Newly diagnosed according to my HGBA1C test.

Your glucose is probably more cause for concern than the cholesterol right now. If you are considered overweight, getting that under control may help with both the high blood pressure and the cholesterol.

You would have to judge for yourself if your diabetic blood glucose is more influenced by an strongly inherited condition or based on your families' "lifestyle habits." Either way, there is a lot you can do to manage.

As far as your "future," you have things to worry about today, to fix today. So, as someone once said, Let tomorrow worry for itself. And concentrate on what you can fix immediately. You say you have reduced weight -- awesome. You say you are "trying to make improvements" -- also terrific.

But really, you need to make the decision about "trying" versus doing it constantly and sticking to it, and not falling off your plan. And if you do fall off, getting back on it ASAP. There's no other reasonable approach. Eat a lot less junk food (full of processed carbs -- starches and added sugars) and a lot less often; don't ever drink sugary beverages; get up and use your muscles till they start to burn a little, to expend that excess blood glucose. Let belly go empty for most of a day sometimes to use up that stored fat energy. If medication is recommended, decide which is reasonable and take the proper amount, but don't rely *soley* on a cocktail of medications to fix you -- because they alone won't do it for most people. Taking care of the diabetes you have today will delay or avoid much of the problems that you are likely to face in the future at 11%+ A1C. The lower you get your glucose, the less likely you will experience the problems you fear.

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