It all depends on whether you will change. Becoming physically active every day is guaranteed to transform your life. But it is important to make reasonable goals for yourself.
Normally when you eat, some of your food is broken down into sugar (glucose). Sugar travels in your blood to all of your body's cells. This is how we get our nutrients and energy. Insulin is a hormone that is made by the cells -it helps sugar move from your blood into your cells in your body.. A second hormone-GLP-1 helps the cells in the pancreas release the right amount of insulin.
So, you are wondering, what does that have to do with taking your daughter to a dance and her forgetting her ticket? Remember when I said I was asking my daughter questions in the car trying to make sure she had not forgotten anything and she said, "Dad, I got this?" and then several minutes later she blurted out. "Dad, I forgot my ticket". Well, I guess to put it bluntly, no she hadn't "Got this." But she certainly thought she did.
One classic sign of Diabetes is frequent urination. Diabetes causes excess sugar to build up in the blood. As a result, the more info kidneys have to work more to absorb and filter the excess sugar. If the kidneys are not able to keep up, the excess sugar will then be discharged into your urine. This causes more frequent urination and you can become dehydrated. When you drink more liquids to satisfy your thirst, you urinate more.
If you lower your weight by changing some of the things you eat, that will lower your risk immediately. And if you exercise more than 30 minutes a day several times a week, you will drastically change your diabetes risk.
Keep a list of your medications with you. Learn what each medication is for, what the side effects are and potential interactions with foods, other medications or alcohol.
There is no reason to believe you cannot live a long and healthy life. In fact, you will end up fitter, healthier and happier than was possible without your Type 2 diabetes diagnosis. It's all up to you.