Hi all
Ever since been diagnosed in mid-July a few months ago, I've suddenly found myself to be deeply anxious of my diabetes. I've heard that diabetes can increase your risk of various diseases like cancer, auto-immune diseases, etc. This has heightened my own sensitivity to every pain or sensation in my body. I've started checking my poop everyday for color, consistency, etc. I've went to a skin doctor to remove a couple of displastic moles, and I'm constantly reading up medical articles trying to find reassurance on the bodily sensations I'm feeling.
Since the diagnosis, I have been eating a textbook low carb diet - 95% whole foods and 5% indulgence, consisting mainly of fish, seeds, nuts, lots of different colored vegetables, low carb milk. Until very recently, I was eating a near-keto diet with very little carb. This has brought my hb1ac down from 6.5 to 5.4 on the first retest 2 months later (which I was super happy with), but my low C-peptide test has got my doctor concerned about Type 1 - both tests (one was GAD, not sure about the other) came back negative, which a bit of a relief, but LADA remains a possibility.
Long story short, this anxiety has made me depressed. I'm trying to distract myself with work and other things. I've found it hard to be excited about anything nowadays. I just splurged on a new Ipad Pro last week which normally would've made me jump up and down like a 5 year kid with a new gadget, but it's just "meh" for me now.
Anyone been through this? How do I get out of this ?
Thanks,
Dan
Ever since been diagnosed in mid-July a few months ago, I've suddenly found myself to be deeply anxious of my diabetes. I've heard that diabetes can increase your risk of various diseases like cancer, auto-immune diseases, etc. This has heightened my own sensitivity to every pain or sensation in my body. I've started checking my poop everyday for color, consistency, etc. I've went to a skin doctor to remove a couple of displastic moles, and I'm constantly reading up medical articles trying to find reassurance on the bodily sensations I'm feeling.
Since the diagnosis, I have been eating a textbook low carb diet - 95% whole foods and 5% indulgence, consisting mainly of fish, seeds, nuts, lots of different colored vegetables, low carb milk. Until very recently, I was eating a near-keto diet with very little carb. This has brought my hb1ac down from 6.5 to 5.4 on the first retest 2 months later (which I was super happy with), but my low C-peptide test has got my doctor concerned about Type 1 - both tests (one was GAD, not sure about the other) came back negative, which a bit of a relief, but LADA remains a possibility.
Long story short, this anxiety has made me depressed. I'm trying to distract myself with work and other things. I've found it hard to be excited about anything nowadays. I just splurged on a new Ipad Pro last week which normally would've made me jump up and down like a 5 year kid with a new gadget, but it's just "meh" for me now.
Anyone been through this? How do I get out of this ?
Thanks,
Dan