I don't have any close family.Goes back to quality of life, your desire to hold on to it and the fight to face your own issues.
I'd have thought family considerations would also play a huge part.
Not to my knowledge.May I ask if you have any symptoms of damage so far?
I'm not currently on any diabetes medication. I was taken off metformin after my most recent heart attack last October.I'm not sure if you are on any medications but could you talk to your Dr about medications that reduce appetite? One that I take is very effective for me, and has helped me reduce my binge eating. I don't want to look like I'm promoting a drug but I honestly don't think I would be where I am now if it hadn't been for that helping me.
Are you able to modify what you eat when you binge? I have found that low carb foods can become new favourites and sometimes keep a binge in check. Only sometimes, though... I can't always control it, but I am working on it.
I tried twice to talk to doctors about my eating problems. Neither doctor seemed interested in an eating problem in a man of my age. One of them even told me not to waste his time.
How long does it take for damage to occur from high sugar levels?
I have a binge eating problem that I can't fix and find my sugar levels around 25 mmol/l after a binge.
What I'm trying to work out is the balance of diabetic damage against what time I have left. I'm 67 and have had 2 heart attacks and don't think I have too many years left.
I'm wondering if I should just live with high sugar binges for how ever long I have left and just accept what fate throws at me.
Today's binge included the following,
12 rashers of bacon
5 custard filled doughnuts
5 choc chip cookies
2 packets of chocolate biscuits
1 family size packet of crisps
200gm cheese
1 cheese and onion sandwich
All this was eaten between 10AM and 1pm. Nothing else was eaten for the rest of the day.
Well the cheese and the bacon aren’t so bad and they’re the sort of thing you’d be encouraged to eat on a low carb high fat diet.Today's binge included the following,
12 rashers of bacon
5 custard filled doughnuts
5 choc chip cookies
2 packets of chocolate biscuits
1 family size packet of crisps
200gm cheese
1 cheese and onion sandwich
All this was eaten between 10AM and 1pm. Nothing else was eaten for the rest of the day.
Today's binge included the following,
12 rashers of bacon
5 custard filled doughnuts
5 choc chip cookies
2 packets of chocolate biscuits
1 family size packet of crisps
200gm cheese
1 cheese and onion sandwich
All this was eaten between 10AM and 1pm. Nothing else was eaten for the rest of the day.
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