Try to take steps to control your diabetes(this is for type2 diabetics)like cutting back on salt,sugar and carbs.Please try some sort of exercise as well,walking 30 minutes a day after meals will help with your blood sugar.Any way you can avoid medications will be the best for you in the long run.It took me a long time to use diet,exercise and supplements to help me.I am medication free for now and my last A1C was 6.Good luck to any newly diagnosed diabetics and good luck!

Good morning from the Algarve, Southern Portugal all you warriors.
I supercontrol my diabetes journey and eat to my blood glucose meter, my blood glucose numbers spreadsheet, and my food journal. They tell me what foods I can eat somewhat freely,
what foods I must limit,
and what foods I must almost totally avoid.

I test at least 4-6 times a day. And keep my numbers in a very tight range. Numbers above 7.8(139) add on to long term vascular damage.

It is large vessel vascular damage that leads to heart attack and stroke.

It is small vessel vascular damage that leads to organ damage, nerve damage, slow healing, many other diabetes complications and comorbidities.

Morning Fasting Blood Glucose Numbers below 7.0(126).
2 hour numbers below 7.8(139)
Before exercise at least 6.7(120) and snack when necessary to bring the number up.
Before bed at least 5.7(103) or snack to bring it up.

I hate hypos, hypoglycemic events, and will do anything to avoid them.

My right eating plan is ultralow carb. My meter tells me I can handle 15-20 carbs daily, 5-8 carbs per meal. No more than 2-3 carbs if I need a snack.

We are all different and our diabetes journeys are unique and at different stages. Don't try to compare yourself to others, that is a trap. But you can use their experience and plan as a starting point.

I am mostly self taught, by my meter. And by my research in medical and science journals and studies from universities around the world. I like the idea of getting to the source of the problem, rather than just treating symptoms.

The source of the problems that lead to diabetic complications and comorbidities is glucose spikes and blood glucose levels above 7.8(139). So my goal is to limit those glucose spikes.

I am doing this without diabetes medications at this time, my choice. My diabetes journey is quite advanced with a diagnosis A1C of 13.5 which means and average blood glucose number of 18.9(340). The flow chart and tables that doctors use says, long acting insulin, quick acting insulin, and metformin.

I negotiated a 3 month reprieve, pointing out that I had many diabetes symptoms for 12 years previous to diagnosis and 3 months is a drop in the bucket campared to that. She set a 3 month A1C goal of 6.1 or I would start medications.

I am still diabetes medications free 2 years later. It is not easy, it is very, very, very hard. Especially for a lifelong Japanese rice-aholic, who ate rice 2-3 meals a day my whole life. But it can be done, I am proof.

I wish for you more good days than bad and have many exceptional days too. Good luck.

And never give up, never surrender, never ever.
You got this.
Have a wonderful day.

First thing is don’t panic. I went to my doctor and asked lots of questions. The people around me had lots of opinions. Some good but a lot bad. My ex decided that I was going to totally be cut off from everything. She had a list a mile long of things I couldn’t eat. Thankfully my doctor set me straight. I was told by him there was one key word. Moderation. Plain and simple. I could eat and enjoy anything I wanted. I just had to watch Ho much. Funny thing as I started and followed his direction. I started to loose weight. I went from 390 lbs to my weight now which is 171. That’s an accomplishment if I say so. Most of my meals are made from scratch. It better that way. I control the salt and sugar. I use diabetic sugar it’s a lot better. One thing to remember is that diabetic sugar is a lot sweeter. I cut in in half otherwise you’ll be so sweet you’ll just about need to jug of vinegar. Kidding ha ha ha.

well lets face it you will have diabetes for life so uou will have to change yore eating habits etc 1, reduce all sugars 2 ,no soft drinks,e3 reduce your carbohydrate intake, change your diet no potatoes or rice you can substitute sweet potatoes for normal potatoes eat more proteins and vegetables exercise ie go for walks regularly ensure you test your blood sugar daily oh and take your medication I was diagnosed in 2003 it was shock not overweight ate pretty healthily but not as healthily as I thought my blood sugars are reasonably under control odd glitches there oh remember if you test in the morning after fasting and sleeping remember your blood sugars are a reflection of what you ate the evening before Diabetes is not a horrible disease and can be well managed today there are books available about diabetes so do yourself a favour and buy a couple

Treat the diabetes as a very serious condition.
Learn all you can about it.
Then take the necessary steps to manage it