Type 2 Diabetes:After Your Diagnosis
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Video: Perspectives on Newly Diagnosed Diabetes
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Kicked in the StomachI thought I could never have cake again
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Teens and DiabetesThey can have a normal life
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Feeling GuiltyI now know it wasn't anything I did
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Diabetes ComaIgnoring diabetes symptoms is risky
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5 Things You Should Do After a Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis
However you are diagnosed, it's difficult to make instantaneous lifestyle changes

There are a few things you need to do right way.
Don't let the past haunt you. Type 2 diabetes is partly genetic; many people have childhood memories of grandparents or other relatives with diabetes who died after amputations, blindness, heart attacks, or strokes. A lot has changed in recent years... Read More
Don't let the past haunt you. Type 2 diabetes is partly genetic; many people have childhood memories of grandparents or other relatives with diabetes who died after amputations, blindness, heart attacks, or strokes. A lot has changed in recent years... Read More
You May Feel Angry or Depressed After a Diabetes Diagnosis
Talking to other people with diabetes may help

If you've been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes you may feel angry or depressed.
When Michelle Kowalski, 33, of Mexico, Mo., was diagnosed with diabetes, she was furious... Read More
When Michelle Kowalski, 33, of Mexico, Mo., was diagnosed with diabetes, she was furious... Read More
ONLINE RESOURCES
Diagnosed With Diabetes? 8 Websites That Can Help
- Site: dLife
- Who it's for: Levity seekers
- Why we like it: In the blog "Been There, Done That," Christel Marchand humorously writes about her experiences with type 1 diabetes. She talks about ways to cope with diagnosis as well as stress–management activities like knitting and doing yoga.







