[thomasb]

i've been there too. Pretty much same situation, but it took me longer to get into the depression part. Feeling depressed or like diabetes is controlling your life is a pretty normal reaction to the disease and the drastic lifechanges it provokes.

First, yes it will get easier. And you won't feel like this forever. Harolds advice to focus on the A1c's is good. You need some room, everyday cannot be perfect. I have pretty good numbers, but i decided that i was going to relax about it over christmas, and was fine with having worse numbers then, since i ate a lot of stuff, new stuff.

And also, we can live a pretty normal life as well. I remember that i n the beginning i stopped drinking, didn't eat any sweets at all and generally just limited myself too much. As with most bigger lifechanges, i doubt that just cutting so much away and limiting yourself is i a good longtime strategy. It takes time.

Talk to people here if you don't have any other friends with the disease, it helps. I've tried to implement the disease into my life by stepping up my exercising. It's always been a big interest of mine, and diabetes pretty much fit's into it, since nutrition is a big part. You'll find ways deal with it.
I think that when you live with a chronic disease like this, lifequality is important. My life now is i'd almost say better than before, so it's totally possible to live your life the way.