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@tula17 - I understand your fear. It’s always on my mind.
It would help if you were able to talk to a therapist about your anxiety. It helps when you can just talk about it and get help managing your anxiety.
I was already seeing a therapist to help me deal with chronic illness when this information bomb hit.
It’s genetic with me, my autoimmune illness with chronic inflammation is also a factor.
I still get angry now and then when I think of it. However, I do the best I can.
I’m also lucky to have a good internist- he keeps me on a regular schedule of lab work to make sure that my cholesterol and blood sugar are fine. Since I also have a heart valve problem I have a cardiac echocardiogram annually.
I hope you can find a new good internist, maybe get a recommendation from your local hospital.
If you don’t have any signs of heart disease now you just need regular monitoring of your diabetes and cholesterol. The diabetes classes should help you plan to follow a healthy diet and physical activity.
Please find a therapist to talk to about other trauma you also experienced.
You deserve to have a good life!
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I have had type 2 diabetes for nine years now. Yes I have gone to the classes and had dieticians, I just hate living with diabetes it’s a huge burden. And have gone through a lot of loss lately , one was my mom six years ago and that loss has effected my depression anxiety, I feel so lost with out her she was my comfort going through the journey of diabetes. All the tears I cried because of this disease could fill a bath tub. She was there every step of the way. Husband not so much, I have to give him credit in the first year he was. He now has diabetes type 2 now also it’s been a year in a bit for him he seems fine with it. Everyone is different. It’s not everyday I feel this way but it sure can get in the way of life. It just takes up so much time, and not much time for things I like doing. That’s my big issue. Oh and the diet, I crave all the time and it makes me really grumpy, yes I cave when it gets unbearable with the cravings I am not going to go deprived. My big downfall is chocolate and ice cream, how about you what’s your cravings?
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Yes I see a councillor but she does not know much about diabetes type 2 and all you go through, doesn’t quite have the understanding, I wish there were more therapist that were more educated about diabetes, and specialized in this area. Have you heard of the psychologist in the US in his practice all he works with is people with all diabetes, I have forgotten his name he is on YouTube, I think his last name is Polaniski something like that. He really gets it.