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There’s a good chance that from the minute you were diagnosed with diabetes, you’ve been overwhelmed with the same message: Get your blood glucose under control and your chances for a long, complication-free life will dramatically increase. We could give you examples, such as the DCCT, where over 1,400 individuals with diabetes were divided into two groups: a “conventional” group that took up to two insulin injections a day (which was the usual standard of care at the time the study was started in the 1980s) and an “intensive” group that used multiple injections or an insulin pump. As you probably already guessed, the intensive group ended up in a lot better shape. In fact, they had less than half as many severe eye, kidney, and nerve complications as people in the conventional group.

But you probably already knew this. Maybe not specifically, but you had a good idea that better blood glucose control means healthier living. So you don’t need any more sermons from health professionals! You know why you should strive to have the best glucose control possible. The challenge is how you achieve good control and how you balance the day-to-day demands of diabetes with the other demands (and pleasures!) of life. In this section, we will explore this difficult balancing act between diabetes and the rest of your life. In addition, we will outline a roadmap, which may help you get and stay on track with your diabetes.