New here and just wanted to share I guess
Not really sure how to do this. Sorry!
I'm a dad, husband. Love my family. Mean everything to me. In fact, they are the closest thing I have to friends.
About 8 months ago, I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. I had always neglected my physical and mental health and it finally turned to bite me.
I have worked extremely hard on losing weight and eating healthier (although I make mistakes with that often).
I always felt like a burden to my wife and kids and now especially so. And then I have fear about every health mistake I make.
Sorry again for giving so much info and I'm not even sure what I am doing.
Thank you all for listening.
@tryinginPA
Hello, thank you for sharing all this! I think it can indeed help to talk about what is going on in our life as it is healthy to release our emotions. I get it is tough to be now diagnosed with diabetes and it is quite normal to do mistakes at the beginning. However, you will get used to it and you will become better at managing it. I do not understand what makes you feel like a burden - you love and care about your family and you seem hard-working and responsible. Everyone would wish for a partner like this. Partners should be there for each other in health and sickness, and I feel you would not view someone else from your family as a burden if it happened to them.
