hi everyone
I was diagnosed type 2 diabetic two months ago I am 30 years old, overweight and Have a strong family history of type 2 diabetes. In them two months I have got my hba1c from 64 to 48, I was re tested early because I have lost 2 stone and my nurse wants to see about lowering my metformin ( 500x 2 ) my blood sugars are usually 5 ish before food and 5-6 2 hours after. I know all this stuff is good if it was my family member telling me this I would be saying how well they are doing and keep it up. But I don’t feel that way towards myself like I have done this to myself through bad diet, I’m 30 and i know it’s young to become type 2, I just feel totally ashamed of myself and defective. I don’t view any other diabetics this way just myself, I’m really struggling to accept this not In a denial way but more of a emotional way. I spoke to my dad who is diabetic and he feels This is maybe more of a general low self esteem than just diabetes but I just feel so down about it, I think it’s mainly my age that seems to be making me feel worse, has anyone else felt this way? Does it get better in time? Thank you
Main thing I'm taking away from this; you didn't know. But you tried.Thank you, most of my life Ellie I have been on a diet ( slimming world ) eating pasta rice potatoes and just getting bigger and bigger, and I didn’t know why, I started lchf and the weight is just dropping off and I’m eating all the foods I avoided thinking they would make me fat. You’re definitely right with food I didn’t realise how much sugar is hidden in food, i feel the same rachox, I haven’t told anyone except family because I feel I will be being judged, i do feel sad how it makes me feel because I wouldn’t feel bad like you said if it was something else, I know the media doesn’t help with the image.
Thank you, most of my life Ellie I have been on a diet ( slimming world ) eating pasta rice potatoes and just getting bigger and bigger, and I didn’t know why, I started lchf and the weight is just dropping off and I’m eating all the foods I avoided thinking they would make me fat.
hi everyone
I was diagnosed type 2 diabetic two months ago I am 30 years old, overweight and Have a strong family history of type 2 diabetes. In them two months I have got my hba1c from 64 to 48, I was re tested early because I have lost 2 stone and my nurse wants to see about lowering my metformin ( 500x 2 ) my blood sugars are usually 5 ish before food and 5-6 2 hours after. I know all this stuff is good if it was my family member telling me this I would be saying how well they are doing and keep it up. But I don’t feel that way towards myself like I have done this to myself through bad diet, I’m 30 and i know it’s young to become type 2, I just feel totally ashamed of myself and defective. I don’t view any other diabetics this way just myself, I’m really struggling to accept this not In a denial way but more of a emotional way. I spoke to my dad who is diabetic and he feels This is maybe more of a general low self esteem than just diabetes but I just feel so down about it, I think it’s mainly my age that seems to be making me feel worse, has anyone else felt this way? Does it get better in time? Thank you
Hi @lily2 it will get better. All of us diabetics who were overweight at or before diagnosis have been used to all those dreadful feelings of somehow doing something wrong no matter how we tried. It erodes your self esteem big time so when you get a diabetes diagnosis you do blame yourself but as you find out more about how all the official advice is what helped you get to this place hopefully you'll feel more justified anger about the lack of information that could be out there for diabetes prevention. Try and stay in the present you're doing incredibly well to date and what matters now is how you continue to move forward. As you change things round improving your numbers etc you'll find your self-esteem coming back too. There's also often a feeling of loss on diagnosis of all the things you can't have so I've worked quite hard over past few months working on developing a wide array of foods that I enjoy and can have especially low carb treats. It will feel better over time takecare.hi everyone
I was diagnosed type 2 diabetic two months ago I am 30 years old, overweight and Have a strong family history of type 2 diabetes. In them two months I have got my hba1c from 64 to 48, I was re tested early because I have lost 2 stone and my nurse wants to see about lowering my metformin ( 500x 2 ) my blood sugars are usually 5 ish before food and 5-6 2 hours after. I know all this stuff is good if it was my family member telling me this I would be saying how well they are doing and keep it up. But I don’t feel that way towards myself like I have done this to myself through bad diet, I’m 30 and i know it’s young to become type 2, I just feel totally ashamed of myself and defective. I don’t view any other diabetics this way just myself, I’m really struggling to accept this not In a denial way but more of a emotional way. I spoke to my dad who is diabetic and he feels This is maybe more of a general low self esteem than just diabetes but I just feel so down about it, I think it’s mainly my age that seems to be making me feel worse, has anyone else felt this way? Does it get better in time? Thank you
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