Controlling blood glucose level (adjusting the dose of insulin, exercising, dietary adherence, checking blood glucose using a glucometer several times a day), together with controlling other morbidities such as high blood pressure, high blood lipids, fatty liver, renal insufficiency are important. Family and friends support are vital.
Diabetes is quite an opportunistic ailment that if we tend to disregard its existense, it might reaaly lead you into trouble.
I know that the medical field is trying its best to find a cure for this life long disease but for the mean time we need to settle for the current treatment. Blood glucose monitoring, diet therapy, coupled with exercise and maintenance medications. Rule of thumb, follow these things religiously because your life depends on it..
Stick into a low glycaemic food such as millets render excellent results in both the types of Diabetes. Also a Homoeopathic constituitional remedy slowdown the disease process and complications.
What is a constituitional remedy? A medicine that is based on the physical, mental, emotional&disease factors of a patient. This medicine can be introduce periodically, like once in a month or three months based on severity of symptoms.