if i need to worry about losing my feet, and everything else. There seems like nothing positive. I need help, despriately. I hadn't felt sick, I actually felt better lately since I have been excercising. I feel like why me, why now, I am just about to start my life na dI can't even find the stength to get out af bed.
Lost in SA
Diabetes is not a death sentence. Losing weight by eating healthy and exercising means you're already going down the right path. Diabetic complications such as amputations do not happen overnight. You do not need to worry about mistakes. You just need to take it one step at a time. You do need to talk to your doctor or a diabetic educator about steps to take. I would look for a diabetes support group in your area you can learn a lot from your fellow diabetic type 2s.