Fellow 26-year-old here! I am quite overweight and inactive, so I was at first hoping it was a type 2, as I have heard that that can be handled with lifestyle changes if it can be attributed partially to bad lifestyle choices (and boy do I, (did I) have a lot of those... Changed my diet and started excercising and my sugars improved immensely, even though I am using insulin. Starting to reduce my dosage now.
(Note above that I said it CAN be attributed to lifestyle, but research shows that there is a massive genetic factor involved and people with good lifestyles can also get any type of diabetes)
I was diagnosed about two weeks ago, well actually we are approaching week 3.
How are you doing, there? Bit of a shock, isn't it? I made a post you can read from my profile about how it all happened, but I hope you hang in there. I try looking at it as a positive thing, even though it can be hard at times. I've got a lot of extra motivation to eat right and be more active and the measurer really tells me a lot about what I eat. This forum is fantastic for getting to know your way around the diabetes.