u/Me-SoniaBrown

Not your biggest fear.

Not your worst symptom.

I mean the thing that makes you think:

"Okay... what am I actually supposed to do now?"

For me, it felt like information overload.

One person said cut carbs.

Another said walk after meals.

Someone else said take medication.

Then Google started talking about complications.

It felt impossible to know where to start.

If you were diagnosed within the last few weeks or months:

What's the one thing you're most confused about right now?

Not your biggest fear.

Not your worst symptom.

I mean the thing that makes you think:

"Okay... what am I actually supposed to do now?"

For me, it felt like information overload.

One person said cut carbs.

Another said walk after meals.

Someone else said take medication.

Then Google started talking about complications.

It felt impossible to know where to start.

If you were diagnosed within the last few weeks or months:

What's the one thing you're most confused about right now?

Not your biggest fear.

Not your worst symptom.

I mean the thing that makes you think:

"Okay... what am I actually supposed to do now?"

For me, it felt like information overload.

One person said cut carbs.

Another said walk after meals.

Someone else said take medication.

Then Google started talking about complications.

It felt impossible to know where to start.

If you were diagnosed within the last few weeks or months:

What's the one thing you're most confused about right now?

Not your biggest fear.

Not your worst symptom.

I mean the thing that makes you think:

"Okay... what am I actually supposed to do now?"

For me, it felt like information overload.

One person said cut carbs.

Another said walk after meals.

Someone else said take medication.

Then Google started talking about complications.

It felt impossible to know where to start.

If you were diagnosed within the last few weeks or months:

What's the one thing you're most confused about right now?

Not your biggest fear.

Not your worst symptom.

I mean the thing that makes you think:

"Okay... what am I actually supposed to do now?"

For me, it felt like information overload.

One person said cut carbs.

Another said walk after meals.

Someone else said take medication.

Then Google started talking about complications.

It felt impossible to know where to start.

If you were diagnosed within the last few weeks or months:

What's the one thing you're most confused about right now?

Not talking about being "concerned."

I mean genuinely panicked.

I remember going down a Google rabbit hole and convincing myself I was going to end up blind, lose a foot, need insulin forever, and die way younger than everyone else.

The weird thing is that the diagnosis itself wasn't even the hardest part.

The hardest part was not knowing what was actually going to happen next.

Did anyone else go through that?

Not talking about being "concerned."

I mean genuinely panicked.

I remember going down a Google rabbit hole and convincing myself I was going to end up blind, lose a foot, need insulin forever, and die way younger than everyone else.

The weird thing is that the diagnosis itself wasn't even the hardest part.

The hardest part was not knowing what was actually going to happen next.

Did anyone else go through that?

Not talking about being "concerned."

I mean genuinely panicked.

I remember going down a Google rabbit hole and convincing myself I was going to end up blind, lose a foot, need insulin forever, and die way younger than everyone else.

The weird thing is that the diagnosis itself wasn't even the hardest part.

The hardest part was not knowing what was actually going to happen next.

Did anyone else go through that?

Not talking about being "concerned."

I mean genuinely panicked.

I remember going down a Google rabbit hole and convincing myself I was going to end up blind, lose a foot, need insulin forever, and die way younger than everyone else.

The weird thing is that the diagnosis itself wasn't even the hardest part.

The hardest part was not knowing what was actually going to happen next.

Did anyone else go through that?

Maybe this sounds dramatic, but when I got told I had type 2 diabetes, my mind immediately jumped to the worst-case scenarios.

Not "what should I eat?"

Not "what medication do I need?"

More like:

* Am I going to die younger?

* Am I going to lose my eyesight?

* Am I eventually going to need insulin?

* Is my life going to revolve around diabetes forever?

The weird thing is that the diagnosis itself took 5 minutes.

The fear that came after lasted a lot longer.

For those who have been through it:

**What was the biggest fear you had right after diagnosis?**

And looking back now, was that fear actually justified or not?

I got diagnosed with type 2 recently and honestly I think the diagnosis itself wasn't even the worst part.

The worst part was going home and immediately going down the Google/Reddit rabbit hole.

Every post seemed to talk about complications, insulin, losing eyesight, amputations, etc.

For people who were diagnosed recently, what was the thing that scared you the most in the beginning?

And what ended up being less scary than you thought?

I got diagnosed with type 2 recently and honestly I think the diagnosis itself wasn't even the worst part.

The worst part was going home and immediately going down the Google/Reddit rabbit hole.

Every post seemed to talk about complications, insulin, losing eyesight, amputations, etc.

For people who were diagnosed recently, what was the thing that scared you the most in the beginning?

And what ended up being less scary than you thought?

After I got diagnosed I spent days reading Reddit, Google, Facebook groups, YouTube comments...

Honestly I think I scared myself more than my doctor did.

Did anyone else do this?

What information actually helped you

Maybe it's just me but getting diagnosed young feels different.

Most of the people I know with diabetes are much older.

I still struggle with feeling like I'm "too young" to be dealing with this.

Did anyone else get diagnosed in their 20s or early 30s?

What was the hardest part for you socially?

Dating? Friends? Family? Work?

I got diagnosed with type 2 recently and honestly I think the diagnosis itself wasn't even the worst part.

The worst part was going home and immediately going down the Google/Reddit rabbit hole.

Every post seemed to talk about complications, insulin, losing eyesight, amputations, etc.

For people who were diagnosed recently, what was the thing that scared you the most in the beginning?

And what ended up being less scary than you thought?