I was the same, all I could think about in the first few weeks was the complication I would look forward to. Now I don't. I agree with
@Lynz84 about not reading peoples experiences as I spent the few few days on this forum looking for them! My conclusion was that the people who mentioned them seemed to just deal with it and its not the end of the line as I previously thought.
Now for a slightly amusing story. When I was first diagnosed I was sent to the diabetic ward. I was terrified and surrounded by a mismatch of people. The guy opposite was trying to be supportive but he managed to scare the living **** out of me.
He was telling me it would all be fine but I must look after myself, not ignore it like he did, then he proceeded to show me one of his two stumps! Well that was it wasn't it, lowest of the lows. I was done, life was over!
I found out he cut it taking the bins out bare foot and ignored the infection that followed. In contrast next to me was the nicest guy, he was in his 80s and has had diabetes for 50 years, he was only in for something minor. He was very supportive and checked on me every morning