As of 2009 there is no cure for type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
And nothing is looking promising in the next few years.
This will seem to be bleak for many people that there is no cure, but there are definitely ways to manage your diabetes.
The correct management can give you many health years of living.
Management of diabetes starts with a visit to your GP to find out whether you are type 1 or 2.
Then all management revolves around controlling your glucose level.
Your glucose cycle revolves around 2 factors.
The entry of glucose into the bloodstream and blood levels of the insulin to conrol the transport out.
The glucose levels are very sensitive to what diet and exercise you do.
So a change in anything should be discussed first with your doctor.
The correct control of diabetes can be very intrusive to someones life.
The correct control requires a complete change of lifestyle, sometimes requiring frequent daily checks of your glucose level in the blood.
Plus the discipline to take your medication at certain times of the day.
Without fail.
These can be a big intrusion to ones life, especially to someone who has just been diagnosed.
It can change as you grow older and no two people are exactly the same.
But these days glucose meters are widely available, cheap and pretty easy to use with a little practice.
A small drop of blood on a testing strip attached to the meter will give you a very fast reading of your blood sugar level.
This will let you know when you are required to take insulin when it is required.