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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Hello everyone, first I want to thank the participants of this forum. I have been reading a lot of posts and it has definitely helped me and educated me in many ways and I’m super thankful. I’m 26 years old, 374 lbs (I’m American so I apologize for not knowing how to convert metrics) and just two days ago I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension. I have always been a very depressed and anxious person and I can’t lie these diagnoses have absolutely crushed me. I feel immense guilt for eating my way into this situation. I’ve had multiple warnings from doctors and always ignorantly thought that none of these things would happen to me and that I had time to fix things because I’m so young. I was also told that my bad cholesterol is a little high and my good cholesterol is considerably low. I literally feel like a heart attack waiting to happen and at the moment I really just want to give up and let it happen. I know I can’t do that though and I’m trying my best to get to a good place mentally to be able to get control of my life. I’m really just posting to vent and hopefully get some advice on how to move forward in the healthiest way possible. Thank you in advance I really appreciate it