Hi everyone,
I need some help and advice please, I'm a T2 diabetic diagnosed last November, my last HBA1C in May this year was down to 36, I lost 40 pounds with low carb diet but over the last few weeks I have been an absolute mess with my eating and drinking.
I had a breast cancer scare a few weeks ago, the 2nd in 2 years and although thankfully my biopsies were benign it has triggered my anxiety and depression to horrendous levels (I was diagnosed with clinical depression and severe anxiety in 2018). Unfortunately my response to this has always been to overeat very bad foods and drink lots of white wine which I have done again, I know it's so dangerous for my with the diabetes now but I just can't stop doing it. My drinking is now at a level where I can't remember sometimes what I did the night before and I've never been like that, I'm now on at least one bottle of wine a night. I'm signed off work just now due to the anxiety and waiting for telephone counselling through my employer which can't come quickly enough.
I know I need to stop this self-sabotage, I'm aware it's very likely slowly killing me, has anyone else been through this and if so how did you get back on track? Sorry if this sounds like a pity party, I'm just scared if I don't get this on track something bad is going to happen. I'm due to get another HBA1C next month, is it even worth getting this done when I know what a mess I've made here?
Maggie
I need some help and advice please, I'm a T2 diabetic diagnosed last November, my last HBA1C in May this year was down to 36, I lost 40 pounds with low carb diet but over the last few weeks I have been an absolute mess with my eating and drinking.
I had a breast cancer scare a few weeks ago, the 2nd in 2 years and although thankfully my biopsies were benign it has triggered my anxiety and depression to horrendous levels (I was diagnosed with clinical depression and severe anxiety in 2018). Unfortunately my response to this has always been to overeat very bad foods and drink lots of white wine which I have done again, I know it's so dangerous for my with the diabetes now but I just can't stop doing it. My drinking is now at a level where I can't remember sometimes what I did the night before and I've never been like that, I'm now on at least one bottle of wine a night. I'm signed off work just now due to the anxiety and waiting for telephone counselling through my employer which can't come quickly enough.
I know I need to stop this self-sabotage, I'm aware it's very likely slowly killing me, has anyone else been through this and if so how did you get back on track? Sorry if this sounds like a pity party, I'm just scared if I don't get this on track something bad is going to happen. I'm due to get another HBA1C next month, is it even worth getting this done when I know what a mess I've made here?
Maggie