Dear Rae2944~
Welcome here ot hte Forum, I hope you find some useful information and encouragement here.
First off congratulations in reaching the final year of your apprenticeship, that's a pretty good effort and I beleive you are quite right not to want to sacrifice it.
It must have been a great shock to be diagnosed wiht type one diabetes, and this can be a very confusing time. It's no in the least surprising oyu are finding it hard ot focus, plus the other matters you mentioned - it is a large amount of information to process and may mean you have ot make some permanent lifestyle changes.
My wife contracted it later in her life and her lifestyle, apart from tests and insulin, was pretty close to how things had allays been. (Please don;'t think I'm making any suggestions about you, just relaying how just one person was)
She found that Diabetes Australia was a great help. They nowadays have information, resources and free counceling. If you have not done so already I'd suggest having a look.
If you find going to the gym is taking up too much of your life, perhaps you could talk ot your doctor about alternative means of exercise which can be spaced out better during the week to suit your needs. Everyone's needs are different, my wife simply walked the dog.
You did say that due to lack of time you could not do things that helped your anxiety, did you have anything in particular in mind?
Croix
