I was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes two years ago. When I first learned I had diabetes I, like so many others, was in denial and became very depressed. I have always enjoyed food and a wide variety of different foods and all I could think of was how my life was going to change. Then one day I decided that I was going to find out as much as I could about diabetes, educate myself on this disease. I started reading up about it, going on the computer and pulling up sites I had heard of and some that I had just stumbled across, seekig knowledge. I found a diabetes educator at one of the surrounding hospitals in my area and went to classes for about a month to six weeks. Within a years time from being diagnosed I had lost a total of 30 pounds. My A1-C has come down since then and my overall lab results have been good. I am currently taking Metformin 500 mg by mouth daily to help control my diabetes. I try to take one day at a time and not think about tomorrow because tomorrow is not promised to us.