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T2s: Do you feel a mindset change has happened since your diagnosis?

A T2DM dox is one of the best things that has happened to me.
Getting this diagnosis was the impetus I needed to, deal with my relationship with food, which I had previously believed I was helpless to have any impact on.
I took control of my health, and it has been so empowering to see me do things that I previously (albeit erroneously) believed was 'simply not me'.
My success in getting this condition under control has spilled into other aspects of my life. Sometimes I wonder who this new me is, I marvel at the things I can suddenly 'find it in me' to do and do well.
Everyday has been a gift and blessing since diagnosis. I am so grateful I got this wake up call.
 
Not really a mindset change. I always tried to do my best to stay healthy. Now I've been diagnosed though I have the benefit of having annual blood tests to check on how I'm doing. That's a great help to me.
 
I love this! I also had an oddly, maybe perfectly, diagnosis.
 
THIS!!! I *love* this mentality!!!
I can totally relate, too. I've gone through a kind of similar 'mindset change', quite literally feels like I've turned the negative behaviours of my old lifestyle on their head. I didn't have that before I got the call from the doctor, and like you, it's showing in other areas of life, too. Onwards and upwards, eh!
 
zand said:
Not really a mindset change. I always tried to do my best to stay healthy. Now I've been diagnosed though I have the benefit of having annual blood tests to check on how I'm doing. That's a great help to me.
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I can relate to this, I like the idea of regular checks to keep me in check.
 
I was scared, depressed, flaundering and on my own (medically speaking, as GP, specialist, dietician and DN were all on holiday) when I started out, so it took a while to flick the switch. Once I found I had immediate control over what my bloodsugars did, and it dawned on me I finally had a conditon I could handle... It did feel empowering. I take much better care of myself than I did before. Diabetic complications, I've seen what they do. A late uncle -married into the family- lost his legs to well above the knee, my gran's heart and veins gave out. It's very concrete, and my husband already has his hands full with me: I don't need to make it any worse. I can prevent it getting that far, ever. So yeah. Empowerment. This I can do. I've got this.
 
neithskye said:
Ha ha ha. It's like my body said, "Well since you're making all these changes have this diabetes diagnosis."
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Haha!!! Ya know, it really does feel like that, too! Never mind, we shall go forward to greatness!
 

Yes, empowerment! Loooove your mentality, that's fightin' spirit! It's also toooootally how I'm feeling, a sort of awakening has happened since diagnosis to make me really think about the way I was living. Just not treating my body or mind right, too many excuses for things that I should have gained control over to put/keep myself as a priority. I had the same experience with family with diabetes, my Father has type 2, had part of his foot amputated, and if I'm honest, seeing him living with it, and if I'm honest I don't think he's 'behaving' himself as he should, but it sort of gave me a wake up call I needed. I've been reading up, saw a DietDoctor YouTube video today about 'reversing' this condition, which was interesting. I really don't want it to progress to the complications in the near future if at all, so I'm 150% all in with this, and will do whatever needed to keep it at bay.
 
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