When you are diagnosed with diabetes, it is important to maintain a healthy diet, perform regular exercises and carry out regular blood tests to ensure your blood glucose levels stay within target levels recommended by your doctor. Consider these tips:

• Start a Commitment with Diabetes:
Read and learn everything you can about Diabetes and make healthy eating and physical activity part of your daily routine.
• Trust your doctor:
Don’t be afraid to ask your doctor if you need help or are experiencing any symptoms which are bothering you
• Pay attention to your feet:
Check for blisters, cuts, sores, redness and swelling. Consult your health care provider if you have a sore or other foot problem that is healing slowly/ seems to get worse.
• Schedule Yearly Regular Eye Check Ups:
If you have diabetes, your eyes are at risk from diabetic retinopathy, a condition that can lead to sight loss if it's not treated. Make regular eye check-up appointments to ensure your vision is not being affected by diabetes.
• QUIT Smoking:
Smoking increases the risk to other diabetes related complications. If are a smoker, kindly ask your health care provider to help you quit. Smoking increases your risk of various diabetes complications.
If you are diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes you will require regular insulin injections for the rest of your life.
If you are diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes and the condition becomes progressive despite maintaining a proper diet and exercise then medication will eventually be needed for sugar control.