T2, for nearly two years.

[Sherlockbones]

I'm 'Sherlock', nice to 'meet' you all.

I was diagnosed in 2017 after a failed suicide attempt, and as you can imagine being told I'd developed Type 2 Diabetes at the age of 19; didn't exactly raise my spirits.

While I'm sure none of us 'enjoy' being Diabetic. I hate every second of it.
I hate eating, knowing that all I'm doing is further destroying my body.
I hate taking my medication, because I know I'll likely be dependant on it for the rest of my life.
I hate 'jokes' people make about 'how eating this sugary food item is going to give me diabetes'. HAHA, you're all so funny out there.
I hate people's reactions to finding out I'm diabetic, especially T2, as it's all 'Oh yeah my nan has that' or 'my dad's the same.'- Yep, your grandmother or your father have had much longer lives than me, which simply means I ruined my body quicker than I should have.

I asked my Endo at my last appointment how quickly diabetes was going to kill me, because I'd rather it did it sooner rather than later.

Diabetes probably won't be what kills me, but I bet it will be in all the headlines.
'Fat, stupid, diabetic young woman kills herself; unburdening the world of her constant strain on the National Health Service.'

 

[Sally W]

Sorry to read this. My initial concern is more for your mental well-being, you seem very angry and I know how devastated we all feel when we get diagnosed: it’s completely understandable.

Can you ask you doctor for some support with how you are feeling? Getting the right help to manage feelings of anxiety is the first step. I don’t know how uncontrolled it is although you’re on medication it doesn’t always have to be that way. Dr Michael Mosley has written some excellent books siting people who’ve medicated for years and come off all tablets.

Please consider speaking sooner than later to help manage low mood and if you EVER feel the slightest inclination towards it being the end of the world do call the Samaritans. There’s plenty we could all say about long term eating and lifestyle choices but I think feeling better would honestly the first step. Good luck

 

[Carolg]

Hello sherlockbones. Welcome to forum.
Different thing but in my 40’s I was diagnosed with under active thyroid and put on lifetime medication. I was furious with my body for letting me down and the thought of relying on meds for life. Now it’s part of routine. Looking back it was a grief reaction to a chronic condition

Other members will probably come along and you will see that many were diagnosed young and have led active and full lives. Take heart

 

[CathyB]

Hey Sherlock, I’m so sorry that you feel so angry about this, it clearly feels like a heavy weight for you to carry! I hope you can get the help you deserve to get you through things, type 2 Diabetes is something you can control with some lifestyle changes. For me it has saved my life, because of pre existing heart disease I was really low, stopped going out other than work, and felt very sorry for myself as I waited to die. I couldn’t control my heart so the diabetes was something I could work with if I chose to, the help and support I got here taught me how to change my diet, I learned that exercise helped lower my blood sugar so I borrowed a neighbours dog, at first I only got to the bottom of the road and back, huffing and puffing.......I’m now 8 months in, nearly 4 stone lighter, walking about an hour a night, bloods in normal range and I feel alive. Please get some help, you too can take control and make a difference, if this fat middle aged dumpling did it, you can! As for the things people say.....there is no cure for stupid

 

[trophywench]

I'm going to sound like a right nasty cow here - but I'm being honest and trying not to be emotional. Why on earth are you wasting energy, emotion and effort being at all bothered about what your fertile imagination thinks somebody's going to print in a gutter press newspaper after you have shuffled off this mortal coil?

Bugger them and the criticism of people who don't have the slightest clue about diabetes - instead, decide to use your anger productively and investigate ways to help yourself to stay alive - and SPITE all the stupid idiots (not the description I'd prefer to use; my version is much ruder) by doing it.

Do it for YOU. Because you are WORTH it.

 

[Drummer]

I'm afraid that if you decide to eat a low carb diet - which is delicious, and check your blood glucose, that you might find that you feel a lot better and have no complications, and that you go on living for decades.
My thyroid is kaput - I take three tablets a day - sorted, I can't cope with carbs, I stick to under 40 gms a day as I want to lose weight - that is sorted too, don't even need tablets for that.

There is an awful load of rubbish spouted about diabetes, about what causes it and how to treat it - I just worked out how to counter it, and made sure it was working.
My doctor hasn't even spoken to me since diagnosis - I think he's sulking.

Personally I intend to live a lot longer, and I am 67 years old at the moment. I am absolutely loving every minute of it.