Living with diabetes can be challenging. But by making healthy lifestyle changes and constantly monitoring the “ABC’s” of diabetes, you can lead a healthy life. By controlling your diabetic condition today, you can prevent further complications down the road.Your diabetes care team will help you, but day-to-day diabetes care is up to you. Day-to-day care includes:
- Choosing what, how much, and when to eat
- Getting active
- Checking your blood glucose (if your doctor tells you to)
- Taking medicine (if your doctor prescribes it)
- Quitting smoking
- Going to your medical appointments
- Learning all you can about diabetes
