Everyone’s story here is going to be unique & different to their own experiences. but if you have found yourself suddenly living with an upside down reality, then you know first hand what it’s like to sit across from the dr. and be told that your life will be shockingly different moving forward. how does someone start to digest such news? let alone, accept it. the hard thing about diabetes type 2 is that in most cases you are diagnosed much later in life, opposed to being diagnosed as a kid with type 1 why is this so devastating then? because you have lived most of your life by standards you have grown comfortable with, standards that are normal for you to navigate. now you have to create new rules to the edges that make up your life.