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- Type of diabetes
- Prediabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Hey, newly, unofficially diagnosed here. I'm 16. 5'3", 185 pounds but that's after losing 10 pounds in a span of a month which I suspect is a symptom.
A few months ago, I got diagnosed as almost borderline. My doctor said in a few weeks, I might become borderline. Well, it's been 2 months, and I think I've become diabetic.
2 months prior, I didn't know much about diabetes, I didn't know what to eat and when. So, I figured, I've dieted before, and it's just like that, right? I continued eating healthy, but if I hate something unhealthy, all I did was skip dinner. Eat fast food, don't eat anything else for the day. Eat ice cream and crepes, don't eat anything else.
And I think that stuff got me to the point of diabetes. My test is soon, but I am certain I have it. I'm just frustrated because I could've avoided it. I've been overweight my entire life, I've gone through through eating disorders --- then to becoming less insecure and this was the result. It feels like I messed up my life before it even started.
Now, I have to constantly eat low-carb meals and be the odd one of out for the rest of my life. For many people, it starts when they're 30 or 40 or even later. But it started for me before I even graduated. Let's say I live until I am 70. I have to live with this illness for 50+ years...
I don't have a family history of diabetes and although I am obese, it's shocking that it just straight went to diabetes.
I don't know how I am going cope with this and I am very scared. Thinking about my blood sugars, living a "healthy" lifestyle that is constricting, never having "good" food, and having a progressively worsening disease? I can't do it.
There is no one my age who's dealing with this that I know. I have talked to my friends and all they can do is give me comforting words. Looking online, all I find it contradicting or negative information. It seems like there's no hope.
I know it may seem funny that I am dreading a "healthy" lifestyle so much but food is a big part of life, of youth. Most of all I feel embarrassed. "Oh, I am diabetic because I didn't lose weight in time. Sorry, I can't eat anything during this party, I might die."
Is anyone here my age who's dealing with this? Has anyone felt these things here? Has anyone "reversed" their diabetes and is living normally? I just need hope, or comfort. I'm so frustrated.
A few months ago, I got diagnosed as almost borderline. My doctor said in a few weeks, I might become borderline. Well, it's been 2 months, and I think I've become diabetic.
2 months prior, I didn't know much about diabetes, I didn't know what to eat and when. So, I figured, I've dieted before, and it's just like that, right? I continued eating healthy, but if I hate something unhealthy, all I did was skip dinner. Eat fast food, don't eat anything else for the day. Eat ice cream and crepes, don't eat anything else.
And I think that stuff got me to the point of diabetes. My test is soon, but I am certain I have it. I'm just frustrated because I could've avoided it. I've been overweight my entire life, I've gone through through eating disorders --- then to becoming less insecure and this was the result. It feels like I messed up my life before it even started.
Now, I have to constantly eat low-carb meals and be the odd one of out for the rest of my life. For many people, it starts when they're 30 or 40 or even later. But it started for me before I even graduated. Let's say I live until I am 70. I have to live with this illness for 50+ years...
I don't have a family history of diabetes and although I am obese, it's shocking that it just straight went to diabetes.
I don't know how I am going cope with this and I am very scared. Thinking about my blood sugars, living a "healthy" lifestyle that is constricting, never having "good" food, and having a progressively worsening disease? I can't do it.
There is no one my age who's dealing with this that I know. I have talked to my friends and all they can do is give me comforting words. Looking online, all I find it contradicting or negative information. It seems like there's no hope.
I know it may seem funny that I am dreading a "healthy" lifestyle so much but food is a big part of life, of youth. Most of all I feel embarrassed. "Oh, I am diabetic because I didn't lose weight in time. Sorry, I can't eat anything during this party, I might die."
Is anyone here my age who's dealing with this? Has anyone felt these things here? Has anyone "reversed" their diabetes and is living normally? I just need hope, or comfort. I'm so frustrated.